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 Courthouse Hill Historic District - Janesville, WI
N 42° 40.995 W 089° 01.065
16T E 334691 N 4727615
The Courthouse Hill Historic District rises above the city of Janesville and the east side of the Rock River on a steep bluff. It encompasses 30 blocks and 219 properties.
Waymark Code: WM2CM1
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2007
Views: 11
From the University of Wisconsin Digital Collection:
"The Courthouse Hill Historic District rises above the city of Janesville and the east side of the Rock River on a steep bluff. A wooded ravine separates it from neighborhoods to the east and nineteenth and twentieth-century commercial development borders it at the west. This residential neighborhood contains outstanding examples of the architectural styles associated with Janesville's growth and development from settlement to 1940. Many of Courthouse Hill's early residents were influential in commerce, industry and legal affairs, and the district's architectural development well demonstrates their architectural tastes. The historic district, which contains 30 blocks and 219 properties, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 after architectural surveys made in 1975 and 1981.
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The blocks surrounding Courthouse Hill appear on Henry Janes' plat of Janesville first recorded in 1840. In 1836, the territorial legislature established the Rock County seat here on Janes' claim. Janes' plat provided for a courthouse site, with four squares sloping down the bluff. The squares were near the river landing, and also provided excellent views of the river and the bluffs to the west."
Street address:
Roughly bounded by E. Milwaukee St., Garfield and Oakland Aves., S. Main St., and E. Court St. and Milton Ave.
Janesville, WI USA
53545
County / Borough / Parish: Rock
Year listed: 1986
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Domestic, Government: Courthouse, Single Dwelling
Current function: Domestic, Government: Courthouse, Single Dwelling
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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