5505 PORTAGE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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5505 PORTAGE RD

Architecture and History Inventory
5505 PORTAGE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:229790
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):5505 PORTAGE RD
County:Dane
City:
Township/Village:Burke
Unincorporated Community:
Town:8
Range:10
Direction:E
Section:21
Quarter Section:NE
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1900
Additions:
Survey Date:201420202022
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
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:2014: This c.1905, two-and-one-half-story, vernacular frame house has a rusticated concrete block foundation, wood siding, and combination hip and cross gable roof. It features modest Queen Anne influences, including an irregular form and massing, decorative shingles in the gable ends, and a full-width open porch with a pediment and Doric columns. Windows are one-over-one replacement sashes. The gable end on the south (side) elevation contains a three-part picture window. A second open porch is located at the rear of the house, part of a one-story addition. The property also includes outbuildings. The only structure from the historic period is a c.1900 tobacco barn (AHI No. 229791). The remnants of a stone foundation were reused to erect a modern garage, and a large modern pole building and gambrel shed are located at the rear of the property. The property does not meet WisDOT’s farmstead survey criteria. 2020: Resurveyed - appearance unchanged. 2022: Appearance unchanged since 2020.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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