Property Record
759 8TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Prouty, J.W., House |
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| Reference Number: | 81294 |
| Location (Address): | 759 8TH ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1885 |
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| Survey Date: | 19912015 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Wood Shingle |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION House is a small one story side gable in T plan with small front gable Has 1/2 enclosed porch and two square supporting posts in open half of porch. House features high rusticated block foundation. Shingle sided with wide cornice board and corner board outlining house. Similar to Brasstown at 414 Portland Ave. (219/27). HISTORICAL BACKGROUND House was built by J. W. Prouty in 1885. Value at this time was $250. [A] In 1889 J. W. Prouty was listed as a pumping repairer and living at this address. [B] HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE 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 indutrialization in Beloit. One aspect of this indutrialization 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 (Historical Description only) A. Beloit City Tax Rolls 1880-1890, Rock County Historical Society Archives, Janesville, WI. B. Beloit City Directory, 1889, Beloit Historical Society Archives, Beloit, WI. C. Beloit Intensive Survey, Beloit, WI., 1981. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |