Property Record
303 E COURT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GEORGE BARNES HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | Consigny, Andrews, Hemming, and Grant Law Office |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 49911 |
| Location (Address): | 303 E COURT ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Survey Date: | 1977 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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: | 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Barnes' son-in-law, C.W. Hodson and his wife, also occupied the house. Barnes was a builder and built the Tallman House. He also was a partner with Hodson in the Barnes and Hodson Mill, which produced pearl white patent flour. Hodson also was a grain dealer and later a miller. "This cream brick Italianate house has had a sensitive adaptive reuse to professional offices. The house has simple decorative detail, notably the paired brackets and a dentil course at the frieze, and limestone cornice lintels at the front facade. Barnes built this as a double house, and a portion was occupied by his daughter and son-in-law, Charles Hodson. Hodson was his flour-milling partner." The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Assessment Rolls, 1854, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890. (B) City Directories, 1859-60, 1866, 1870, 1885. Janesville Gazette 8/28/2001. 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 |