Property Record
216 S DIVISION ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CHARLES SUTHERLAND HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 50193 |
| Location (Address): | 216 S DIVISION ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1911 |
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| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| 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: | One-and-one-half story house with Bungalow features. Typical of the Bungalow style are rafters, large dormer on the front facade, an exterior chimney, and a screened porch. Built in about 1910 for Charles Sutherland, a physician, who resided here until 1931. The carriage house at the rear was originally built for 220 E. Van Buren (AHI #50226). "Typical of the well-detailed small houses built in the district between ca. 1910 and 1920, this bungalow has exposed rafter ends, applied half-timbering, and knee-brace brackets. Sutherland, a physician, resided here until 1931. The carriage house at the rear was originally built for 220 E. Van Buren." The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) City Directories, 1903, 1913, 1919, 1925. 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 |