Building date: 1848
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 42°30'03.20"N 89°02'31.23"W. Current owner of record, Truttmann as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
City of Beloit and Rock County Maps.
The Lathrop-Munn house at 524 Bluff St. in Beloit on the west side of Rock River was built about 1848 and is of Greek Revival style. It may have been built by local businessman John Hackett who sold the property to Frederick A. Lathrop in 1848. It was entered on the National Register in 1977. The walls are only one foot thick - suggesting the possibility of brick infill - with three or four courses of stones. Selection of color is more random on the south side, but here too stones are well matched for size and shape. The larger and more irregular stones were reserved for the north side. Throughout, they are set in rows in mortar which is raised in pronounced horizontal ridges between the courses of stones. Mortar bands also surround the buff limestone quoins and lintels. Rough-cut limestone was used for the foundations, water tables, and quoins; the heavy straight lintels were tooled to create a dotted texture. Additions do not seriously detract from the cobblestone fabric of the building. Richard Palmer blog.
Cobblestone Buildings in Wisconsin, Rock #18
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
- "Cobblestone Masonry", 1966, Carl Schmidt: Name reference, Smith - Ihle House
- Page 218
Editor's Note: Schmidt states the street name as 524 Buff Street, whereas the correct street name is Bluff.
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¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer blog. Attribution not provided.
