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8914 W BONNIWELL RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

8914 W BONNIWELL RD

Architecture and History Inventory
8914 W BONNIWELL RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:ROBERT "RED" RENCHEN
Contributing:
Reference Number:68905
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):8914 W BONNIWELL RD
County:Ozaukee
City:Mequon
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1855
Additions:
Survey Date:1990
Historic Use:barn
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Board and Batten
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:DESCRIPTION
Thw main building on this property is a gable-roofed barn attached to a one and one-half story side gable house. The barn section has board siding, a fine fieldstone foundation with numerous windows and doors, a cupola, and a gable projection over the banked entrance. The side gable house sections festures a gable roof with shed-roofed dormers, and clapboard siding. Windows are double-hung sashes. A firldstone constructed silo sits at one end. It has a conical roof with with gable-roofed dormer. Also on the property is a smaller barn with high fieldstone foundation, several six-light openings and board and batten siding. The form of this building is cross gabled.
Bibliographic References:[a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Taxs Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheram Immigration, Mequom: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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