Property Record
408 N JACKSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Elbridge G. Fifield House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 11809 |
| Location (Address): | 408 N JACKSON ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1863 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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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: | This two-story frame house, although altered since construction, retains Italianate features including a low hip roof, overhanging eaves, and brackets. Built in about 1865 for Elbridge G. Fifield. He arrived in Wisconsin in 1837 and in 17843 established Janesville's first lumberyard in 1843. Over the next decades he invested in farms and timberlands in northern Wisconsin. "A native of New Hampshire, Fifield arrived in Wisconsin in 1837. Like many early residents of Janesville, he reached the Wisconsin Territory by a variety of conveyances: stagecoach, steamboat, canalboat, and by walking. In 1843 he established Janesville's first lumberyard. Over the next decades he invested in farms and timberlands in northern Wisconsin. Although the building is now asbestos-sided, original details such as rope-molding at the entry, and bracketed eaves are still intact." THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 1987. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Historic name: Janesville Gazette, 2/15/93. (B) Tax Rolls. (C) The Look West Historic District, prepared by Landscape Research for the Janesville Historic Historic Commission, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1987. (D) City Directories, 1859-60, 1866, 1870. (E) Portrait and Bio. Album of Rock County, p. 507. "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 |