Property Record
N1525 CHURCH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Busseyville Grange Hall |
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| Other Name: | Sumner Town Hall |
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| Reference Number: | 140599 |
| Location (Address): | N1525 CHURCH ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
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| Township/Village: | Sumner |
| Unincorporated Community: | BUSSEYVILLE |
| Town: | 5 |
| Range: | 13 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 17 |
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| Year Built: | 1859 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | meeting hall |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| 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. The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, commonly known as the Grange, was founded in 1867 in response to poor agricultural conditions in the wake of the Civil War. Membership of the Grange increased dramatically in the 1870s as the organization established meeting halls for social events, consumer cooperatives, and worked to regulate railroads and grain warehouses. The temperance movement and women’s suffrage became pursuits of the Grange at the turn-of-the century, in addition to advocating for the interest of farmers. The Grange Hall, established by the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, was an active component of rural life in the late nineteenth century as the location of meetings, dances, entertainment and social events. Today the building serves as the Sumner Town Hall. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Our Roots. The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry website. <www.nationalgrange.org/about-us/history> accessed July 10, 2013. Swart, Hannah. Koshkonong Country – A History of Jefferson County Wisconsin. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: W. D. Hoard & Sons Co., 1975. Page 211. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |