Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building

Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building
Location 117-123 N. Main St., Janesville, Wisconsin
Coordinates 42°41′3″N 89°1′26″W / 42.68417°N 89.02389°W / 42.68417; -89.02389Coordinates: 42°41′3″N 89°1′26″W / 42.68417°N 89.02389°W / 42.68417; -89.02389
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1880
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 83003418[1]
Added to NRHP July 7, 1983

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]

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[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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


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