Claim: The Taylor House, which was built in the early 1850s by David Taylor, a circuit court judge that went on to the Wisconsin State Senate and its Supreme Court, was restored in 2006 to clean and tuck pointing the brick and included the removal of the 1950s front porch and building a replica of the 1850s formal front porch.
Evidence: Taylor House (Summerville, Georgia) The Taylor House, built in the early 1850s by Judge David Taylor, a once prominent citizen in Sheboygan. Taylor served as a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge from 1857 to 1869 and served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1855 to 1856 and again from 1869 to 1870. In 1878, Taylor was elected to a newly created seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and he served until his death. Major restoration work took place in 2006 to clean and tuck pointing the brick and included the removal of the 1950s front porch and building a replica of the 1850s formal front porch, repair of wood architectural features as well as the removal of the fire escape.