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• I• .ANTE HIST° • <br /> shs <br /> c W Z <br /> rF <br /> 1246 2 <br /> l'kOF WISG� <br /> RICHARD A ERNEY,DIRECTOR <br /> January 7, 1981 <br /> Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Koop <br /> 7801 Dunroven Road <br /> Dane, Wisconsin 53529 <br /> Dear Mr. and Mrs. Koop: <br /> Your property, known as the DUNROVEN HOUSE, was listed in the National <br /> Register of Historic Places by the Secretary of the Interior on <br /> November 28, 1980. <br /> Properties listed in the Register, as the enclosed sheet explains, <br /> receive the protections and the benefits of this program. They are <br /> protected from encroachment by federally licensed or assisted projects. <br /> Further, they are eligible for federal matching grants for restoration. <br /> If you have questions about the National Register program in Wisconsin, <br /> please call or write the Historic Preservation Division, 608/262-1339. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> I. <br /> ),,,,,,:s. .' <br /> Richard A. Erney <br /> State Historic Preservation Officer <br /> ISTORIC PLACES House <br /> Town of Vienna <br /> „,{ ��a IN 1879.ABRAM ASA BOYCE.A NEW <br /> i t� York State native, built the nucleus <br /> d,. of what would become this imposing <br /> . om"' farmhouse. Boyce's simple stone <br /> Y ` dwelling took its name from Hundred- <br /> Mile Grove, a nearby thicket marking <br /> ,'' the first 140 miles from Fort Craw- <br /> '-• ford,at Prairie du Chien, to Fort Win- <br /> -.. - <br /> :. 2.. nebago,at Portage, on the Old Mill- <br /> . . <br /> -P.:" . 44'.`e tary Road. <br /> I. -- iii" f ( "' Boyce,who raised tobacco and <br /> • ' ", 11t dairy cows,was the Town of Vienna <br /> .I _ first chairman and became a member <br /> of the State Assembly. In 1909,his <br /> ,t4 ' _ ti p- farm becanie the property of E.W. <br /> ' DeBower, founder and president of <br /> - i • LaSalle University in Chicago. <br /> g <br /> 1 ti° "' ' - DeBower expanded Boyce's modest <br /> Ilk,. <br /> ., ,... ii -t -4. home info a Classical Revival build- <br /> ing,with double-decker porch and <br /> i _ Corinthian columns.He rechristened <br /> the home Mont-Joy, in honor of his <br /> wife.u <br />