Property Record
8120 W MEQUON RD
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | CHARLES SCHMIDT |
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Reference Number: | 32174 |
Location (Address): | 8120 W MEQUON RD |
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County: | Ozaukee |
City: | Mequon |
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Year Built: | 1855 |
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Survey Date: | 199020142022 |
Historic Use: | barn |
Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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Wall Material: | Board |
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Demolished?: | Yes |
Demolished Date: | 0 |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION This house is a two and one-half story front gable building with clapboard siding and decorative wood shingles in the front gable. There are two wooden belt courses and the windows are multiple-pane double-hung sashes. A square bay extends off of one side of the house. The front porch has a flat roof, square post, and a decorative balustrade. Behind the house is a shed that is part frame constructed and part stone constructed. It is possible that it was the earlier house on this property, but has been converted into a shed. It has irregular size openings and some large shed doors. A relatively small gable-roofed barn with board siding and a fieldstone foundation. A concrete silo sits at one end of the barn. A small shed also sits next to the barn. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE This house is a well-preserved and good example of a front gable building from the early twentieth century. More significant on the property is the combination frame and stone shed that may have been an early house on the property. The barn and other sheds are also of architectural interest as nineteenth century agricultural buildings. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The stone and frame shed and the old barn were owned by Charles Schmidt between at least 1857 and 1864 and by August Schmidt between 1867 and 1913. The newer house on the property was probably built for and owned by John Rennicke between 1914 and 1954. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Further investigation of the stone shed on this property, tracing it back to the original owners through deed research may uncover a person of historical significance associated with this property. No longer extant -- Heritage Research (2014 & 2022). |
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Bibliographic References: | [a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Tax Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheran Immigration, Mequom: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |