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905 BUSHNELL ST

Historic Name:
RICHARD NEWCOMB HOUSE
Other Name:
Reference Number:
59591

Property Location

Location (Address)
905 BUSHNELL ST
County
Rock
City/Village
Beloit
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1869
Additions
Survey Date
1977
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Balloon Frame
Wall Material
Clapboard
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
One of the finest mid-century reisdences in Beloit, this house is an architecturally significant example of the Italianate style, with a commanding site on top of the hill at the northeast corner of Horace White Park. Florid in its profuse detail yet controlled by a classical rectilinear spirit, the two story frame house is at once stately and exhuberant. The low-pitched hip roof, crowned with a balustrade and two symmetrically disposed chimneys, has widely projecting eaves, treated as a classical cornice and supported by paired scroll brackets. A heavy molded frieze, with perforated ventilator panels, surrounds the house and thin corner boards frame it. A veranda, complete with paired pillars, brackets, banister and balustrade, shelters the first floor. The symmetrically placed 4 over 4 windows, tall and narrow in proportion, are surmounted on the second floor by segmentally arched window heads and on the first floor by pedimented heads. The center window on the second story has a Palladiam motif, with rounded center sash, and the entry door has a segmented arch, transom, and side pilasters. Bay windows project on either side. Although all the detail is ornately carved and molded, the clapboard siding is taut and unornamented, adding restraint to the exuberant detail.

In 1869, R. Newcomb built this house, a portion of which was reputedly moved to 1410 White. The house on that site is clearly of a mid 19th century origin, but was not at that location prior to 1913. There was no change in the assessment for 905 Bushnell at that time, however; thus, the tax roll records do not offer conclusive proof of a move (perhaps the former wing was moved twice). An old photographic view of the house from the west does show a rear wing which is gone.
Bibliographic References
(A) Beloit Daily News 11/17/1995. (B) Beloit Tax Rolls, RCHS Archives. (C) Old photographic views of Beloit; collection on loan to City of Beloit planning department (Xerox copy in RCHS Archives).

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Near East Side Historic District
National Register Listing Date
Jan 07, 1983
State Register Listing Date
Jan 01, 1989
Contributing
Yes
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