Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report, Northwest Quadrant of Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Lehrke, Jennifer; Short, Robert; Legacy Architecture, Inc.

Abstract: "This report documents an architectural and historical intensive survey of resources located within the boundaries of the Towns of Aztalan, Lake Mills, Milford, and Waterloo, comprising the northwest quadrant of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, as of 2012. A reconnaissance survey of this area was conducted by the principal and assistant investigators as the first part of the survey. After which, a research effort was conducted to ascertain the architectural and historical significance of the resources identified during the reconnaissance survey. The resulting products of the project were produced according to standards set by the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Division of Historic Preservation and include the following: The intensive survey report includes a summary of the research and a brief history of the community. It provides a historical context for the evaluation of historic resources and serves as a means for identifying significant properties, farmsteads, and districts eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. It also contains recommendations for future survey and research needs, priorities for National Register listing, and strategies for historic preservation. Survey maps indicate all previously and newly surveyed properties as well as properties already listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Farmstead and district maps identify boundaries and all resources in the potential farmsteads and districts. These maps are included in the Survey Results Chapter in this intensive survey report. The Wisconsin Historical Society’s website contains an electronic database, called the Architecture and Historic Inventory (AHI), for all inventoried properties. Also, an electronic copy of this report is saved on compact disc and held at the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Jefferson County Courthouse." Project funding was provided in part by a 2008 Historic Preservation Fund grant to Jefferson County (project number WI-11-003) administered by the Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 55-11-31956) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Jefferson County, Wisconsin is a Certified Local Government.

Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report, Northwest Quadrant of Jefferson County, Wisconsin

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