Property Record
700 COLLEGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ROSTRA BELOITENSIA |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58064 |
| Location (Address): | 700 COLLEGE ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Survey Date: | 1981 |
| Historic Use: | commemorative monument/marker |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Near East Side Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/7/1983 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Multiple Resources of Beloit |
| Additional Information: | A huge prow shaped stone, set on the campus to the northeast of Middle College, it was dedicated on Monday evening, June 18, 1906. It was used as the rostrum/platform from which winners of the Wisconsin and Interstate Oratorical Contests proclaimed their winning speeches upon victorious return. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Historical SItes and Points of Interest in Rock County, Wisconsin, Rock County Tourism Council, 5/1994. (B) Robert H. Irrmann, "Data on Beloit College Buildings," on file at RCHS Archives. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |