Property Record
220 E VAN BUREN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | RICHARD VALENTINE HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 50226 |
| Location (Address): | 220 E VAN BUREN ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | James Douglas |
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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: | For nearly 40 years, Valentine was the head of the Valentine School of Telegraphy. He was also owner of the Rock County Farmers Telephone Co. "The two-story projecting bay of his Queen Anne style house has its original iron cresting. Other notable features include the canted windows at the corners of the house." The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Assessment Rolls: 1880, 1890. City Directories: 1891, 1913. Wise (1888). The Rock River Valley, pg. 490. Janesville Daily Gazette 5/13/1881. 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 |