Property Record
823 E MILWAUKEE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GEORGE W. YAHN HOUSE AND CARRIAGE BARN |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 48669 |
| Location (Address): | 823 E MILWAUKEE ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1977 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Courthouse Hill Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/17/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Yahn operated a meat market on W. Milwaukee Street. Michael Murphy, who also resided in the house, was a lawyer and served as city treasurer. "This Queen Anne style house has a prominent shingled corner tower capped with a finial. A sunburst motif, a popular Queen Anne device, is worked into the treatment of the front windows. Dozens of wooden rosettes were applied to the frieze and window trim of the building. Murphy was a lawyer and served an City Treasurer." The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Assessment Rolls: 1890, 1900, 1905. B. City Directories: 1903, 1913. The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1990. The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |