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MILLER LN | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

MILLER LN

Architecture and History Inventory
MILLER LN | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:SIMON Anderson Bjork House
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:40895
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):MILLER LN
County:Lafayette
City:
Township/Village:Wiota
Unincorporated Community:
Town:2
Range:5
Direction:E
Section:15
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1862
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 AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
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.
Bibliographic References:BLANCHARDVILLE The Blade-Atlas 1/26/1995. "More Log House Memories" Lead Region Historic Trust Newsletter, Winter, 1997.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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