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Assessment roll research indicates that this house was built in about 1870 for W.D. Hastings who owned the house until 1894. The 1870 and 1876 city directory lists Hastings as a manufacturer of sash, doors, blinds, etc. and proprietor of the Rock River Woolen Mills.
"An extensive addition was made to this once-square Italianate house in about 1915, converting it to an apartment house. The original three-bay house has a side entry and end chimneys. W.D. Hastings, who owned the building between 1870 and 1894, was a door and window manufacturer and proprietor of the Rock County Woolen Mill." The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997.
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