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826 U.S. Highway 18 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

826 U.S. Highway 18

Architecture and History Inventory
826 U.S. Highway 18 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Thomas Farmstead
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:134160
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):826 U.S. Highway 18
County:Iowa
City:
Township/Village:Eden
Unincorporated Community:
Town:6
Range:1
Direction:E
Section:28
Quarter Section:NW
Quarter/Quarter Section:SW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1921
Additions:
Survey Date:20052018
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Craftsman
Structural System:Brick
Wall Material:Brick
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, Division of Historic Preservation. HOUSE DISPLAYS ELEMENTS INFLUENCED BY AMERICAN FOURSQUARE AND PRAIRIE STYLE. WINDOWS ON WEST WING ARE ALL REPLACEMENTS. 18 OUTBLDGS ASSOCIATED W/LIVESTOCK & DAIRY FARMING.

Resurveyed June 2018. This 2-story Craftsman house was constructed in 1921. It is rectangular in plan with red brick walls and an asphalt-shingled hipped roof. The front elevation faces south and is largely symmetrical in plan with a central porch. The porch features a projecting gable roof with projecting braces and exposed rafters supported by square brick piers. On each side of the porch is a bank of three Craftsman-style windows. One-story, hipped-roof wings project from each side of the main building mass. A small, front-gabled dormer projects from the center of the front roof slope; the dormer features projecting braces along the eaves and contains a bank of three single-pane windows.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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