Property Record
9804 N VALLEY HILL DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Friedrich Falkner |
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| Reference Number: | 75690 |
| Location (Address): | 9804 N VALLEY HILL DR |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION This two-story cream brick side gable house has a low-pitched gable roof covered with wood shingles and a one-story ell extending from the rear of the house. Windows are either two-over-two light or two-over-four light double-hung sashes decorated with brick segmental arches. Two fanlight windows with double brick arches decorate the gable peaks. The front entrance is in the center of the house and is coverd with a hip roof porch with turned posts and a plain balustrade. A rear porch is enclosed. Several brick corbelled chimineys project from the roof. Alson on the property is a gable-roofed barn with board siding and a stone foundation. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This house was owned by Friedrich Falkner between 1857 and 1899 and John Luber between 1915 and 1931. [a,b] |
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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 |