340 MILTON AVE (ORIGINALLY AT 327 MILTON AVE) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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340 MILTON AVE (ORIGINALLY AT 327 MILTON AVE)

Architecture and History Inventory
340 MILTON AVE (ORIGINALLY AT 327 MILTON AVE) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:John C. Jenkins House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:83914
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):340 MILTON AVE (ORIGINALLY AT 327 MILTON AVE)
County:Rock
City:Janesville
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1870
Additions:
Survey Date:1989
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Second Empire
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
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Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Conrad Cottages Historic District
National Register Listing Date:3/11/1993
State Register Listing Date:2/3/1993
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:In 2015, the City of Janesville acquired 11 houses on Milton Ave. that were either moved, burnt down, or demolished to make room for their new $9 million Central Fire Station. This house was originally located at 327 Milton Ave but was moved to 340 Milton Ave. in order to save it.

The Prospect Hill & Conrad Cottages Historic Districts: A Guide: "This compact cottage is one of only a few in the city with a mansard roof. The roof is pierced by dormers with round-arched windows, and the porch is carried by thin columns and an arched cornice. John C. Jenkins owned the house until 1875. He was an owner of Dow, Jenkins and Co., a Main Street business which advertised "thermo-water cures." Members of the Zeininger family lived here between 1877 and 1939."
Bibliographic References:The Janesville Historic Commission, Janesville, WI, The Prospect Hill & Conrad Cottages Historic Districts: A Guide, 1992.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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