Property Record
W3951 COUNTY RD B
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MARKING HOUSE (FARMSTEAD) |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 237333 |
| Location (Address): | W3951 COUNTY RD B |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Hamilton |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 16 |
| Range: | 6 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 9 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1960 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2018 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Ranch |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Composition Board |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THE ADOLPH MARKING FARMSTEAD WAS PURCHASED FROM MELVIN B LEE IN 1949 BY ADOLPH MARKING, WHO HAD BEEN FARMING IN THE AREA SINCE 1930. MARKING WAS WELL-RESPECTED IN THEA AREA AND WAS THE CLERK AT THE PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL IN THE 1950S. A SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN PROPERTY TAXES ON THE PROPERTY OCCURRED BETWEEN 1956 AND 1961, SUGGESTING THAT IT WAS IN THIS LATE 1950S PERIOD THAT MARKING IMPROVED THE PROPERTY WITH THE LARGE, MODERN DAIRY BARN, THE HOUSE AND PERHAPS SEVERAL OF THE OUTBUILDINGS. THIS PROPERTY IS POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE NRHP UNDER CRITERION A AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A MID-20TH CENTURY FARMSTEAD IN LA CROSSE COUNTY. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |