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726 FOND DU LAC, NORTH SIDE, OPPOSITE INTERSECTION WITH WATER ST

Architecture and History Inventory
726 FOND DU LAC, NORTH SIDE, OPPOSITE INTERSECTION WITH WATER ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Samuel Roundseville House
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Reference Number:82628
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):726 FOND DU LAC, NORTH SIDE, OPPOSITE INTERSECTION WITH WATER ST
County:Sheboygan
City:Sheboygan Falls
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1864
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Survey Date:1975
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
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Wall Material:Clapboard
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Returned eaves; pediment with fan-carving over door. Rounseville was a nursery man. Also owned by Silas Crocker from 1878-1892; then Abner Heald from 1892-1936; then Curt Joa (and later Curt Joa Inc.) until the present.

House itself dates to 1864. Current Georgian Revival-style appearance dates to circa 1990, when house was resided in synthetic clapboards. Extensive grounds include stone walls built during Abner Heald's ownership. Curt Joa was an avid horseman, and organized the "Hillcrest Town and Country Club" which held annual horse shows. Joa also built several barns on the estate.

Related outbuildings include AHI#161981 (ca. 1940 garage); 161982 (1940 playhouse); 162001 (ca. 1915 stone water tower); 162021 (ca. 1940 small shed); 162022 (ca. 1940 barn); 162041 (ca. 1940 basement barn); 162042 (1955 pole barn); 162061 (ca. 1970 pole barn).

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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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