Property Record
302 N WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Richard Jones House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 79369 |
| Location (Address): | 302 N WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1860 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862004 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | North Washington Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/23/2009 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/17/2009 |
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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. Flat roofed open front porch with paneled posts; raised arched wooden window heads topped by cut out design in a heart shape. This was the long time home of Richard Jones, a wagon-maker, between around 1866 and at least 1893. Richard Jones was one of the small wagon-makers in Watertown in the nineteenth century. He began his business in the 1840s and continued on until the turn of the century. For a time he worked with Frederick Misegades, who went on to become the most successful of the wagon-makers in Watertown. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Watertown City Directories, 1866-1930, Watertown Public Library. (B) Amann, Henry P., Watertown Centennial, 1836-1936, Watertown: Times Press, 1936 n.p. “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct STH 26 (Church St.): STH 19 To Union Pacific RR.” WHS project number 04-0759/DO/JE. February 2004. Prepared by Carol Cartwright. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |