Property Record
N8633 STATE HIGHWAY 22
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Knapp Farmstead Barn |
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| Other Name: | Nakota Farm |
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| Reference Number: | 3434 |
| Location (Address): | N8633 STATE HIGHWAY 22 |
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| County: | Columbia |
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| Township/Village: | Marcellon |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 13 |
| Range: | 10 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 21 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19742016 |
| Historic Use: | barn |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Fieldstone |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. 2016- "The Knapp Farmstead Barn was constructed in 1858. It is timber-framed bank barn with rubble stone walls laid in irregular courses. Timber framing is visible on the interior. The gable roof is covered in original wood shingles with asphalt shingles layered above. Windows consist of fixed, four-pane lights along the lower level on the east (front) facade. Upper level window openings display wooden sashes and are infilled with wood. A diamond-shaped, four-light window is located in the gable end of the east elevation; the date stone, which reads “1858,” sits just below it. A large open bay on the side (north) elevation, which is on the raised end of the embankment, features a wooden sash and has been infilled with vertical wood boards. A secondary entrance is located on the north end of the east elevation and is filled in with wood. The interior of the structure originally had three levels; however, these have now been dismantled.(1) This structure was built over a two-year period by the Knapp family, who were homesteaders from Missouri. They used it as a threshing barn for wheat.(2) The family remained in the Town of Marcellon for some time. By 1890 C.H. Knapp owned 155 acres on either side of the road that is now STH 22.(3) Additional structures on this property include a c.1900, wood-frame, front-gable barn clad in asphalt shingles; a c.1900, side-gable, wood-frame shed with a metal roof; a c.1925 shed-roof structure that may have been a chicken coop; a modern shed; and a modern house that does not meet WisDOT survey criteria." -"STH 22: STH 16-CTH CM/Barry Rd", WisDOT#6050-00-01, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc. (2016). DIAMOND SHAPED WINDOW IN GABLE. threshing barn |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1. “Historic Sites Survey.” July 1969, n.d. AHI No. 3434 Knapp Farmstead Barn Site File. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2. Radtke, Lynn. “Division of Historic Preservation Nomination Questionnaire,” 2010. AHI No. 3434 Knapp Farmstead Barn Site File. Wisconsin Historical Society. 3. C.M. Foote & Co. “Columbia County 1890: Plat of Marcellon.” 2 Inches: 1 Mile. Minneapolis, Minn.: C.M. Foote & Co., 1890. http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/43943/Marcellon/Columbia+County+1890/Wisconsin/. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |