203 N CHATHAM ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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203 N CHATHAM ST

Architecture and History Inventory
203 N CHATHAM ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:11765
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):203 N CHATHAM ST
County:Rock
City:Janesville
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1855
Additions:
Survey Date:19852014
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Side Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Look West Historic District (Boundary Increase)
National Register Listing Date:12/10/1993
State Register Listing Date:12/11/1993
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Simple one-and-one-half story frame house with Greek Revival features. Original design integrity has been destroyed. Style suggests that this house was built in the mid 1850s.

"Only a handful of houses were built on Chatham, Pearl, and Terrace Streets prior to the Civil War. 203 in representative of this period of development. The small attic windows are among clues to its early date of construction." THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 1987.
Bibliographic References:(A) City Directories, 1892, 1913. (B) Maps. (C) Assessment Rolls, 1890. (D) The Look West Historic District, Prepared by Landscape Research for the Janesville Historic Commission, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1987. "Cultural Resources Report For the Proposed Talman House Telecommunications Facility in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin." WHS Project #14-0719/RO. June 2014. Prepared by Marcy Prchal.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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