Property Record
605 ST LAWRENCE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | D.H. Babbitt House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 50213 |
| Location (Address): | 605 ST LAWRENCE AVE |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1865 |
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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: | The carriage house is a contributing resource. Two-story brick Italianate style house with a Neo-classic porch. Italianate features include overhanging eaves, double front doors, and decorative window hoods. Built in about 1865 for D.H. Babbitt who is listed in 1866 and 1870 city directories as a "speculator" and a "real estate dealer." He was city treasurer from 1883 to 1889. The house was later owned by Ogden H. Fethers, an attorney with the firm of Fethers, Jeffris and Fifield. "This late Italianate style house, much enlarged when relatively new, shows the influence of the Queen Anne in its projecting shingled bays. Executed in cream brick, the window surrounds have limestone keystones. The carriage house, also of cream brick, survives at the rear. Blount was City Treasurer at the time he lived here, 1883-1889." The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Assessment Rolls, 1870, 1880, 1890. (B) City Directories, 1866, 1870, 1891, 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 |