Property Record
326 ST LAWRENCE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Hiram Turner House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 71957 |
| Location (Address): | 326 ST LAWRENCE AVE |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1853 |
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| Additions: | 1871 |
| Survey Date: | 1980 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Cobblestone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Bluff Street 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 '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. GARAGE IS TO BE DEMOLISHED 2/1997. The following is extracted from the National Register of Historic Places form submitted to the Historic Preservation Division, Sept. 1981: "The Turner-Barber residence appears to have been built in several stages. It is a one story gable-roof cobblestone cottage with a one-story limestone wing to the south. A two story cream brick addition to the east, according to the tax records, was made in the early 1870's. The cobblestone portion shows Greek Revival influences in the returning cornices on the west facade. Flat stone lintels, a stone water table and quoins enhance the cobblestone exterior. On the north (front) facade, an open porch, consisting of a flat roof supported by ladder-like wood posts at the ends serves as the entrance for one of the apartments. Modern wood and aluminum storm doors have been added. The small cobblestones are laid in horizontal bands separated with v-shaped mortar. They are predominantly brown in hue. The two story cream brick addition to the east is vernacular in style and more than doubles the size of the cobblestone portion. Larger windows, offset to the west side on both stories, are featured in the north facade of the brick wing, while the cobblestone north facade has smaller rectangular windows with a double hung sash. The building is now used as a duplex and is rental property." Built originally in the early 1850s (c. 1850-1853) by Hiram Turner, a mason, the one story cobblestone house was more than double in size when a two story cream brick wing was added to the east in 1871. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Rock County Gazetteer, Directory, 1857-58. (B) Beloit Tax Rolls, RCHS Archives. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |