The Harris House is located in

Barneveld, Wisconsin Barneveld is a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,331 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community was named after John of Barneveld of the Netherlands. Geogr ...

History

The house, featuring unique

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, was built by a local lumberman. Its purpose was to house visitors interested in a nearby

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. It was listed on the

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in 1986 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

{{reflist Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Iowa County, Wisconsin Houses in Iowa County, Wisconsin Queen Anne architecture in Wisconsin