Property Record
10518 N CEDARBURG RD
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 70257 |
| Location (Address): | 10518 N CEDARBURG RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | barn |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Board |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 2016 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION this barn has a gambrel roof, board siding, and a fieldstone foundation. There are steeply-pitched gable dormers projecting from the side of the roof. Openings include multi-light windows and wooden doors. Concrete and rock-face concrete block silos without their tops at one end of the barn. ARCHITECTURE\ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE This barn has some architectural interest as a gambrel-roofed barn type in Mequon. The gable-roofed dormer is typical of dormers seen throughout Mequon on barns. The silos date from the early twentieth century. Especially interesting is the rock-face concrete block silo. demolished in 2016. |
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| 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] Tax 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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |