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2000: "Rising from a stone foundation and sheathed with asbestos shingles, this large, ca. 1890 residence is essentially a side-gabled structure with a two-story, projecting central wing. Although the porch deck has been rebuilt, the ca. 1890s, turned porch posts, spindled frieze, and the sunburst motif remains intact. Additionally, the large picture windows along the first-floor of the south facade appear to retain leaded glass upper panes. Despite the intact porchwork, the remainder of the house...features replacement windows. Also on the parcel is a board-sheathed, gambrel roof shed and barn; the latter of which rests on a fiedlstone foundation. A poured concrete silo without its cap is located adjacent and to the west of the barn.
A building is depicted on this property as early as 1873, in the approximate location of the current structure today. Consisting of 160 acres, the parcel was occupied by John Hart. By the late-1880s, John and Jane (Davidson) Tempero left their 40-acre parcel in Section 9 and purchased for $4,000 the subject 160 acre tract. John and Jane had two children, Charles J. and Marnie. John passed away in 1923. Tempero served at least one term as a Town Supervisor of Lisbon. His wife was the daughter of Lisbon pioneer and quarry owner, A.L. Davidson. Based on the appearance of the house, it is most likely that it was built during Tempero's tenure (ca. 1890); or perhaps it was a remodeling or addition to the previously extant structure. The property remained int he Tempero family until at least 1947. By 1949, however, the farmstead, which still contained approximately 160 acres, was purchased by Victor H. and Mattila Lembke. The Lembke family still resides in the residence, although the surrounding acreage has since been sold for the adjacent business park. The outbuildings now appear to be owned by someone other than the Lembke family.
The house and its relatively large size suggest a certain amount of prosperity. Indeed, when John Tempero purchased the 160-acre property in the 1880s, he was in debt for $4,000. However, by 1894, a biographical sketch indicates that Tempero had cleared himself of the debt and was running a successful farming operation."
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