February 1893

Rock County purchased the Barker farm near Janesville for the new county poor farm.

Meanwhile, closer to home

Beloit1893During 1893

Pearsons Hall was completed, making it possible to open a science course at Beloit College.

Beloit1893During 1893

A Norwegian church on the west side of Oak street was built (dedicated in 1895).

All of 1893 → · Know a source for this? Tell us →

The evidence

Rock CountyFebruary 1893

Rock County purchased the Barker farm near Janesville for the new county poor farm.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

In 1893 proceedings were begun for the removal of the county poor farm, which had always been located at Johnstown, to a point near Janesville. Johnstown was so far from railroad service that it was thought best to remove the poor farm where it would be accessible to the railways, and the county finally decided upon the purchase of the Barker farm, a little north of the city near the crossing of the Northwestern and St. Paul railroad tracks. This farm was purchased in February, 1893, and the buildings were erected during that year at a cost of over $100,- 000; the county insane and poor inmates were removed to the new quarters on March 30, 1894.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 2, PDF p. 69 / book p. 581

1893 / February

Rock CountyA

February 1893

Rock County purchased the Barker farm near Janesville for the new county poor farm.

All of 1893 → · Know a source for this? Tell us →

The evidence

Rock CountyFebruary 1893

Rock County purchased the Barker farm near Janesville for the new county poor farm.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

In 1893 proceedings were begun for the removal of the county poor farm, which had always been located at Johnstown, to a point near Janesville. Johnstown was so far from railroad service that it was thought best to remove the poor farm where it would be accessible to the railways, and the county finally decided upon the purchase of the Barker farm, a little north of the city near the crossing of the Northwestern and St. Paul railroad tracks. This farm was purchased in February, 1893, and the buildings were erected during that year at a cost of over $100,- 000; the county insane and poor inmates were removed to the new quarters on March 30, 1894.