Property Record
4309 HIGHWAY 42
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | George Fritschler House |
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| Reference Number: | 57094 |
| Location (Address): | 4309 HIGHWAY 42 |
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| County: | Door |
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| Township/Village: | Sevastopol |
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| Town: | 28 |
| Range: | 26 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 21 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19922022 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Two Story Cube |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Segmental arched windows and door. Painted polychrome effect. Note "F" emblem above door. Constructed 1890-99. The two-story, vernacular George Fritschler house was constructed c.1890. It is of brick masonry construction with a square plan on a stone foundation. The truncated hip roof is covered in asphalt shingles and features two interior brick chimneys. Corbelled brick coursework adorns the first and second stories. Windows are symmetrically placed, replacement, mostly one-over-one, double-hung sash with original stone sills and brick segmental arch lintels. A wood name plate with a decorative brick surround sits centered below the front (east) facade eave, though the lettering has been removed. The front entryway with a replacement door and segmental arch lintel is placed slightly off-center; it appears the porch has been removed. A small, one-story, shed addition sheathed in wood cladding is built off the side (north) elevation. The vernacular brickwork is likely of German tradition, as the area was largely settled by Germans in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. It exhibits a number of familiar German characteristics including placement near the roadway, a symmetrical facade, stone foundation, arched lintels over the doors and windows, and corbelled brick cornices. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |