Property Record
301 N MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | New Doty Manufacturing Company Warehouse and Machine Shop |
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| Reference Number: | 87104 |
| Location (Address): | 301 N MAIN ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 198820132014 |
| Historic Use: | warehouse |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The New Doty Manufacturing Company Warehouse and Machine Shop, built c.1900, is a two-story building with one-story side wings, resting on a concrete slab foundation and covered by a front gable roof.(1) The first-story is of concrete block construction and the second story is clad in vertical wood boards and corrugated metal. A large, metal garage door with a concrete ramp is centered on the north (front) facade. To the left (east) of the garage door is a metal entrance door. Windows are only located on the first story wings and feature fixed 20 panes of glass, with a limestone lintel and topped with a simple brick arch. The warehouse is the only remaining structure of what was the New Doty Manufacturing Company. Founded in 1853 as the Pixley, Kimball, & Olson general machine shop, the property was purchased by the Richardson Brothers in 1865.(2) In 1868 the Richardson Brothers purchased Doty & Brother and began to produce Doty Washing Machines under the name the Doty Manufacturing Company. In 1874 they diversified their products and began to make punching and shearing machines, grain drills, and windmills. They reorganized under the name the New Doty Manufacturing Company in 1884 and operated at the site until closing in 1935.(3) The warehouse is the only remaining building of what was once a large industrial complex and is currently used by the Schlueter Company, which operates out of a building located across North Main Street. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1. Map 3, “Janesville, Wisconsin, 1901,” Proquest Digital Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1867-1970, http://sanborn.umi.com/ accessed 11 October 2013. 2. C.W. Butterfield, The History of Rock County, Wisconsin (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879), 563. 3. Carol Cartwright, Scott Shaffer and Randal Waller, City on the Rock River: Chapters in Janesville’s History (Janesville, Wis.: Janesville Historic Commission, 1998), 70. “Architecture and History Survey: Main Street” WHS project number 14-0067/RO. October 2013. Prepared by Mead & Hunt Inc. "Cultural Resources Report For the Proposed Talman House Telecommunications Facility in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin." WHS Project #14-0719/RO. June 2014. Prepared by Marcy Prchal. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |