| Additional Information: | A 'site file' (Klumb Farmstead) 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-Public History.
SQUARED LOGS. BUILT AS SLAUGHTERHOUSE FOR CHRISTOPHER HERBST'S MEAT MARKET [Date Cnst:CA]
DEMOLISHED 9/1986.
DESCRIPTION
This one and one-half story Greek Revival house has a low-pitched gable roof, returned eaves, and clapboard siding. Most windows are single pane double-hung sashes. Across the upper story the windows of the front and rear facades are smaller.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
This house was owned by F. G. Klumb in 1867 and 1873. [a]
2022 - Attempted to resurvey barn by HRL. No longer extant. small animal building |
|---|
| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976)
[a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.
[b] Taxs Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin.
[c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information.
[d] Information from the owner of the property.
[e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription.
[f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheram Immigration, Mequom: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989.
[g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin.
[h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880.
[i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin.
Report on the Potential Historical and Architectural Significance of Four Properties on Mequon Road in the City of Mequon, Wisconsin. HNTB, 1986. |
|---|
