Property Record

N8480 County Road E

Architecture and History Inventory

NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:	246405

PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):	N8480 County Road E
County:	Jefferson
City:
Township/Village:	Watertown
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
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Section:
Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
Additions:
Survey Date:	2024
Historic Use:	bank barn
Architectural Style:	Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:	Wood
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:	No
Demolished Date:

NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:	Not listed
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State Register Listing Date:

NOTES
Additional Information:	This historic farmstead is set on the north side of CR E west of Pleasant Valley Lane and consists of a house, gabled barn, small saltbox roof barn, and a dilapidated windmill. This large bank barn is set south of the house near the roadway. Its north façade is fronted with an earthen and concrete ramp that leads to its large central sliding door. The exposed base walls are cobblestone, there is a small sliding door with two small windows on the south basement wall. There is a saltbox roof extension off the north elevation. The barn is clad in weathered sheet metal and the roof has asphalt shingles. There is minimal fenestration on the main level of the barn.
Bibliographic References:	2024 Survey: Foote, C.M. 1899 Plat Book of Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Minneapolis, MN: C.M. Foote. Accessed online, https://www.historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/8760/ Ogle, G. A. & Co. 1919 Standard Atlas of Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Chicago: G.A. Ogle & Co. Accessed online, https://historicmapworks.com/Atlas/US/8576/ Jannke, W.F. III 1998 A Brief History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Prepared for Jefferson County. Accessed online, https://cms4files.revize.com/jeffersoncountynew/COMMUNITY/History%20of%20Jefferson%20County.pdf WHS n.d. "Origin of Jefferson County" Historical Essay. Madison: WHS. Accessed online, https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS9100 Western Historical Co. 1879 The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Co.. Accessed online, https://www.loc.gov/item/rc01001777/ Ott, John Henry 1917 Jefferson County, Wisconsin and its People: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing. Accessed online, https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/wch/id/36683/ Cartwright, Carol Lohry 2010 "Intesive Survey Report Architectural and Historical Survey of Towns of Concord, Farmington, Ixonia, and Watertown (NE Quadrant), Jefferson County, Wisconsin." Prepared for the Jefferson County Historic Sites Preservation Commission . Accessed online, https://cms4files.revize.com/jeffersoncountynew/HISTORIC%20SITES/NE%20Architectual_Historical_Intensive_Survey_Repor_Concord_Farmington_Ixonia_Watertownt.pdf

RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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