Property Record
W21862 STATE HIGHWAY 35
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John Hannam Farmhouse |
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| Reference Number: | 242175 |
| Location (Address): | W21862 STATE HIGHWAY 35 |
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| County: | Trempealeau |
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| Township/Village: | Caledonia |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 18 |
| Range: | 8 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 30 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1860 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2020 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | See also #242176 (barn/outbuildings) & 242177 (cattle pass). 2020: The original portion of this farm is comprised of a nineteenth century, frame-constructed, one-and-one-half story farmhouse; a circa-1940s/50s rainbow-arched barn; multiple, more modern-era silos; as well as a number of other frame-constructed, open cattle sheds and a garage. Regarding the clapboard-sheathed house, it consists of a circa-1860 front-gabled wing with six-over-six-light sash, along with a gabled ell wing with a gabled roof dormer, as well as fronted by an enclosed, hipped-roof porch. A shed-roof wing extends from the west side of the front-gabled wing, while a bay window is found along the east gabled end wall of the ell wing. The arched roof barn, oriented on an east-west axis, is largely covered with metal, but some board sections remain. Three silos are located adjacent to the barn—one of modern fiberglass construction, while two are cement stave examples. Finally a concrete culvert is located near the east end of the parcel which functions as a cattle pass to the other side of the roadway. Note also that a modern house (built 2005; not surveyed) is located to the north of the original house (and carries the address of W21860 State Highway 35), but it is part of the larger subject farm parcel. A significantly large, modern (built post-2000) barn is found east of the original portion of the farm and is located on a separate land parcel. Born in 1825, John Hannam immigrated to the United States from England and settled on the subject parcel by no later than 1860, by which time he married his wife Jane. They had one son, Alfred. John retired by no later than 1900, after which he and Jane moved to the village of Trempealeau, where he served for a number of years as a member of the village board. He died in 1914; his obituary noting that he was among the early settlers of the county. Son Alfred took over the farm from his parents and remained there with his family until his death in 1934. His widow (and third wife) Ella, then moved from the farm to Trempealeau village. Ownership of the farm thereafter is unknown. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |