Property Record
MILLER LN
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | SIMON Anderson Bjork House |
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Other Name: | |
Contributing: | |
Reference Number: | 40895 |
Location (Address): | MILLER LN |
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County: | Lafayette |
City: | |
Township/Village: | Wiota |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 2 |
Range: | 5 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 15 |
Quarter Section: | SW |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
Year Built: | 1862 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 1995 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
Structural System: | Log |
Wall Material: | Log |
Architect: | |
Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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National Register Listing Date: | |
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Additional Information: | 1 1/2 STORY LOG HOUSE 27' LONG BY 18' WIDE, BUILT WITH INTERIOR LOG PARTION WALL. LOGS BUILT TO EAVES ONLY, FLATTENED POLES USED AS GABLE FRAMING. USED INVERTED V NOTCH, SIDED OVER EARLY. WESTERN ROOM HAS 4 EXPOSED HEWN CEILING JOISTS (5X7), FLOOR 1X7 PINE TONGUE AND GROOVE. EASTERN ROOM HAS 7 EXPOSED HEWN CEILING JOISTS (5X7), FLOOR SAME. MORTARED LIMESTONE FOUNDATION WITH HALF CELLAR. LOGS CHINKED WITH LIME MORTAR APPLIED OVER WOODEN BLOCK FILLERS. HANDBUILT 4 PANEL DOORS. 11 SETS OF 5" PEELED POLE RAFTERS BUTTED AT PEAK. 6/6 SASH WINDOWS. YELLOW BRICK CHIMNEY WITH CORBELLED TOP BUILT ATOP INTERIOR LOG PARTION WALL. SIDEWALLS CANTED SLIGHTLY OUTWARD. DOOR NAILED OVER WINDOW MADE WITH DOVETAIL KEY STIFFENERS, FORGED STRAP HINGES-MATCHES CELLAR DOOR, BUT OTHERS BUILT IN STANDARD DOOR CONSTRUCTION MANNER. |
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Bibliographic References: | BLANCHARDVILLE The Blade-Atlas 1/26/1995. "More Log House Memories" Lead Region Historic Trust Newsletter, Winter, 1997. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |