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Property Features
"Executed in red Galesburg brick with terra-cotta trim, the Jeffris House exhibits several Prairie School motifs, including a low hipped roof with deep overhanging eaves. The terra-cotta capitals of the colonettes and piers at the entry and porch are trimmed with geometric and organic ornament. At the west wing, there is stained and leaded glass. Jeffris was the senior partner in a local firm, president of the Janesville Electric Company, and director of the Merchants and Savings Bank." The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997.
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Architecture & History Inventory
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