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Property Record

1116 MADISON AVE

Historic Name:
Ramsey House
Other Name:
Reference Number:
118768

Property Location

Location (Address)
1116 MADISON AVE
County
Jefferson
City/Village
Fort Atkinson
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1890
Additions
Survey Date
1998
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Clapboard
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
This residence is comprised of two, two-story, front-gabled wings that are connected with a one-and-one-half-story, side-gabled unit with a small porch. The porch features a spindled balustrade, turned supports and a shed roof. A one-story, shed-roof addition extends from the structure's north elevation and another addition is located to the west.

Historically part of the Rufus Dodge Estate, plat maps indicate that this property was acquired by Frank Ramsey by 1899. In 1913, Charles Sanford Vosburg married Florence Ramsey, a daughter of Frank. Sometime after 1919, Charles and Florence acquired the subject residence. They then moved a barn from their previous property to the subject parcel. The barn, with its Dutch-style livestock area at its (then) east end, was moved again in the 1960s--at which time it was relocated to Old World Wisconsin, in Eagle.
Bibliographic References
1887, 1899, 1919 plat maps Alphabetical index (card file) and "Vosburg Barn," photographic file, both located at the Research anfd Genealogy Library of the Hoard Historical Museum, Fort Atkinson, WI.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

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Not Listed
National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
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Photographs
Ramsey Barn

Ramsey Barn

1975

View of the Ramsey barn, built in 1841 by William Barrie. The barn is now located at Old World Wisconsin in Eagle, Wisconsin.

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