134 JANESVILLE ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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134 JANESVILLE ST

Architecture and History Inventory
134 JANESVILLE ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Oregon Water Tower
Other Name:WATER TOWER
Contributing:
Reference Number:5863
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):134 JANESVILLE ST
County:Dane
City:Oregon
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1899
Additions: 1921
Survey Date:2003
Historic Use:water utility
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:Steel Frame
Wall Material:Metal
Architect: Fairbanks, Morse and Co.
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Oregon Water Tower and Pump House
National Register Listing Date:10/16/2007
State Register Listing Date:1/19/2007
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' (Oregon Water Tower and Pump House) 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. .

SEGMENTAL ARCH OVER WINDOWS AND DOOR, 5-PANEL DOOR, 2/2 WINDOWS (Pump House record #5690). Tower is on the site of the first building built in Oregon, a tavern built in 1843 by C.P. Mosely, one of Oregon's founders.[A] Steel tank replaced wooden tank in 1921.[B]
Bibliographic References:[A] "Ride the Oregon Trail", 6/5/1993. [B] "Souvenir of the Oregon Centennial," Oregon Observer, 26 June 1941, p. 39. “Architecture/History Survey. WHS project number 08-0176/DA. 2007. Prepared by Carol Lohry Cartwright. http://issuu.com/richlandcentershoppingnews/docs/oo0329?e=17220112/59659994
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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