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• "7. . Description Condition Check one Check one _X_excellent deteriorated _unaltered _X_original site _good _ruins _X__altered moved date fair _unexposed Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance In its present form, the Dunroven House is a grand-scale Colonial Revival cubic farm- house constructed of sandstone. The front facade is dominated by a prominent two-story giant order portico composed of four fluted wood Corinthian columns and balustrades. Large hipped-roof dormers are set into each of the four sides of the slate-covered hipped roof. Formerly, a porte-cochere was attached to the house at the northwest corner extend- ing from the front portico. • The T-shaped plan is created by the juncture of the later square addition with the earlier rectangle. Two stories high, the original section of the house was oriented north- south on the property. Additions in 1912 included a one-story square infill to the rear as well as the front portion. Two single-story rooms, clapboarded on the exterior, were added to either side of the front facade in 1941. • The dining room and what was formerly.an office/library are finished in mahogany wainscoting. Floors are oak, and most interior doors are solid mahogany. Two double- run staircases serve the house from the front living room area, and from the rear kitchen. A 1912 fireplace was moved from the living room to the more centrally-located dining room, and rejoined to the same chimney. Two other fireplaces are located in each of the added single-story rooms off the main living area. Four bedrooms are located on the second floor, while the third floor, once a ballroom, now serves as a recreation room. Hand-painted murals of rural landscapes are still visible in the coved eaves now enclosed by closets. A short distance to the rear of the house is a small, square, two-story powerhouse constructed of the same stone used for the house. Dressed stone quoins and window rustication, and a prominent crenelated parapet distinguish the otherwise simple design. The first floor once housed a Fairbanks-Morse engine used to generate electricity which was then stored in. batteries. The second story functioned as living quarters of a full-time engineer. The structure, whose estimated date of construction is 1912, is now used as a rental property. Remains of stanchions and foundations from the original dairy farm (latter nineteenth century) still exist on the grounds. Stone walls, some five feet in height, inter- spersed with red rock from a Baraboo quarry, enclose the buildings on the property. The Dunroven House is located two and one-half miles northeast of the Village of Dane (pop. 486) on Dunroven Road. The surrounding land is covered by cultivated fields interspersed with woodlands to the northwest. •