Property Record
1339 6TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Rykowski, Fred, House |
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| Reference Number: | 81258 |
| Location (Address): | 1339 6TH ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 1981 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION One and one-half story "Brasstown cottage" with extensive additions and alterations, but retaining basic Brasstown form. Original gables have decorative shingling; extended double bay window to the south with brackets, paneling below and a hipped roof. Side gabled house in T plan, two rooms wide and four rooms deep. Has central gable with siding in circle pattern. Gables on south and north facades feature imbricated siding and small square windows. Box window on south facade with three single brackets supporting hipped window roof. Three consoles support box window. Double sash windows of two-over-one panes. Three bay facade featuring a full front porch and hipped roof. Flared window moldings. Treated lumber supporting porch posts and vertical board on main facade is partially hidden by the slope of the hipped porch roof. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This was the home of Fred Rykowski, built in 1901 for apx. $800. Value of the lot at this time was $900 but included another lot. [A] Rykowski was a machinist for the Fairbanks Morse Company. [B] HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE This house is significant under criterion A, event, because it retains enough 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. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Bibliographic References (Architectural Description only). A. McAlester, Lee and Virginia, "A Field Guide to American Houses," (New York: Knopf), 1984. B. Massey, James C. and Shirley Maxwell "The Illustrated Old House Glossary," (np: The Historical Association of America), 1983. Bibliographic References (Historical Description only) A. City of Beloit Tax Rolls 1895-1905, Rock County Historical Society Archives, Janesville, WI. B. Beloit City Directory 1901, Beloit Historical Society Archives, Beloit, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |