N470 KESTER RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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N470 KESTER RD

Architecture and History Inventory
N470 KESTER RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:J. Wakefield
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:71380
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):N470 KESTER RD
County:Waupaca
City:
Township/Village:Fremont
Unincorporated Community:
Town:21
Range:13
Direction:E
Section:36
Quarter Section:NW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1881
Additions:
Survey Date:1994
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Gabled Ell
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
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:1993: This gabled ell residence consists of a two-story main block and a one and one-half story wing. The walls are clad in aluminum siding with a standing seam metal covered roof. The shed-roofed front porch has been enclosed and a shed-roofed entryway has been added to the front of the porch. A shed-roofed addition has also been appended to the rear of the structure as well. The only original outbuildings remaining are the horizontal plain drop sided pig shed and clapboard clad milkhouse on the opposite side of Kester Road. Newer outbuildings include a garage, shed, and machine shed. The structure was built c. 1881 for J. Wakefield. Wakefield was a local leader for Fremont Township, serving as the first elected school clerk. In addition, he was a District Attorney and a Member of Assembly for the First District. He was elected secretary and historian of the Old Settlers Society for Waupaca County. As such, he authored History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. After the turn of the century the farmstead was owned sequentially by A. Strinker, H. Borchart and John Hatfield, who established the Maple Lawn Diary, before being purchased by the present owner.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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