Property Record
426 N JACKSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | STANLEY DEXTER TALLMAN HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | Helen Jeffris Wood Museum Center |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 11812 |
| Location (Address): | 426 N JACKSON ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Prairie School |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| 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: | 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. TALLMAN WAS AN ATTORNEY. DESIGN IS ATTRIBUTED TO FRANK KEMP ACCORDING TO THE ROCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THIS TWO-STORY STUCCO HOUSE JAS A LOW-PITCH HIP ROOF, ROOF DORMER, AND SYMMETRICAL FACADES. BUILT IN ABOUT 1915 FOR STANLEY TALLMAN, AN ATTORNEY. THE HOUSE AT 430 N. JACKSON (AHI #11813) WAS BUILT AT THE SAME TIME. BOTH HOUSES WERE BUILT ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE ORIGINAL TALLMAN PROPERTY (AHI #11881). "This pair of Tallman family houses built on the south lawn of the original Tallman property are representative of a style popular in the midwest prior to World War I. Prairie School ideas such as broad overhanging eaves, a stucco exterior with restrained ornament, and a horizontal emphasis achieved by the use of belt courses and grouped windows are characteristics of residences associated with Frank Lloyd Wright and his followers." THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 1987. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) TAX ROLLS. (B) ROCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. (C) THE LOOK WEST HISTORIC DISTRICT, PREPARED BY LANDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE JANESVILLE HISTORIC COMMISSION. JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN 1987. (D) JANESVILLE GAZETTE 11/7/1995. (E) CITY DIRECTORIES, 1913, 1919, 1925. (F) CITY CLERK'S BUILDING FILES. "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 |