Main Street Historic District (Whitewater, Wisconsin)

The Main Street Historic District is located in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

Main Street Historic District
A law office located in the district.
LocationRoughly W. Main St./US 12 from Prairie St. to Fremont St. and Church St. from Forest Ave. to W. Main St., Whitewater, Wisconsin
Area23 acres (9.3 ha)
NRHP reference No.89002116[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 21, 1989

Description

The district is made up of a prestigious residential neighborhood between the central downtown and the UW, including the c.1847 Gothic Revival O'Connor house,[2] the 1856 Italian Villa-style Smith-Allen house,[3] the 1851/1878 Second Empire Kinney-Cox house,[4] the 1882 Romanesque Revival First Congregational Church,[5] the 1895 Queen Anne Engebretsen-Dorr house,[6] the 1903 Birge fountain,[7] and the 1904 Neoclassical White Memorial Library.[8][9]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Richard O'Connor House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. "E.A. Smith-Nathan Allen House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. "Kinney-Coxe House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  5. "First Congregational Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. "Edward Engebretsen House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  7. "Birge Fountain". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  8. "White Memorial Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  9. Carol Lohry Cartwright (August 31, 1988). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Main Street Historic District (Whitewater)". National Park Service. Retrieved April 4, 2018. With 24 photos.
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