Property Record
SWAN RD, OFF COUNTY HIGHWAY E OUT OF HORICON
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | |
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| Other Name: | Horicon Rough Fish Station - STORAGE BLDG #79 (DNR) |
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| Reference Number: | 15732 |
| Location (Address): | SWAN RD, OFF COUNTY HIGHWAY E OUT OF HORICON |
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| County: | Dodge |
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| Township/Village: | Burnett |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 12 |
| Range: | 15 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 26 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1974 |
| Historic Use: | machine shed |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Board |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Horicon Rough Fish Station'. 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. 6/6 WINDOW IN GABLE In photo and/or map codes, (S) stands for State Facility Survey. Negatives filed with survey project. DESCRIPTION OF HORICON ROUGH FISH STATION: A resience (c. 1906), mess hall (1902), and two "storage buildings" (barns, 1911 and 1915) are all part of the original Brecker farm. The house was sold last year and, as of July 1979, is oof its foundations and ready to be moved to private property. The farmhouse is two and one-half stories, cross-gabled, and of frame construction. Most recently, it house student summer interns for the DNR. The original stone foundation remains. The mess hall may have been a summer kitchen. It is a small, one-story frame building. Storage #00080 is a large barn. With a gambrel roof and vertical board siding, it rests on a heavy (and heavily mortared) stone foundation. Storage #00079 is a long frame machine shed. SIGNIFICANCE: At one time, the Brecker complex probably represented a prosperous farm operation. Interesting buildings, but significant neither architecturally nor historically. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |