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 2018-04-04.
  3. "E.A. Smith-Nathan Allen House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. "Kinney-Coxe House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  5. "First Congregational Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  6. "Edward Engebretsen House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  7. "Birge Fountain". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  8. "White Memorial Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  9. Carol Lohry Cartwright (1988-08-31). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Main Street Historic District (Whitewater)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-04. With 24 photos.
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