Property Record
320 ST LAWRENCE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ARCHIE REID HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 50203 |
| Location (Address): | 320 ST LAWRENCE AVE |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
| Architect: | HENRY LORD GAY |
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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: | Large two story stone house with Queen Anne and Neo-classic features. Queen Anne features include a round tower capped with a conical roof, a multi-planed roof, and tall chimneys. The design of the portico is Neo-classic. Built in 1901 for Archie Reid according to the design of Chicago architect Henry Lord Gay who designed a number of large houses on Geneva Lake. Reid, a native of Scotland, was a prominent merchant and horse importer. "Reid was a native of Scotland, a well-to-do merchant, and importer of horses. His residence shows the influence of the Richardsonian Romanesque Style in its treatment of the rock-faced, random-coursed ashlar and prominent corner turret. Panels on the turret are stamped with urn motifs, and continuous coil and dentil courses terminate the composition. The portico is carried by six slender Ionic columns on stone bases. Gay, a Chicago architect who began his practice in 1867, was noted for the design of many of the large estate houses at Geneva Lake." The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Architectural Drawings (RCHS). (B) Assessment Rolls, 1905. (C) City Directories, 1903, 1913. (D) Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County. 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 |