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1229 CHAPIN ST

Historic Name:
ARTHUR P. AND ALICE WARNER HOUSE
Other Name:
Reference Number:
80847

Property Location

Location (Address)
1229 CHAPIN ST
County
Rock
City/Village
Beloit
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1915
Additions
Survey Date
1980
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
Chester E. Wolfley, Rockford
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
Originally constructed as the carriage house for a projected mansion which was never built. The main features of this one and one-half story "English Cottage" are a tiled roof and an arched porte-cochere. The roof line is interrupted by large "dormer" with a porch, and an enclosed sunroom lies astride the porte-cochere. Arthur P. Warner invented a speedometer which made use of the magnetic principle in measuring the speed of an automobile. He invented eletric brakes and clutches. He was Wisconsin's first pilot, and elected to the Wisconsin Industrial Hall of Fame in 1962.
Bibliographic References
(A) Rally 'Round Beloit, p. 3. (B) Original tracings, dated November 8, 1924, in Archives of Rock County History.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Milwaukee and Emerson Residential Historic District
National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
May 17, 2019
Contributing
Yes
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Postcards
Warner Speedometer

Warner Speedometer

1907

Printed postcard distributed to automobile purchasers by the Warner Instrument Co. of Beloit, Wisconsin, founded by Arthur P. Warner, inventor of the magnetic automobile speedometer. The photograph...

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Photographs
Warner and  Speedometer

Warner and Speedometer

Portrait of Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit, Wisconsin, about 1950, with a model of his first speedometer. Even today, most automobiles are equipped with speedometers based on Warner's general desig...

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Photographs
Warner and his Factory

Warner and his Factory

1910

Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an automobile speedometer, was similar to many ear...

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Postcards
First Wisconsin Aviator-A.P. Warner

First Wisconsin Aviator-A.P. Warner

November 4, 1909

Color postcard depicting Arthur Pratt Warner of Beloit flying his Curtiss Pusher for the first time, November 4, 1909. Warner was the first person in Wisconsin to fly; he was also the first private...

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