Property Record
S9454 STATE HIGHWAY 78
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John H. Hari Farm |
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| Other Name: | Hari Farm |
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| Reference Number: | 129278 |
| Location (Address): | S9454 STATE HIGHWAY 78 |
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| County: | Sauk |
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| Township/Village: | Prairie du Sac |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 10 |
| Range: | 6 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 36 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2001 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2001- "This intact farmstead consists of a Two-Story-Square vernacular form farmhouse, a gambrel-roofed dairy barn, and several smaller gable roof and hip roof agricultural outbuildings. According to Ms. Lillian Hari, the current owner, the farm was begun by her father, John H. Hari, between 1908 and 1910, and all the farm buildings were constructed by or for him in the first two decades of the twentieth century. The square plan two-story, hip-roofed house, which has a rock-faced concrete block foundation and clapboard-clad walls, was built ca.1910 and it has a main facade that faces west onto STH 78 and is in a highly intact state. Also largely intact is the dairy barn, which is placed just to the east of the house. This barn has a stone first story and its upper portion is clad in vertical boards, as are most of the other outbuildings. Neither the barn nor the other agricultural outbuildings on this farm are now in use except as storage purposes by renters of the land. In addition to the buildings built by Hari, there is also a small rectilinear plan Greek Revival style house clad in clapboards placed just behind the main house and it is now in near ruinous condition. This was the original house associated with this farmstead and probably dates to the 1850s-1870s, when the farm was owned by the Bassinger family, and it was originally located some 800-feet north of its present location and was moved to its current site sometime prior to 1906, the date of Lillian Hari's birth. Although the Hari Farmstead exhibits a high degree in integrity, all of the early twentieth century buildings associated with the Hari family were built in the first two decades of the twentieth century and are of ordinary design. Neither is there any reason to believe the farm has historic significance beyond what is normal for a farmstead of this period. Consequently, it is believed that the Hari Farmstead does not have sufficient architectural or historic significance to justify listing in the NRHP, nor are its resources likely to be adversely affected by this project. Note: the original site of the small Greek revival style house was excavated by MAP for this project and it is discussed in detail as The Hari Farmstead Site (47 Sk-564)." -"STH 78- Prairie du Sac to Merrimac", WisDOT 5630-03-00, Prepared by Timothy F. Heggland (2001). |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |