| Additional Information: | 01/2021: The property includes a ca. 1890 two-story cube dwelling (a), a ca. 1910 gambrel-roof bank barn (b), a ca. 1950 metal-clad pole barn (c), two circa 1950 livestock pole barns (d and e), and two ca. 1975 grain bins (f and g) associated with various non-historic-age outbuildings, barns, and additional grain bins. An additional gabled barn or outbuilding at the west side of the complex was not visible from the public ROW but appears on site in 1978 aerial imagery and may therefore be of historic age.
The hipped-roof dwelling (a) is highly altered, obscuring its original form, footprint, and any relevant architectural details. The resource (a) features a non-historic-age lateral shed-roof wing addition, and a large, two bay garage addition on the opposite elevation. Other alterations include a replacement standing-seam metal roof, replacement vinyl siding, and replacement vinyl windows. The primary façade and front entrance of the dwelling were not visible from the public ROW.
The large gambrel roof bank barn (b) features a metal roof, replacement standing-seam metal cladding, a stone perimeter wall foundation with small rectangular window openings, and a shed-roof addition on the eastern elevation. No other details were discernable from the public ROW. The metal pole barn (c) immediately west of the barn has a metal roof, metal cladding, and an open shed-roof appendage. The two livestock barns (d and e) at the east side of the complex feature low-pitched side-gabled roofs, standing-seam metal cladding, and concrete foundations. The grain bins (f and g) are located west of the dwelling and are surrounded by additional grain bins that are not historic-age.
The dwelling (a) appears on the 1900, 1904, and 1908 Lancaster quadrangle maps (USGS 1900, 1904, and 1908). According to the 1914 and 1918 Grant County Plat Maps, S.J. Walker was the owner of the property at the time of its construction (Geo. A. Ogle & Company 1918; Kenyon Company 1914). The dwelling (a) is depicted in the 1918 Plat Map (Geo. A. Ogle & Company 1918). Additional historic aerial imagery research revealed that the dwelling (a), barn (b), and two livestock barns (d and e) are visible on 1955 aerial imagery (NETR 2020). The additional resources (c, f, and g) are visible on 1978 aerial imagery (Earth Explorer 1978). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Earth Explorer
1978 USGS. Aerial Photo Single Frames [aerial]. 80000. Photo #1VEPK000100056. Minneapolis, MN, 1978.
Geo. A. Ogle and Company
1918 Standard Atlas of Grant County Wisconsin. Electronic document, http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/29123/Title+Page/Grant+County+1918/Wisconsin/, accessed January 13, 2021.
Grant County GIS Services
2020 Grant County Parcel Viewer. https://gis.co.grant.wi.gov/Parcel_Explorer/, accessed October 6, 2020.
Kenyon Company
1914 Map of Grant County, Wisconsin. Electronic document, https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/24992/rec/2, accessed January 14, 2021.
Nationwide Environmental Title Research (NETR)
2020 Historic Aerials Viewer. Electronic document, https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer, accessed
October 6, 2020.
U. S. Geological Survey (USGS)
1962 Lancaster 1: 24, 000 Topographic Quadrangle Map. Reston, VA.
Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS)
1986 Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin: A Manual for Historic Properties, Volumes 1-3. Historic
Preservation Division. State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Copy provided by the Wisconsin Historical
Society. |
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