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Any Guesses on Year my Home Was Built

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/718-N.-Main-Street-Fort-Atkinson,-WI_rb/?fromHomePage=true&shouldFireSellPageImplicitClaimGA=false&fromHomePageTab=buy

When we bought our home a year ago, we were told it was built in the 1950's. I had a feeling it was built much before that. Our inspector and realtor thought the same. I included the link to the listng from when we purchased it. I'm curious as to what some of your guesses may be about the year our house was built?:)

Comments (13)

  • 8 years ago

    1920's

  • 8 years ago

    i would go with wendy, but there is always the posibility they built in old fashioned way. how about property placement - gosh my head! you know where the say where your property starts and ends, often in a corner there. tax rolls? all my homes especially the 50s-60s had dates on bathroom eqpt.

  • 8 years ago
    Although the sink cabinet is probably 50’s, I would put it 20’s or 30’s. At that point there should be town records of when it was built. I’m leaning 30’s, but I’m no expert.
  • 8 years ago

    I would guess late teens through the 1920s.

  • 8 years ago
    My house was built in 1927 according to the date on the coal shoot. We also found a date when we moved the cast iron tub. The year was underneath. Maybe you can find some dates on hard surfaces of original pieces.
  • 8 years ago

    Definitely not 1950s unless someone was into nostalgia and retro building. Clerical error is my guess.

    Early 1900s through 1930.

    There may have been major remodeling done in the 50s, but the whole neighbourhood on Google street view reeks of 1880s-1930s. There was one that might be post WWII (next to a parking lot, 1-story).

  • 8 years ago
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    The paired windows, 2 panel doors and picture moldings suggest its a Colonial Revival which could be from 1890 to 1940. The dark interior trim, beadboard paneling, picture moulding and gravity hot air heating suggests it might be from the earlier half of that era but if the foundation wall is board-formed concrete, it might be after 1920.

  • 8 years ago

    This house being an apparent vernacular design (that is a common house of it's period not designed by an architect), it becomes a little harder to date. The features and forms are simplified versions and borrow from several of the "high styles" of the late 19th/early 20th century at once. The roof form suggests late folk victorian, the porch (which could have been enclosed later) is Craftsman in style. As JDS suggests above, your best bet is to date it by the construction methods and materials present in the home. My guess based on the appearances alone is sometime around 1910 (based on the trim style, proportion of the rooms, and roof shape) plus or minus 10 years.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    That makes sense. I'm pretty sure the foundation is poured concrete so I would favor the later part of that range (1910 to 1920), but its still just a guess.

  • 8 years ago

    Later 1920s or 1930s. This is based on the architectural elements of the house - doors, moldings, etc.

  • 8 years ago

    Now we know where you live...

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    8 years ago
    Sometime between 1910-1920