Property Record
302 ST LAWRENCE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MORRIS C. SMITH HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 50199 |
| Location (Address): | 302 ST LAWRENCE AVE |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| 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: | This well-preserved example of the Italianate style is two stories in height and constructed of brick. Italianate features include overhanging eaves with brackets, decorative windows surrounds, and porch and door design. Built in about 1858 for Morris Clark Smith, one of Janesville's earliest and most successful merchants as a partner of J. M. Boswick. In 1850 he was elected chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors, and was reelected in 1851 and 1852. Smith resided here until 1889. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Assessment Rolls, 1854, 1860, 1870, 1880. (B) City Directories, 1859-60, 1866, 1870. (C) 1858 Map of City of Janesville. (D) Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock Co. 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 |