Building date: Ca. 1848
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Masons who worked on building: A R Hinkley
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°54'02.96"N 88°27'09.74"W. Current owner of record, Koehnlien as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
Town of Eagle and Waukesha County Maps.
The Hinkley house, Highway 67, Eagle, (also known as the Cobblestone House) was part of a farm originally owned by A.R. (Ahira) and Mary Hinkley. A.R. Hinkley came to Wisconsin (before the territory was established as a state) in 1836 and bought the land from the government (specifically sold for homesteading purposes) for $2 per acre. Hinkley initially built a log house on the property and began clearing timber for farming. When the territory became a state in 1848, Hinkley began drafting plans for a new house. He built a house which included cobblestones he found on his land, sand from nearby Pretty Lake, and lime for the mortar which he made by burning limestone he found on the land. In fact, the majority of the materials used to build the house were taken from Hinkley's land. Hinkley came to Eagle from New Hampshire. It is thought that his inspiration to build a cobblestone house came from those he had probably saw while traveling through western New York where the majority of cobblestone houses in the country originated. Hinkley was a predominantly a farmer, but also did dental work on the side. It is said he sometimes kept his dental tools with him while working in the fields, just in case a neighbor or another farmer had a toothache and needed assistance. He was a prominent citizen and worked to support the community in a positive way. Descendants of the Hinkley family lived in the house until 1912. Richard Palmer blog.
Cobblestone Buildings in Wisconsin, Waukesha #32
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¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer blog. Attribution not provided.
