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Francis Marian Ames Farmstead

Coordinates: 42°51′26″N 89°20′40″W / 42.85722°N 89.34444°W / 42.85722; -89.34444 (Ames, Francis Marian, Farmstead)
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Francis Marian Ames Farmstead
Francis Marian Ames Farmstead
Location221 US 14, Rutland, Wisconsin
Coordinates42°51′26″N 89°20′40″W / 42.85722°N 89.34444°W / 42.85722; -89.34444 (Ames, Francis Marian, Farmstead)
Area4.2 acres (1.7 ha)
Built1892 (1892)
ArchitectHankinson & Blanchard
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.92001555[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 5, 1992

The Francis Marian Ames Farmstead is located in Rutland, Wisconsin.[2] It was added to the State and the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[3]

In 1878 F.M. Ames bought this farmland from Samuel Axtell's estate. In 1892 he built the Queen Anne-styled house that stands today, two stories, clad mostly in clapboard. The gable ends contain diamond-shaped windows and are decorated with shingles, bargeboards and lattice-work at the peaks. The porches are decorated with spindlework. Some of the windows are leaded glass.[4]

The farmstead also includes some outbuildings: a frame basement barn, a small animal shelter that was probably the lower level of another frame basement barn, and a garage that was probably used as horse and carriage barn.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Francis Marian Ames Farmstead". LandmarkHunter.com. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "221 US HIGHWAY 14". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Joyce McKay (May 6, 1992). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Ames, Francis Marian, Farmstead". National Park Service. Retrieved December 15, 2018. With eight photos.