Property Record
331 N WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FREDERICK AND HELEN M. SUTHERLAND HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 11605 |
| Location (Address): | 331 N WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1889 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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: This two-and-one-half story frame house exhibits features of the Queen Anne style including a multi-planed roof, horizontal siding, fish scale shingles, upper window sash with a border of small square lights, verge boards, and an encircling porch. The house is being restored with the support of the Janesville Department of Community Development. Historical Statement: The house was built in about 1890. Sutherland was a physician whose wife, Helen Menzies Sutherland, was the second woman elected to the Janesville Board of Education, and the first woman elected president of the board. She served from 1920 to 1930. "Sutherland was a Janesville physician whose wife Helen Menzies Sutherland was the second woman elected to the Janesville Board of Education, and the first woman elected President of the Board. She served from 1920 to 1930. The Sutherland's Queen Anne style house is one of the best examples of the style in Look West. The graceful spindle porch is among many intact original features." 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: 1895, 1900, 1905. City Directories: 1891, 1913. "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 |