Property Record
603 CRAIG RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Clarke House |
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| Reference Number: | 220757 |
| Location (Address): | 603 CRAIG RD |
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| County: | Dane |
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| Township/Village: | Albion |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 5 |
| Range: | 12 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 15 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1861 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The 1861 map indicates James Clarke as the owner with a building depicted. The 1873 and 1890 maps indicate Samuel Clarke as the property owner. The Clarke family was one of the earliest to settle in the Town of Albion, and, according to the 1880 History of Dane County, Samuel Clarke was the first Englishman to the area. Born in England, he came to Wisconsin by way of New York, settling in Section 15 of the Town of Albion, where he farmed on 80 acres. Samuel served in his community as Justice of the Peace, member of the Town Board, and as Town Treasurer. Samuel probably built this house between 1845 and ca. 1861, using stone from a nearby quarry, perhaps even the one indicated on the 1873 map at 1112 WIS 73. By 1904, Jas. Craig owned the land; he was the owner through at least 1911. Later maps indicate John Craig, Otis Bosbon, Duane F. Wallace, Elsie M. Wallace, and Kenneth W. and Carolyn Dooley as owners. As of 2015, Brian W. Bothun owned the property. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Atlas of Dane County, Wisconsin (1873) Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns (1877:283) 1880 History of Dane County, 1183-84 Plat Book of Dane County, Wisconsin (1890) Atlas of Dane County (1904) Standard Historical Atlas of Dane County Wisconsin (1911) Dane County Plat Book of Dane County, Wisconsin (1931) Plat Book (Farm Atlas) of Dane County, Wisconsin (1947) Dane County Plat Book (1929) Atlas of Dane County, Wisconsin (1954) Official County Plat Book and Rural Directory of Dane County, Wisconsin (1958) Dane County, Wisconsin: Official Farm Plat Book (1960 and 1968) Tri-Annual Atlas and Plat Book of Dane County, Wisconsin (1964) Farm Plat Book Dane County, Wisconsin (1974) Land Atlas & Plat Book Dane County, Wisconsin (1979, 1985, 1993, 1997 and 2003) Land Atlas & Plat Book Dane County, Wisconsin (2007) Ligowsky, A., A Map of Dane County (1861) |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |