| Additional Information: | 01/2021: The property includes a ca. 1900 side-gabled dwelling (a), a ca. 1920 outbuilding (b), a ca. 1920 windmill (c), a ca. 1975 pole barn (d), a ca. 1975 large metal barn (e), and an associated non-historic-age garage and outbuilding. The central one-and-a-half-story portion of the residence represents the original ca. 1900 dwelling. Early to mid-twentieth-century additions include a large gabled rear ell, a gabled front addition, and shed-roof additions on both side elevations that obscure the building’s original stylistic details, fenestration pattern, and form. Additional alterations include replacement vinyl cladding and a variety of replacement vinyl windows. The original portion of the dwelling is partially clad in faux brick asphalt siding.
The gabled outbuilding (b) features flush clapboard siding, an asphalt shingle roof, a concrete foundation, and one visible window. A former door and window opening on one elevation have been enclosed. No further details were discernible from the public ROW. The metal-framed windmill (c) is directly east of the outbuilding (b) and no longer appears to be in operation. Approximately half of the windmill’s blades are missing, but the pump mechanism appears to be intact.
The side-gabled pole barn (d), located immediately behind the dwelling, includes a standing-seam metal roof and wood supports for the multiple bays along the southern façade. No other details of the pole barn were visible from the public ROW. A large front-gabled, metal-clad barn with metal sliding doors (e) is the northernmost resource.
According to the 1914 and 1918 Grant County Plat Maps, Herbert Goldman owned the property (Geo. A. Ogle & Company 1918; Kenyon Company 1914). The property is labeled “Plain View Stock Farm,” and a building is depicted on the 1918 Plat Map and the 1902 Mineral Point quadrangle map at the location of the current dwelling (Geo. A. Ogle & Company 1918; USGS 1902). The dwelling (a) and outbuilding (b) are visible on the 1951 and 1955 aerials (NETR 2020). The pole barn (d) and large metal barn (e) are not original to the agricultural complex, but they appear on 1982 aerial imagery (NETR 2020).
12/2021: This farmstead remains in the same condition as its 2020 survey. This farmstead stands on the west side of Rock Church Road 0.25 miles north of Hopewell Road. It was previously surveyed in 2020. Aerial photographs show this farmstead has been present since at least 1940, but nearly all farm buildings from that period are nonextant. The original barn was demolished between 2010 and 2015. The historic 1.5-story house is present but lacks integrity; its original ca 1910 form is obscured by several additions on all elevations. The lap siding and sash windows are modern replacements. The ca 1920 small gabled shed and windmill are set near each other to the north of the house. They are both in poor-to-fair condition. The shed has a concrete foundation, wood clapboard siding, and gabled roof with wood shingles. At least one window and doorway are covered over. The windmill is missing blades, but the pump appears intact at the base. The only pre-1940 extant farm building is set west of the house, but views from the ROW were obscured by the house and ca 2015 garage. The narrow rectangular structure has a gabled roof with a shed roof pole barn extension along its south elevation. Its walls and roof are clad in metal. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 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. Electronic document, 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)
1902 Mineral Point 1: 125, 000 Topographic Quadrangle Map. Reston, VA.
1952 Montfort 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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