Property Record
9514 W HIGHLAND RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WILLIAM WILDE |
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| Other Name: | Jim and Lynn Clemons Farm |
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| Reference Number: | 72781 |
| Location (Address): | 9514 W HIGHLAND RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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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?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | SPLIT FIELDSTONE WALLS W/CUT STONE QUOINS. WOOD PEAKED ARCH LINTELS. DOOR W/MULTI-PANED TRANSOM AND SIDELIGHTS. DESCRIPTION This two story Greek Revival house is constructed of coursed fieldstone rubble. It has a low pitched gable roof, a one-story ell, and polished limestone corner quions. Windows are single or two-over-two light double hung sashes topped with denticulated wooden lintels and shutters. The main entrance has an identical lintel and is decorated with very narrow side lights and a transom. The ell porch has plain wooden posts. Wood shingles cover the roof. Also on the property is a gable roofed barn with board siding, a fieldstone foundation, and small windows openings. A tile-covered silo sits at one end of the barn and one side is banked. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE Mequon has a number of limestone and fieldstone construction buildings and outbuildings and most of them feature the fine construction techniques and a materials this house has. What is particularly interesting about this house are the unusual lintels, the corner quions and Greek Revival entrance. Because of its high level of preservation and fine construction, this house has significance for architecture in the city. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This property was owned by William Wilde between 1869 and 1915 and by Theodore Wilde between 1948 and 1960. [a,d,e] HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Initial research indicates that this property is not significant for history. |
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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 Lutheran Immigration, Mequon: 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 |