Property Record
W5459 COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY F
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Jonas T. & Frank L. Lampson Farmstead |
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| Other Name: | Farmstead |
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| Reference Number: | 159121 |
| Location (Address): | W5459 COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY F |
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| County: | Washburn |
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| Township/Village: | Brooklyn |
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| Town: | 40 |
| Range: | 12 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 2 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1902 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Other |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The Lampson Farmstead consists of a circa 1902 house, a circa 1910 dairy barn, and eight outbuildings. In 1901, the area around the south side of Silver Lake was homesteaded by Jonas T. Lampson and his son Frank L. Lampson. In April of 1902, they constructed a general store, known as the Lampson Mercantile Company, and founded the community of Lampson (later known as the Town of Brooklyn). The other members of the Lampson family arrived on May 9, 1902 and took up residence in the second story of the general store (Ward and Winton ed. 1980:555). In April of 1902, the CStPM&O constructed a station stop at Lampson. Frank L. Lampson became the postmaster and railroad ticket agent for Lampson (Ward and Winton ed. 1980:555). In the early twentieth century the logging industry in Washburn County began to slow and the Lampson's urged fellow residents to engage in the dairy business. The Lampson's hosted the manager of the Barronett Creamery, from Barronett, Wisconsin to speak at their general store about the prospects of the dairy business. Resident Frank Hoisington became the first Lampson resident to engage in the dairy business and ship cream. Soon Lampson became an important hub in northwestern Wisconsin for the shipment of cream (Ward and Winton ed. 1980:556). The north central and northwest regions of Wisconsin had the least amount of dairy production than any of the other regions in the state in 1910. Dairy production in the region had been insignificant before 1895 but in the early twentieth century, the production of butter and the number of creameries in northern counties was on the rise (SHSW 1986b:11-5). Following World War I and into the 1930s, dairy products were Wisconsin's number one manufactured commodity, with an annual value of more than $200 million (Ebling 1931:1). The Lampson's constructed a farm near their general store circa 1902 where they raised cattle, hogs, and chickens (Ward and Winton ed. 1980:556). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Ward, E. and Kay Brown Winton (editors) 1980 Historical Collections of Washburn County and the Surrounding Indianhead Country, Vol. II. Washburn County Historical Society, Shell Lake, Wisconsin. Ebling, Walter H. 1931 Wisconsin Dairying. Electronic document, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/tp&CISOPTR=51626&CISOSHOW=51537, accessed January 26, 2010. Architecture and History Survey. May 2011. Prepared by Rachel E. Bankowitz. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |