Property Record
CLAY HILL RD, S SIDE, .3 MILE E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY F
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | AADE AADERESON BRATTLIE HOUSE |
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Contributing: | |
Reference Number: | 47057 |
Location (Address): | CLAY HILL RD, S SIDE, .3 MILE E OF COUNTY HIGHWAY F |
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County: | Iowa |
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Township/Village: | Brigham |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 5 |
Range: | 5 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 10 |
Quarter Section: | SE |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
Year Built: | 1855 |
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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/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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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Bibliographic References: |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |