W2901 STATE HIGHWAY 23 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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W2901 STATE HIGHWAY 23

Architecture and History Inventory
W2901 STATE HIGHWAY 23 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:ROBERT & JOSEPHINE ALLEN FARMSTEAD
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:90311
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):W2901 STATE HIGHWAY 23
County:Green Lake
City:
Township/Village:Brooklyn
Unincorporated Community:
Town:16
Range:12
Direction:E
Section:26
Quarter Section:NE
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1860
Additions:
Survey Date:2007
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Greek Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
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:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. SUPERB T-PLAN GREEK REVIVAL STYLE FORMER FARMHOUSE THAT THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS STH 23 SAID WAS BUILT CA.1851. THE TWO-STORY-TALL SIDE GABLE FORM MAIN BLOCK OF THE HOUSE HAS CORNER PILASTERS AND PEDIMENTED GABLE ENDS.

THIS FARM WAS OWNED BY ROBERT & JOSEPHINE ALLEN FROM 1847 UNTIL WELL AFTER 1870, WHICH WAS THE YEAR THAT ALLEN RETIRED FROM FARMING AND THE COUPLE MOVED TO RIPON, IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY. IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THE HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR THE ALLENS BETWEEN 1847 AND 1870, BASED ON A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS, AND SINCE THE ALLENS WER MARRIED IN 1860 IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE HOUSE WAS BUILT AROUND THAT TIME.
Bibliographic References:CONVERSATION WITH NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE ROAD, JULY, 2007. THE HISTORY OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY. WISCONSIN. CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1880, P. 881.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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