Property Record
225 MADISON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | SANFORD A. HUDSON HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 11527 |
| Location (Address): | 225 MADISON ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Unknown |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Look West Historic District (Boundary Increase) |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/10/1993 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 12/11/1993 |
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| Additional Information: | Hudson, a Massachusetts native, settled in Janesville in 1848. In 1853 he was elected Janesville's first city attorney. In 1856, he was elected presiding judge of the city's court system, and in 1858, was elected mayor. In 1863, he was once again elected presiding judge of the city's court system. Hudson lived in this house from 1858 to 1880. The second owner of the house was E. L. Foote of Echlin and Foote, clothiers. "A native of Massachusetts, Hudson settled in Janesville in 1848. In 1853 he was elected the first City Attorney, and in 1858 elected Mayor. He lived in this handsome Italianate style house between 1858 and 1880. The original entry porch, paneled and glazed double doors, and paired pendant-drop brackets are among features which have been well-conserved by subsequent owners."THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 1987. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Assessment Rolls: 1854, 1856-57, 1858, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890. B. City Directories: 1859-60, 1870-71, 1882. C. History of Rock County. D. Portrait and Bibliographical Album of Rock County. E. The Look West Historic District, Prepared by Landscape Research for the Janesville Historic Commission, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1987. F. Italianate Houses of Janesville, Thematic Resource. "Cultural Resources Report For the Proposed Talman House Telecommunications Facility in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin." WHS Project #14-0719/RO. June 2014. Prepared by Marcy Prchal. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |