2500 CRANSTON RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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2500 CRANSTON RD

Architecture and History Inventory
2500 CRANSTON RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:McLenegan Farm; H.C. Freeman
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:81690
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2500 CRANSTON RD
County:Rock
City:Beloit
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1860
Additions:
Survey Date:1981
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:1981
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Two story frame farm house with limestone foundation. Hip roof with wide eaves and flat cornice. Flat lintels. Pergola "porch: attached c. 1915(?) with smooth round columns. Narrow clapboards. Windows had thin aluminum shutters applied. Two smaller houses and a board and batten barn with tile silo and shingled roof also on property - separate records. The H.C. Freemans lived here in the 1940s. Demolished 6/26/1981. There are oval and cigar-shaped mounds in the yard.
Bibliographic References:(A) Plat Book. (B) Priscilla Wehler interview with surveyor in 1975.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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