Coumbe, John, Farmstead

Jct. of WI Trunk Hwy. 60 and Co. Trunk Hwy. X, Town of Richwood, Port Andrew, Wisconsin. County/parish: Richland.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 25, 1992. NRIS 92000827.

5 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Tippesaukee Farm

From Wikipedia:

Tippesaukee Farm Rural Historic District

The John Coumbe Farmstead, also known as Tippesaukee Farm, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places originally in 1992. Its 9.2-acre (3.7 ha) area included five contributing buildings. The listing area was increased and the listing was renamed Tippesaukee Farm Rural Historic District in 1996. The increase was a 193.5-acre (78.3 ha) area including three contributing sites.

The property has a rock with embedded historic plaque noting that on this site in 1838 John Coumbe (1808-1882), of Devonshire, became the first white settler in Richland County.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106782282

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