CLAY HILL RD, S SIDE, .3 MILE E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY F | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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CLAY HILL RD, S SIDE, .3 MILE E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY F

Architecture and History Inventory
CLAY HILL RD, S SIDE, .3 MILE E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY F | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:AADE AADERESON BRATTLIE HOUSE
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:47057
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):CLAY HILL RD, S SIDE, .3 MILE E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY F
County:Iowa
City:
Township/Village:Brigham
Unincorporated Community:
Town:5
Range:5
Direction:E
Section:10
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1855
Additions:
Survey Date:1976
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Rustic Style
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:A ONE AND A HALF-STORY LOG HOUSE WITH A SHED-ROOFED PORCH. IT IS 13.5' WIDE X 16' LONG; 16' X 16' LATER FRAME ADDITION SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED C. 1935; 4 EXPOSED CEILING JOISTS; INTERIOR LIMEWASHED; STAIRS OUTSIDE LOG HOUSE LATER COVERED WITH FRAME ADDITION; SMALL BLOCK SPACERS USED IN ALL DOOR AND WINDOW OPENINGS; ORIGINAL CLAY CHINKING APPLIED OVER WOODEN BLOCK FILLERS, LATER COVERED WITH LIME MORTAR; LOGS BLT. TO EAVES ONLY, 2 X 4 FRAMING COVERED WITH BOARDS IN GABLED PEAK; SANDROCK FOUNDATION LAID UP OVER NATURAL BEDROCK DECLIVITY (ORIGINAL DUGOUT?); PLATE LOGS EXTEND BEYOND END WALL OPPOSITE FRAME ADDITION (POSSIBLY BOTH ORIGINALLY EXTENDED), UNDERSIDE CUT OUT IN DECORATIVE CURVE; PEELED POLE RAFTERS BUTTED AND NAILED; SECOND-STORY FLOORING OF 14" HANDPLANED SOFTWOOD PLANKS, FIRST-STORY FLOOR OF MIXED SASH AND CIRCULAR SAWN BOARDS 5" TO 8" WIDTH NAILED TO 4 HEWN AND ONE PEELED JOIST. THE BRATTLIE FAMILY, ORIGINALLY FROM TELEMARK, NORWAY, SETTLED HERE IN 1855. FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR IN WISCONSIN, THE FAMILY LIVED IN A DUGOUT. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE MARK KNIPPING.
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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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