Property Record
1103-1105 CHAPIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Holmes |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 80845 |
| Location (Address): | 1103-1105 CHAPIN ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 1980 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Second Empire |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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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: | This cream brick house, one story in height with attic, is a rare, and architecturally significant example of the Second Empire style in Beloit. Small in scale, and base on a corner L-shape plan, the house is nonetheless distinguished by a mansard roof of multi-colored slate from which project dormer windows crowned with cornices. The plain facade is relieved by the segmental window heads which surmount the tall and narrow first floor windows, and by the stone sills beneath them. Classical detailing -- denticulation on the heads and a molded frieze below the projecting cornice -- confer dignity which counteracts the modest dimensions. Now the only relatively intact example of the Second Empire in Beloit, this house reflects the exuberance with which mid-Victorian builders endowed essentially mundane buildings. Raised in Londonderry, New Hampshire, John Anderson Holmes taught his way through school. Upon graduation, he turned to surveying, farming, building and trading. Eventually he concentrated on the hardware business, developing substantial holdings which he sold when he came to Beloit. Upon his arrival in beloit in 1874, he erected a substantial set of buildings, including this house. When the Beloit Savings Bank was oragnized in 1881, he was requested to take charge of it as Secretary and Treasurer. He was also elected to the City Council for six years. He was City Surveyor and Rock County Surveyor for a time. In 1877, he was named an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and held high offices in the church in addition to his duties as a public servant. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, 1889, Chicago, pp. 675-676. (B) Beloit Tax Rolls. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |