The Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building, in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States—also known as Koutsky & Berg—is a packing house that was built in 1851 in Italianate style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1][2]
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| Location | 117-123 N. Main St., Janesville, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 42°41′3″N 89°1′26″W / 42.68417°N 89.02389°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1880 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003418[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 7, 1983 |
It consists of two original properties, now three buildings, on North Main Street:
- 117 North Main Street - Willard Coleman, Painter (The Bear Trap Saloon), which was built c.1858-60, was renovated c. 1870–75, and modified 1900–02. It is a two-story red brick building with a cast iron front.
- 119-123 North Main Street - The Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant, now split between 119 North Main Street - Legal Action of Wisconsin and 121 North Main Street - The Main Waye - Women's Apparel and 123 North Main Street - Midwest Prosthetic-Orthotic Center. This was built c. 1857 and c. 1868. It is a two-story complex of two buildings, with Italianate architecture.[3]
See also
edit- Joel E. Harrell and Son: Another pork packing house on the NRHP
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Myers, Peter, Pork Packing Plant". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
- ^ Judy Adler (January 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant & Willard Coleman Building / Koutsky & Berg". National Park Service. Retrieved January 24, 2017. with three photos from 1982