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November 21, 1978 (10 S. High St. Janesville: 1930 armory designed by Lt. Colonel Henry C. Hengles in Spanish Revival style, with walls of colored brick and tile roof. . Originally housed the 32nd Tank Company of the Wisconsin National Guard, which helped defend Bataan in 1941-42 and endured the Bataan De
The Old Fourth Ward Historic District in Janesville, Wisconsin is a large old working-class neighborhood southwest of the downtown, comprising about 1100 contributing structures built from the 1840s to 1930. [2] In 1990 the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]
The South Main Street Historic District a fairly intact remnant of Janesville, Wisconsin's old downtown east of the Rock River, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1990 the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [2]
The Courthouse Hill Historic District is a 30-block area on the east side of Janesville, Wisconsin, containing many historic structures built from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s in various styles, including homes of many of Janesville's influential leaders from that period. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...
Wisconsin counties. This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin. There are over 2,500 listed sites in Wisconsin. Each of the state's 72 counties has at least one listing on the National Register.
Apr. 14—JANESVILLE — Janesville's east side is fast becoming Kwik Trip-dominant. To be sure, the city's south, north and west sides are home to a half-dozen Kwik Trip-owned properties, too.
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.
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.