Property Record
2306 N PARKER DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Strunk, John and Eleanor, House |
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| Reference Number: | 49845 |
| Location (Address): | 2306 N PARKER DR |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1844 |
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| Additions: | 1990 1977 |
| Survey Date: | 1977 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Strunk, John and Eleanor, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/11/2008 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/20/2007 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. In 1844, this Greek Revival style house was constructed for the Strunks, who had moved from upstate New York to Janesville five years earlier. The mason who built the Strunk House is unknown, but his skill is evident. Smoothly dressed, locally quarried limestone blocks, twenty inches thick, form the walls of the one-and-one-half-story building, and at the corners, quoins project slightly from the planes of the facades. Beneath the eaves of the side-gabled roof, very short attic windows allow light into the upstairs rooms. Breaking the formal symmetry of the composition is a one-story wing with an inset Doric loggia. A glazed solarium has been added to the rear of the wing. The year the house was finished, John Strunk died, leaving Eleanor alone with five children. For forty years she oversaw the operation of their thousand-acre farm, which extended from the Rock River to what is now Milton Avenue. Two story stone Greek Revival house with rectangular attic windows and a frame addition with a Doric porch. House has original pine moldings and 20" thick walls. Also on property: carriage house, pumphouse, and outbuildings. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |