Property Record
WEND HORACE WHITE PARK
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Horace White Monument |
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| Other Name: | Horace White Monument |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 81878 |
| Location (Address): | WEND HORACE WHITE PARK |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1918 |
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| Survey Date: | 1981 |
| Historic Use: | commemorative monument/marker |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | John Mead Howell; Tonetti |
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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: | The White Monument, of granite, consists of a plinth set into a semi-circular seat. The seat is inscribed, as is the base of the plinth, below a bronze relief of the two Whites, sculpted by Tonetti. Horace White, Sr., employed by the New England Emigrating Company, purchased 1/3 of Blodgett's claim to Beloit (about 199 acres), and may be considered as a founding father of Beloit. Horace White, Jr., became a notable newspaper editor at the Chicago Tribune and New York Post. His daughter's husband, John Mead Howells (architect of the Tribune Tower in Chicago) designed this monument. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Monument inscription. (B) Howell's file, Burnham Library, Art Institute of Chicago. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |