Property Record
485 N WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WILLIAM H. STEPHENSON HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 11582 |
| Location (Address): | 485 N WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
| Architect: | Frank Kemp |
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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: | Architectural Statement: Two-and-one-half story Neo-classical style house. Historical Statement: Built in about 1905 for William H. Stephenson, vice president of the Janesville Clothing Company. He lived here until 1923. "The Stephenson house is representative of the largest and most expensive single-family housing constructed after the turn of the [twentieth] century. The Colonial Revival design includes a Palladian window in the front gable, and a classical porch carried by columns with Ionic capitals. Stephenson was Vice-President of the Janesville Clothing Company and lived here until 1923." THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 1987. |
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| Bibliographic References: | TAX ROLLS. ROCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 1987. City Directories: 1903, 1913. Architect Source: RCHS "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 |