Property Record
CEMETERY ROAD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Oak Grove Cemetery |
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| Other Name: | Oak Grove Cemetery |
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| Reference Number: | 40845 |
| Location (Address): | CEMETERY ROAD |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Portage |
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| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | cemetery |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The cemetery is laid out along both sides of eleven north-south roads along the top of a 10w rise. Thus it has a linear appearance. Oaks and conifers are scattered across the cemetery. Graves are placed as single burials and family plts. Family plots are not surrounded by fences. The earliest noted graves date to 1874, and the cemetery continues in use. A chain link fence with ashlar granite pillars occur along the road side of the cemetery. Two square pillars on either side of the entrance note: "Oak Grove Cemetery." They were donated by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Menthey in 1980. Related buildings: one asphalt gable roof frame shed with drop siding and concrete footings and one asphalt gable roof frame garage with vinyl siding and concrete footings. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |