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6946 FRENCHTOWN RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

6946 FRENCHTOWN RD

Architecture and History Inventory
6946 FRENCHTOWN RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Morehead Farmstead
Other Name:Barn
Contributing:
Reference Number:12579
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):6946 FRENCHTOWN RD
County:Dane
City:
Township/Village:Montrose
Unincorporated Community:
Town:5
Range:8
Direction:E
Section:22
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
Additions:
Survey Date:19772015
Historic Use:barn
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Board
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. SOMEWHAT COURSED STONE FOUNDATION. BASEMENT DOORS W/TRANSOMS. Photo code #1 is: KEH 1/7. See Morehead Farmstead site file. 2015: The c.1845 barn (AHI# 12579) is southwest of the house. It is clad in vertical wood planks, and has a saltbox roof clad in metal and a foundation and raised basement built of local stone, with several fixed six-light windows
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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