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Property Record

N3688 COUNTY HIGHWAY M

Historic Name:
Dietrich & Sophia Miller Residence
Other Name:
Reference Number:
230640

Property Location

Location (Address)
N3688 COUNTY HIGHWAY M
County
La Crosse
City/Village
Township
Barre
Unincorporated community
Town
16
Range
6
Direction
W
Section
21
Quarter Section
NW
Quarter Quarter Section
NE

Property Features

Year Built
1900
Additions
Survey Date
2015
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Y
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
Dietrich Miller immigrated from Germany, Sophia was a Wisconsin native with German-born parents. Their farm was characterized as a general farm. Their son Emil and his wife Lillian took over the farm and later passed it down to their son Gordon.

2015- "This two-story, front-gabled, brick residence has a cut stone foundation. A one-and-one-half-story wing projects from the
primary (south) elevation. A frame addition also has been constructed on the west elevation of this wing, while a concrete block
addition has been built on its east elevation. Fenestration appears to be modern and, on the main block, rests on stone sills.
Window openings feature lintels consisting of double rows of rowlock brick topped with a row of header brick (interestingly,
these lintels are identical to those seen on N3343 CTH M (230636). As well, a row of soldier brick visually separates the
first and second levels. Historic period agricultural buildings on the property consist of a bank barn (230677), a concrete
block milk house, a small unidentified frame structure and a tile silo. The property also contains a number of pole farm utility
buildings; assessor records list a total of five agricultural pole structures.

The subject property has been owned by the Miller family since the late nineteenth centuty. Born in Germany in 1853, Dietrich
F. Miller immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of eleven. He purchased this 120-acre farm in 1878. On 17
April 1880, he married Wisconsin-native Sophia R. Nuttleman and they had a girl, Luella, on 16 February 1881. They later had
two sons, Arthur and Emil, and another daughter, Elsa. Their subject residence was built circa 1900. By 1910, son Emil was
operating the farm and Dietrich was working as a mason. The farm is characterized as a "general farm." Emil married Lillian
Oldenburg and the property was passed on to their son Gordon."
-"CTH M, CTH O (south) to CTH B (north)", WisDOT #5436-00-01, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Vogel/McQuillen), (2015).
Bibliographic References
History of La Crosse County (Western Historical Company, 1881), page 857; assessor record; plat maps; census records

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Not Listed
National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
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