Property Record
102 S CHERRY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | First Baptist Church |
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| Other Name: | Hulick Print Shop |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 19573 |
| Location (Address): | 102 S CHERRY ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1851 |
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| Survey Date: | 1987 |
| Historic Use: | house of worship |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Old Fourth Ward Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/30/1990 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/7/1990 |
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| Additional Information: | This two and one half story structure is built of brick; has a flat roof, a corbeled cornice, vertical brick piers, and jack-arched window hoods. Buit in 1851 as the first church of Janesville's Baptist congregation, which had been formed in 1844. During the 1860s, the church was sold to Tallman & Collins, who used it as a "perfume laboratory." |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) History of Rock County (1908), p. 293. (B) Assessment Rolls, 1865, 1870, 1880, 1890. (C) City Directories, 1859-60, 1866, 1870. (D) Sanborn Insurance Map 1884. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |