Property Record
823 E MILWAUKEE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | GEORGE W. YAHN HOUSE AND CARRIAGE BARN |
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 48669 |
Location (Address): | 823 E MILWAUKEE ST |
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County: | Rock |
City: | Janesville |
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Year Built: | 1890 |
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Survey Date: | 1977 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Courthouse Hill Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 1/17/1986 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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Additional Information: | Yahn operated a meat market on W. Milwaukee Street. Michael Murphy, who also resided in the house, was a lawyer and served as city treasurer. "This Queen Anne style house has a prominent shingled corner tower capped with a finial. A sunburst motif, a popular Queen Anne device, is worked into the treatment of the front windows. Dozens of wooden rosettes were applied to the frieze and window trim of the building. Murphy was a lawyer and served an City Treasurer." The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
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Bibliographic References: | A. Assessment Rolls: 1890, 1900, 1905. B. City Directories: 1903, 1913. The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1990. The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |