On East Gilman Street at North Pinckney Street, on the left when traveling west on East Gilman Street.
Built in the early Romanesque Revival style, this Prairie du Chien sandstone house exemplifies the ornate designs of local architects August Kutzbock and Samuel Donnel. In the 1850's and 60's, it was commissioned by Alexander A. McDonnell, . . . — — Map (db m38740) HM
On East Gilman Street at North Pinckney Street, on the right when traveling west on East Gilman Street.
Originally built in the early Romanesque Revival style, this house was altered in 1870 by the addition of a mansard roof. The Milwaukee cream brick structure was built for, but never occupied by, Napolean Bonaparte Van Slyke, first cashier of the . . . — — Map (db m32383) HM
On North Pinckney Street at East Gilman Street, on the right when traveling north on North Pinckney Street.
This house is an example of the towered Italian Villa style executed in sandstone. Its square, hipped roof, three story tower, or campanile, is unique among old Madison residences. The house was first occupied by H. K. Lawrence, banker and . . . — — Map (db m32466) HM
On East Gilman Street at North Pinckney Street, on the left when traveling east on East Gilman Street.
Pioneer banker J. E. Kendall built this two-and-one half story Italianate home in 1855. The mansard roof of the Second French Empire style was added between 1872 and 1879. This house stands as one of the four corner houses on Big Bug Hill, also . . . — — Map (db m32467) HM
On East Gilman Street, 0.1 miles east of North Pinckney Street, on the left when traveling east.
Constructed of locally quarried sandstone and designed in the Italianate style, this house was originally built for Julius T. White, secretary of the Wisconsin Insurance Company. Governor Jeremiah Rusk acquired the house in 1883 and sold it to the . . . — — Map (db m32459) HM
Near East Gorham Street, 0.1 miles west of North Butler Street, on the right when traveling west.
This Italianate brick house was constructed for Timothy Brown of New York State, a real estate speculator, founder of the First National Bank, and an official of the Madison Gas Light and Coke Company. Brown was induced to come to Madison in 1855 by . . . — — Map (db m38710) HM
Near North Carroll Street at West Gorham Street, on the right when traveling north.
This multi-faceted brick Italianate house was built for Madison lawyer, Daniel K. Tenney. In 1871, Tenney sold it to Breese J. Stevens who probably altered the house significantly during his ownership. Stevens was elected mayor of Madison in 1884 . . . — — Map (db m40861) HM
Near East Gorham Street, 0.1 miles west of Wisconsin Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Built in a late Nineteenth Century eclectic style for Halle Steensland, Madison banker, philanthropist, and Vice Consul for Norway and Sweden, this house was designed by the architectural firm of J.O. Gordon and F.W. Paunack. It incorporates . . . — — Map (db m40859) HM
Near North Carroll Street at West Gilman Street, on the left when traveling north.
This square house designed in a modified Federal style with Italianate detailing was built for Major James Mears, realtor and merchant from New York state. The cream brick residence was originally built at a cost of $5,000. Its significant . . . — — Map (db m40857) HM
Near East Gorham Street at North Pinckney Street, on the right when traveling west.
This rambling brick Italianate and Eclectic style house probably was originally built for Lansing W. Hoyt, a local speculator. It was later occupied and altered by Elisha W. Keyes, a powerful local political "boss" who was appointed postmaster by . . . — — Map (db m40856) HM
Near Langdon Street, 0.1 miles east of North Henry Street, on the right when traveling east.
This house was built in a late Second French Empire style with ornate detailing in the manner of the Aesthetic style. Its owner, John J. Suhr, was the founder of the German American Bank. The architect, John Nader, was primarily employed as a civil . . . — — Map (db m40761) HM
On Langdon Street at North Carroll Street, on the left when traveling east on Langdon Street. Reported missing.
This handsome house was built by Frank G. Brown (1852-1920), scion of a prominent real estate and banking family. Brown, who was first vice-president of the First National Bank, was a founder of the French Battery Company (now Rayovac). The Brown . . . — — Map (db m40749) HM
On East Gilman Street at Wisconsin Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Gilman Street.
Designed by Danish-born architect Lawrence Monberg, the Quisling Towers is a striking example of the Art Moderne style. Art Moderne was influenced by the emerging industrial design for ships, airplanes and cars, featuring such aerodynamic properties . . . — — Map (db m40750) HM
On North Carroll Street, 0.1 miles north of East Gorham Street, on the left when traveling north.
This Italianate sandstone house, originally built for local hardware dealer Samuel Fox, exemplifies a regionally distinctive alternating pattern in its masonry. In 1860, transplanted New Yorker, Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke, the cashier of the Dane . . . — — Map (db m32665) HM
On West Johnson Street, 0.1 miles east of State Street, on the left when traveling east.
This is the first parish organized by German Catholics and is the second oldest Catholic church in Madison. This church replaces the original brick structure built on this site in 1857 by the 80 founding families The simple Romanesque Revival . . . — — Map (db m38884) HM
Near North Henry Street at West Gilman Street, on the left when traveling north.
The house of Judge Arthur B. Braley was a social and cultural center of the Mansion Hill area in the Nineteenth Century. The house was built of cream brick with incised stone lintels in the Late Gothic Revival style. Braley, a patron of the literary . . . — — Map (db m33723) HM
On East Gorham Street at North Butler Street, on the right when traveling west on East Gorham Street.
Gates of Heaven was designed for Madison's first Jewish congregation by local architect August Kutzbock in the German Romanesque style. Kutzbock also used this distinctive style for the Pierce and Keenan houses at Pinckney and Gilman. The building . . . — — Map (db m32381) HM
Near West Gorham Street, 0.1 miles west of North Carroll Street, on the right when traveling west.
This impressive stucco and brick house was built for Addie and Frank M. Wootton, an attorney who became one of Madison's first automobile dealers. From 1914 to 1948, it was the home of Daniel and Katie Mead. Mead was a UW professor of engineering . . . — — Map (db m40956) HM
