Property Record
N8836 LAKE PARK ROAD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Mat Harrs Farmstead - House |
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| Reference Number: | 168442 |
| Location (Address): | N8836 LAKE PARK ROAD |
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| County: | Calumet |
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| Township/Village: | Harrison |
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| Town: | 19 |
| Range: | 18 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 16 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2010 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Asphalt |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2015- "This early twentieth century farmstead contains five historic resources including a Gabled Ell house (168442), dairy barn with attached silo (168461), machine shed (168462), milk house (172601), and small outbuilding (168463). The 2-story Gabled Ell house (168442) was constructed c.1880. It is rectangular in plan with a stone foundation, asphalt-clad walls, and a diamond-patterned asphalt-shingled roof. The front elevation faces west and is asymmetrical in plan with a 2-story front-gabled mass comprising the northern half of the facade and a 1-story side-gabled mass comprising the southern half. A recessed front porch spans with width of the 1-story mass; the porch has modern wood supports and latticed railings and shelters two 1-over-1 windows and two glazed front doors. The front-gabled portion of the facade contains two 1-over-1 windows at the first story and two 1-over-1 windows at the second story. Wood shingles are located below the gables." -"CTH LP, USH 10 to CTH AP", WisDOT#4992-00-56, Prepared by UWM-CRM (Gail Klein), 2015. The earliest available historic atlas showing land ownership is dated 1893; it indicates Mat Harrs as the owner of the property, which at the time encompassed 60 acres. Aside from his land ownership in 1893, no other information was about Mat Harrs was uncovered. The 1920 atlas map indicates Michael Merget as the owner of the property, which at that time encompassed 55 acres. The 1930 map also indicates Michael Merget as the owner of the same acreage. By 1954, the property was still under the the ownership of the Merget Family; however, Frank Merget was the owner. Frank retained ownership of the farmstead until at least 1986 when Gordon Van De Hey became the landowner, of which he remains today. Other properties associated with this record include: Dairy Barn (AHI 168461), Milk House (AHI 172601), Machine shed (AHI 168462), Outbuilding (AHI 168463). Resurveyed February 2015: No visible changes. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Plat Book of Manitowoc and Calumet Counties, 1893; Standard Atlas of Calumet County, 1920; Wisconsin State Atlas, 1930; Calumet County Plat Book, 1954; Tri-Annual Atlas and Plat Book, Calumet County, 1986. “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 10: CTH AP (Midway Rd.) To STH 114. WHS project number 12-1241.” April 1997. Prepared by Rachel E. Bankowitz. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |