Property Record
310 E CENTERWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Errol & Bertha Winter |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 82452 |
| Location (Address): | 310 E CENTERWAY |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 19902014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Prospect Hill Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/5/1992 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/22/1992 |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION: This house is a one and one-half story Bungalow with a rectangular shaped plan configuration, a brick foundation, a clapboard exterior, a wood trim and an asphalt shingled, intersecting low-pitched gable roofline. The wide eaves of the roof are decorated with small knee-brace bracktes. The clapboards are very narrow and most of the windows are small double-hung sashes. The front facade windows are tripartite windows with a large conter window flanked by two smller double-hung sashes. The main entrance is a simple wood and glass door. The full front porch is supported by flared brick piers. The balustrade is sided. This house, which is in good condition, has as a related struture -- a garage. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE: The house contributes to the architectural significance of the Prospect Hill Historic District as a good example of the Bungalow style. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: This house was built in 1920 for Errol and Bertha Winter, who lived there until around 1930. Errol Winter was a grocer. Between 1931 and around 1960, Charles and Jessie Tyler lived in the house. Charles was a factory worker at Parker Pen. (See Bib. Ref. A). HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This house has some historical interest as the home of the Winter and Tyler families. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Janesville City Directories, on file at the Janesville Public Library, Janesville, Wisconsin. B. Date of construction source: Maps. "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 |