Property Record
92 W Main St.
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | QUINLIN, BELLE HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 66677 |
| Location (Address): | 92 W Main St. |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | Benton |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Additions: | C. 1950C. 1975 |
| Survey Date: | 19822024 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. A frame (now sided) two story with a sloping roof that has the gable end facing the street. An enclosed porch has been added to the front. The Belle Quinlan House is significant for its association with Belle Quinlan, a woman attorney at Benton. Belle Quinlan came to Benton about 1907. She set up a general law practice on Main Street. This house is significant because she lived here during her years as a Benton attorney. It was rare for a woman attorney in Benton and probably the county. Her specialty was incorporating mining companies, mining lands, leases and stocks. Local lore has it that she was involved in many controversial claims of miners against mining companies. She represented miners. She died in the late 1950s. Her contrubution was her involvement in the legal development of Benton mining region. 2024: The Isabelle Quinlan House is a c.1910, two-story, rectangular-plan, front-gable vernacular house with a rusticated concrete-block foundation. The roof is clad in asphalt shingles and the house is clad in wide-lap aluminum siding. Windows are replacement vinyl, one-over-one and fixed units with wood surrounds and decorative shutters. The primary entrance is accessed via a wood porch with a set of wood steps and railing located on the front (southwest) facade within a full-width, enclosed, hip-roof porch with metal windows. A c.1950 front-gable addition and c.1975 shed-roof addition are located on the rear (northeast) elevation. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) The Benton Advocate June 27, 1913; Sept. 17, 1954. (B) Tom Dawson, Benton, WI. 2024: George A. Ogle & Co., Standard Atlas of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, Including a Plat Book of the Villages, Cities and Townships of the County (Chicago: George A. Ogle & Co., 1916). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |