Property Record
403 N WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | STENGRIM TRULSON HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 11596 |
| Location (Address): | 403 N WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1879 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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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: | A 'site file' 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, State Historic Preservation Office. Map code is 146/11A. Architectural Statement: This two-story brick house retains features of the Italianate style including overhanging eaves and decorative window hoods. The exterior has been altered and has lost a great deal of its original design integrity. Historical Statement: Although the Assessment Roll research indicates that the house may have been built earlier, other documentary research indicates that the house was built in the 1870s for Stengrim Trulson, a Norwegian immigrant who owned a shoe store in Janesville. "An earlier structure belonging to civil engineer Joshua T. Dodge appears in this location on the 1860 map. Apparently it was demolished, moved, or burned. This house was built by Trulson, a Norwegian immigrant who owned a local shoe store. Most notable about the cream brick building are the decorative window surrounds with prominent stone keystones." 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. THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 1987. Assessment Rolls: 1870, 1880. City Directories: 1870, 1876, 1891. Wise (1888). "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 |