Albert and Mary Shekey House

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
Albert and Mary Shekey House is located in Wisconsin
Albert and Mary Shekey House
LocationW7526 Koshkonong Mounds Rd.
Koshkonong, Wisconsin
Coordinates42°52′33″N 88°54′21″W / 42.87583°N 88.90583°W / 42.87583; -88.90583
Built1885
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.15000404
Added to NRHPJuly 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

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  1. ^ "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES". National Park Service. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "W7526 Koshkonong Mounds Road". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 17, 2018.