Property Record
1118 GRACE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frank and Erna Slawson House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 87918 |
| Location (Address): | 1118 GRACE ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1922 |
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| Survey Date: | 2003 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Dutch Colonial Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Bostwick Avenue Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/24/2006 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/20/2006 |
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| Additional Information: | This building contributes to the architectural significance of the Bostwick Avenue Historic District as a good example of the Dutch Colonial Revival style. The style elements include a gambrel roof, fanlight in the peak, a shed-roofed dormer, sun room, symmetrical fenestration, and an entrance with a cornice with returned eaves and pilasters. A small fanlight sits above the entry door. 2005- This variation of the Colonial Revival style is known as the Dutch Colonial Revival. It is a two-story house with a rectangular plan and long, sloping, gambrel roof. Large shed-roofed dormers span the roof sides. The dormers are covered with clapboards. The rest of the house is constructed of red bricks and features symmetrical fenestration of primarily sash windows with narrow border muntins that may be modern. In the gambrel peaks are fanlights. The main entrance is topped with a fanlight and with a shallow projecting gable with returned eaves. Frank Slawson was the manager of the Janesville Paper Box and Printing Company. The Janesville Gazette's January 1923 "Annual Review" illustrated the Slawson House among new houses built during the previous year. |
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| Bibliographic References: | City Directories. 2005, Carol L. Cartwright. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Bostwick Avenue Historic District, Janesville, WI. The Bostwick Avenue and Jefferson Avenue Historic Districts: A Guide, Janesville Historic Commission, 2008. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |