Property Record
1156 4TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Gering, Charles, House |
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| Reference Number: | 80992 |
| Location (Address): | 1156 4TH ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | House is one and a half story side gable in T plan with a full front gable which is sided in octagonal shaped shingling. This shingling is also found on the north and south gable facades. Vents are located on these gables--the front in a triangular shape and located at the top of the gable; the sides in square shape and located at the bottom of the gable. A full front porch, Craftsmen in feeling, is featured with a low flat roof supported by squared posts. The porch rail is a solid balustrade sided in clapboard. On the south facade is displayed box window of two double hung sashes. The south facade has a wing addtion connecting the house to the garage. Fixed window awnings on north and south facades. House was built by Charles Gering in 1892. Value at that time was $300. (A) Gering was a carpenter for the Fairbanks Morse Company. (B). This house is significant under criterion A, event, because it retains integrity in location, design setting, workmanship, materials, feeling and association in order to convey the broad pattern of industrialization in Beloit. One aspect of this industrialization was the growing population and the need to provide affordable housing for industry workers near the factories located on the westside of the Rock River. Brasstown Cottages fulfilled this basic need, furnishing workers with single-dwelling vernacular frame houses on relatively spacious city lots. Moreover the Cottages modest but distinctive profiles found in their variety of size and ornamentation conveyed a sense of individuality while at the same time being identified with the large industrial complex. Beloit's rapid growth from the 1880's to the 1920's was a direct result of this industrialization and created the cityscape of Beloit today. It was in this period of heavy industrialization and growth that most of the extant Brasstown Cottages were built. Many of the owners of Brasstown cottages were skilled workers applying their specialized knowledge to the machine-making and paper-making industries of Beloit. Threatened by possible expansion of Beloit Memorial High School.* *Janesville Gazette 5/20/93. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Beloit City Tax Rolls, 1885-1895, Rock County Historical Society Archives, Janesville, WI. B. Beloit City Directory 1895, Beloit Historical Society Archives, Beloit, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |