The Albert and Mary Shekey House is a historic house at W7526 Koshkonong Mounds Road in the town of Koshkonong, Wisconsin.[1] The house was built in 1885 for Mary Shekey, the daughter of two of Jefferson County's first settlers, and her husband Albert, an engineer for the Chicago & North Western Railway. It provided close access to Lake Koshkonong and the Koshkonong Place hunting lodge; it is unknown if the Shekeys, who were Janesville residents before the house was built, lived in the house full-time or used it as a summer or rental home. The house has a Queen Anne design, a popular style of the late nineteenth century, though its architect and builder are unknown. Its design includes a projecting bay on the east side, an irregular cruciform roof with several hips and gables, ornamental brackets and a frieze board with carved circles below the eaves, and Dutch gables with wooden shingles within the gable ends.[2]
Albert and Mary Shekey House | |
 Albert and Mary Shekey House | |
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| Location | W7526 Koshkonong Mounds Rd. Koshkonong, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 42°52′33″N 88°54′21″W / 42.87583°N 88.90583°W |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000404 |
| Added to NRHP | July 7, 2015 |
The house was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 2014 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year.[3]
References
edit- ^ "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES". National Park Service. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ Short, Robert; Lehrke, Jennifer (May 28, 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Shekey, Albert and Mary, House". National Park Service. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ^ "W7526 Koshkonong Mounds Road". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 17, 2018.