Building date: 1854
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°40'37.36"N 88°16'48.77"W. Current owner of record, Mary Ann Oldenburg Trust as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
City of Burlington and Racine County Maps.
Three cobblestones - the Hammiller, Reuter and Burhams houses sit on Jefferson Street just east of the Hillside. The middle house has its gable end to the street; the other two are set parallel. Joseph Thering bought the house at the left from the Ephraim Perkins estate in 1851. Two German carpenters, John Heinrich Rueter and John Heinrich Burhams bought the center and right lots in 1851, gathered cobblestones while excavating the foundations, and completed their houses, which shared a common well on the lot line, in 1854. Burlington Historical Society, Richard Palmer blog.
Cobblestone Buildings in Wisconsin, Racine #11
 Burhams house.jpg ¹ |  three cobblestone houses 2.jpg ¹ Burhams House far right. |
¹ Photography courtesy Burlington Historical Society. Richard Palmer blog.
