Mr. Stevens began the construction of the Stevens House on the corner of Milwaukee and Franklin streets, Janesville West Side.

The evidence

• “The Stage House having passed from the control of Mr. Stevens, that gentleman, determined to run a hotel, went to the West Side, and, in the fall of 1846, began the construction of the Stevens House, on the corner of Milwaukee and Franklin streets. It was of wood, three stories high, and the ne plus ultra of pioneer hotels.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/14-rock-county-ch08-janesville.md, PDF p. 585 / book p. 589

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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