Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building explained

Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant and Willard Coleman Building
Location:	117-123 N. Main St., Janesville, Wisconsin
Coordinates:	42.6842°N -89.0239°W
Built:	1880
Architecture:	Italianate
Added:	July 7, 1983
Refnum:	83003418

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]

See also

• Joel E. Harrell and Son: Another pork packing house on the NRHP

Notes and References

1. Web site: Myers, Peter, Pork Packing Plant. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2021-04-28.
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83003418}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peter Myers Pork Packing Plant & Willard Coleman Building / Koutsky & Berg]. . Judy Adler . January 1983 . January 24, 2017 . with