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Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building

Coordinates: 42°41′3″N 89°1′26″W / 42.68417°N 89.02389°W / 42.68417; -89.02389
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Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building
Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building is located in Wisconsin
Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building
Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building is located in the United States
Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building
Location117-123 N. Main St., Janesville, Wisconsin
Coordinates42°41′3″N 89°1′26″W / 42.68417°N 89.02389°W / 42.68417; -89.02389
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1880
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.83003418[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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][2]

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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Myers, Peter, Pork Packing Plant". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  3. ^ 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