The Dunroven House is a historic house at 7801 Dunroven Road northeast of the village of Dane, Wisconsin. The house was built in 1870 by Abram Asa Boyce, a farmer and politician who served in the Wisconsin State Legislature and chaired the Dane County Board of Supervisors. Boyce's original house, which he named Walnut Hill, was a two-story sandstone building. E. W. de Bower purchased the house in 1909 and expanded it into a Colonial Revival home that was much larger than others in the area. The house's design features a full portico on the front facade supported by four two-story Corinthian columns and hipped dormers projecting from the roof. de Bower, who lived in Chicago and hired locals to raise cattle on the property, named the new house Mont-Joy in honor of his wife.[2]
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| Location | 7801 Dunroven Rd., Dane, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 43°17′04″N 89°28′23″W / 43.28444°N 89.47306°W |
| Area | 1.6 acres (0.65 ha) |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 80000120[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 28, 1980 |
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Koop, Mike (May 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Dunroven House". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved April 8, 2023.