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459 N WASHINGTON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

459 N WASHINGTON ST

Architecture and History Inventory
459 N WASHINGTON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:11589
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):459 N WASHINGTON ST
County:Rock
City:Janesville
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1858
Additions:
Survey Date:19852014
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Look West Historic District (Boundary Increase)
National Register Listing Date:12/10/1993
State Register Listing Date:12/11/1993
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Map code is 146/32A.

Tax records show Joseph Croft, a carpenter, as the owner of this house at the time of construction. He also owned the house at 453 N. Washington. (AHI #11588)

"According to tax records, the owner of these houses at the time of their construction was Joseph Croft, a carpenter. Two popular versions of the Italianate style are represented. 459 has a gable roof, louvered ventilator in the gable end, and a glazed transom at the entry. Both houses are shown on the 1860 Map of the City of Janesville. two of only seven houses yet built on N. Washington Street." THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 1987.
Bibliographic References:TAX ROLLS. THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 1987. 1860 MAP OF THE CITY OF JANESVILLE. "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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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