Property Record
203 N CHATHAM ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 11765 |
Location (Address): | 203 N CHATHAM ST |
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County: | Rock |
City: | Janesville |
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Year Built: | 1855 |
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Survey Date: | 19852014 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Look West Historic District (Boundary Increase) |
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National Register Listing Date: | 12/10/1993 |
State Register Listing Date: | 12/11/1993 |
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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. |
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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. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |