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 - MESS HALL #78 (DNR) |
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| Reference Number: | 15737 |
| 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: | 1902 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | summer kitchen |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Drop Siding |
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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. LONG NARROW BLDG WAS POSSIBLY A SUMMER KITCHEN NO CHIMNEY VISIBLE In photo and/or map codes, (S) stands for State Facility Survey. Negatives filed with survey project. DESCRIPTION: A residence (c. 1906), a mess hall (1902) and two "storage buildings" (barns, 1911 and 1915) are all part of the original Brecker farm. The house was sold in 1978, and as of July 1979, is off its foundations and ready to be moved to private property. The farmhouse is two and a one-half stories, cross gabled, and of frame construction. Most recently, it housed 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 |