Gaute Ingebretson Loft House

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Gaute Ingebretson Loft House
Location1212 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Dunkirk, Wisconsin
Coordinates 42°54′47″N89°10′12″W / 42.91306°N 89.17000°W / 42.91306; -89.17000 (Ingebretson, Gaute, Loft House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1844 (1844)
ArchitectGaute Ingebretson
NRHP reference No. 87000437 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 13, 1987

The Gaute Ingebretson Loft House is a log house in a traditional Norwegian folk style built in Dunkirk, Wisconsin around 1844. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989. [2] [3]

Gaute Ingebretson immigrated from Tinn, Norway in the spring of 1843. Arriving in Wisconsin, he initially went to Muskego where other immigrants from Tinn had settled, but he felt that the land was too poor and marshy, so he moved on to the Koshkonong area. In August, near where his loft house stands today, he found three other immigrants from Tinn who had recently settled. He joined them, buying 160 acres for $200. [3]

Around 1844 he built his loft house. It is one story with an attic, with walls of horizontal rough-hewn red oak timbers, with the corners joined by dovetails and the gaps between logs filled with chinking strips and mortar. On the east end the second story overhangs five and a half feet beyond the first story, supported by posts. The building follows a traditional Norwegian folk form that probably dates from the late 1500s. The only other similar loft structure in the state is the Lisbakken Stabbar at Old World Wisconsin. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "1212 PLEASANT HILL RD". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Sheila Getto; William Tishler; Craig B. Nielsen (November 1, 1986). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Gaute Ingebretson Loft House". National Park Service . Retrieved February 3, 2019. With three photos.