1143 LAKEFIELD RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

1143 LAKEFIELD RD

Architecture and History Inventory
1143 LAKEFIELD RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Johann Friederich & Catherine Hennings Farmstead Smokehouse
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:222434
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1143 LAKEFIELD RD
County:Ozaukee
City:
Township/Village:Grafton
Unincorporated Community:Lakefield
Town:10
Range:22
Direction:E
Section:32
Quarter Section:NW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1875
Additions:
Survey Date:20122019
Historic Use:smokehouse
Architectural Style:
Structural System:Masonry
Wall Material:Fieldstone
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:Y
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History.

This farmstead contains a farmhouse and complex of historic agricultural buildings. Johann Friederich Hennings immigrated to the United States from Altenburg, Germany, in July 1847. He purchased the subject property directly from the General Land Office of the United States on August 1, 1849. Circa 1875 smokehouse sited in close proximity to the northeast corner of the fieldstone house. AHI listings for this farmstead include the house (AHI #222312), bank barn (AHI #222432), granary (AHI #222433), smokehouse (AHI #222434), and barn (AHI #222435).

2019: Little or no change. Update photo
Bibliographic References:Plat maps, federal census records. “Architecture and History Survey: I-43” WHS project number 12-0649/MI/OZ. 2012. Prepared by Mead & Hunt Inc.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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