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In 1932 the second-story auditorium became the home to the Janesville Little Theatre. A stage with classical proscenium was added and the first production was Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, in December of 1932. [6] The library moved to new quarters in 1968. It has since been used as an auditorium and a senior center.
2-story Italianate-style house topped with a glazed observatory, in a park-like yard. Started in 1858 as a Greek Revival farmhouse built by gentleman farmer Christopher Arnold on his 60 acre farm. William Payne, president of Janesville Woolen Mills, added the Italianate-style front block around 1869.
Allen Perry Lovejoy was born in Maine in 1825 and trained as a carpenter. He came west to settle in Janesville in 1850 and started a retail lumberyard. By 1868 he had several yards and a wholesale lumber business, supplied by pine stands that he bought in northern Wisconsin, Michigan, and as far west as Oregon and California.
The Janesville Sack Co. #1 was another occupant. [ 3 ] The Lappin-Hayes Block block at 2 S. Main St is a 4-story business block built in 1855 in Italianate style, with stores at ground level, a saloon in the basement, and above offices and an 800-seat auditorium called Lappin Hall.
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
Petland is a privately owned operator and franchisor of pet stores based in Chillicothe, Ohio. [1] Ed Kunzelman founded the company in 1967. Petland currently operates 131 stores in the United States, and at least 63 in foreign markets including Canada, Japan, China, Mexico, Brazil and El Salvador.
Janesville is known as "Wisconsin's Park Place". Its 2,590-acre (10.5 km 2 ) park system includes 64 improved parks, as well as boat launches, golf courses, and nature trails. [ 53 ] This is one of the highest acreages per capita in Wisconsin.
Mount Olivet Cemetery was established in Janesville after the local cemetery located atop Courthouse Hill was moved to a new cemetery called Oak Hill at the northwest edge of the city. [1] Catholic residents of the city, organized as the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association, established a cemetery on 40 acres adjacent to Oak Hill Cemetery. [ 1 ]