Property Record
308 ST LAWRENCE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | George F. Barker |
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 83054 |
Location (Address): | 308 ST LAWRENCE AVE |
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County: | Rock |
City: | Janesville |
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Year Built: | 1904 |
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Survey Date: | 1993 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Prairie School |
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Wall Material: | Board and Batten |
Architect: | Hugh M. G. Garden |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Courthouse Hill Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 1/17/1986 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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Additional Information: | Hugh Mackie Gordon (1873-1961) was the architect for this house. His office was in Chicago where he did commercial and residential work, much of which reflected the infuence of the Prairie Style. The house was apparantly built by Samuel Davis Cargill for his sister and her husband. Cargill was a founder of Cargill Inc. which had its beginings in 1865 when his brother William Wallace Cargill left the family home in Janesville to become the proprietor of a grain flat house in Conover, Iowa. |
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Bibliographic References: | The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1990. http://www.cargill.com/company/history/1865-1899/index.jsp The Courthouse Hill Historic District: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 1997. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |