Property Record
S1018 Knapp Valley Road
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Willow Grove Stock and Grain Farm - corn crib |
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| Other Name: | Peter Hanson Farmstead - corn crib |
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| Reference Number: | 246180 |
| Location (Address): | S1018 Knapp Valley Road |
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| County: | Vernon |
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| Township/Village: | Clinton |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 14 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 17 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2023 |
| Historic Use: | corn crib |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Wood |
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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: | 2023: The Peter Hanson Farmstead, also known as the Willow Grove Stock and Grain Farm, was constructed along Knapp Valley Road in Section 17, Town of Clinton, Vernon County. Plat maps, atlases, and U.S. Census records indicate the 160-acre parcel was in the ownership of Peter Hanson and/or his descendants from at least 1878 to 1930. Initially, the residence was constructed east of Knapp Creek, but by 1896, it was constructed or reconstructed further northwest in the present location west of Knapp Creek. As it stands, the farmstead consists of a historic age log house (246176), gabled ell house (246177), threshing barn (229961), tobacco barn (246178), agricultural outbuilding (246179), and corn crib (246180) as well as a non-historic age machine shed. Of these, the threshing barn was surveyed in 2015 at which time it was evaluated as potentially eligible. Two smaller barns or outbuildings, formerly west of Knapp Valley Road, were demolished after 1957. The corn crib also stands west of Knapp Valley Road. It was constructed circa 1900 and is a one-story rectangular plan front-gabled building. The exterior is spaced horizontal wood plank. The roof is covered with sheet metal. A single entrance is in the south gable end wall. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Map of Vernon County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI: Bogk and Rowland, Wisconsin Farm and Timber Lands, 1878. Plat Book of Vernon County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis, MN: C.M. Foote & Co., 1896. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |