Property Record
746 PARK
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Dazey House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 82799 |
| Location (Address): | 746 PARK |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1922 |
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| Survey Date: | 1981 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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: | Combining elements of a vernacular Prairie style with detailing borrowed from the Arts and Crafts movement, the house at 746 Park Avenue is an architecturally significant example of the eclecticism that distinguished Beloit architecture in the 1920's. The two story brick and stucco house has a marked horizontal character with emphatically rectilinear detailing. The low-pitched hip roof, its flared eaves extending well beyond the walls and supported by thin rafters, underscores the low profile of the house. Even the dormers are tucked into the roof so as to avoid the suggestion of verticality. The facade is divided by horizontal wooden bands which run beneath the cornice and separate the two stories. Banded windows, framed by Stick-like detailing punctuate the second story. Between the two stories, a large opening--three banded leaded casement windows above three larger ones, surrounded by a heavy frame--is punched into the facade. Beneath that window, a rounded doorway is recessed into a round brick arch which is supported by stylized brick buttresses. The windows on the first floor are banded into groups of three but are otherwise unadorned. The final effect is unique, an example of "progressive" architectural motifs used in a highly eclectic fashion. Built in 1922 on the first lot of Dazey's Subdivision, this house was originally the residence of C.A. Dazey himself, a realtor and developer.(A) |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Beloit Tax Rolls, RCHS Archives. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |