Property Record
850 PLEASANT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Beloit Power Plant Crusher House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 232982 |
| Location (Address): | 850 PLEASANT ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1946 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | Sargent & Lundy |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Beloit Power Plant |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/31/2017 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 5/19/2017 |
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| Additional Information: | The Crusher House is a diminutive, flat-roofed, astylistic utilitarian building finished with cream brick, set just north of the Beloit Power Plant Powerhouse. The Crusher House rests on a raised concrete basement, and displays Modernistic embellishment including a frieze composed of bands of recessed brick, and a concrete coping with a convex profile. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |