On Williamson Street at North Baldwin Street, on the right when traveling east on Williamson Street.
The Sixth Ward Public Library was funded by a grant from Andrew Carnegie and is the oldest existing Carnegie library building in Madison. It is significant as the work of architects Claude and Starck, and is designed in the Collegiate Gothic style . . . — — Map (db m50054) HM
On Jenifer Street at South Paterson Street, on the right when traveling west on Jenifer Street.
This home is an exceptional example of the Free-Classic subtype of the Queen Anne style which was at the height of local popularity between 1880 and 1910. The Queen Anne style was derived from England and architects' interpretation of early English . . . — — Map (db m54232) HM
On South Blair Street at South Blair Street, on the right when traveling north on South Blair Street.
This building is significant for its association with Madison's cultural history, particularly transportation manufacturing, and as an excellent example of a textile mill industrial loft type building. This type of building was long and narrow with . . . — — Map (db m40231) HM
On South Thornton Avenue at Morrison Street, on the left when traveling south on South Thornton Avenue.
The Yahara River Parkway was the first parkway built in Madison. Designed by O.C. Simonds in the Prairie style, it features native plantings arranged in an irregular, naturalistic manner along the banks of the river. The parkway was designed with . . . — — Map (db m50415) HM
On Nakoma Road at Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south on Nakoma Road.
This Greek Revival house, also called Gorhams Hotel, was a stagecoach stop on the Madison-Monroe Road for travelers to and from the western part of the state. The brick structure was built for Charles E. Morgan, Madison dry goods merchant. James W. . . . — — Map (db m33617) HM
On South Franklin Street at East Main Street, on the right when traveling north on South Franklin Street.
Emily Torstensenseim immigrated to the United States from Norway with her parents at the age of four. When she grew up she married a fellow Norwegian immigrant, Ole Thompson, who became a successful hotelier and grocer. Shortly after his death, his . . . — — Map (db m73067) 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
On East Mifflin Street at North Hancock Street, on the left when traveling east on East Mifflin Street.
The Gloria Dei Church is a striking example of the Gothic Revival style, which was locally popular between 1915 and 1945 for the design of religious buildings. The faηade is of brick and limestone. Decorative elements include Gothic-arched door and . . . — — Map (db m53469) HM
On East Main Street, 0.1 miles east of South Blair Street, on the right when traveling west.
This vernacular house is significant as a surviving example from Madison's earliest residential era and as an increasingly rare, intact, gable-front type house with wood clapboard siding. The elements which define this folk form are evident on the . . . — — Map (db m54227) HM
On East Main Street at North Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
The Nelson house is a beautiful example of a vernacular gabled-front type from the era of Madison's earliest residential development. The house features a simple faηade of brick, a street-facing gable and regular placement of windows. Ornament is . . . — — Map (db m60638) HM
On East Gorham Street at North Franklin Street, on the left when traveling west on East Gorham Street.
Nichols Station is significant for its role in the advancement of water works technology and the public works history of Madison. The design introduced a steam operated pumping system, a turning point in water works technology which replaced the . . . — — Map (db m49220) HM
Near North Butler Street, 0.1 miles north of East Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
This unusual midblock residence was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his boyhood friend, "Robie" Lamp, a realtor and insurance salesman. The simple, boxy shape of the house, with its open floor plan, was very modern for the time. Wright called it . . . — — Map (db m32412) HM
On East Main Street at South Hancock Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Designed in a late Nineteenth Century eclectic style by Madison civil engineer and architect, John Nader, this church is the third oldest Catholic parish in the City. It was dedicated on St. Patrick's Day in 1889, Archbishop Heiss of Milwaukee in . . . — — Map (db m40207) HM
On Van Hise Avenue at Ash Street, on the right when traveling west on Van Hise Avenue.
Aldo Leopold lived in this Craftsman style house from 1924 until his death in 1948. Leopold came to Madison to work at the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory and was a pioneer in forestry, wilderness preservation, soil conservation and wildlife . . . — — Map (db m45691) HM
On Ely Place at North Prospect Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Ely Place.
Designed for Madison attorney Charles Buell in the Shingle style with Queen Anne proportions and ornament, this house was the first built in University Heights. Called "Buell's Folly," it was the work of Madison architects Allen D. Conover and Lew . . . — — Map (db m41149) HM
On North Prospect Avenue, 0.1 miles west of Ely Place, on the left when traveling west.
The design of this house typifies the effect of Prairie School concepts of residential design in the first fifteen years of the Twentieth Century. Edward C. Elliott, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin and later president of Purdue . . . — — Map (db m41074) HM
Designed in the the Georgian Revival style by Chicago architect Charles Sumner Frost, who was a partner of Henry Ives Cobb, this house was commissioned by Richard T. Ely, nationally known economist and university professor. In the academic freedom . . . — — Map (db m41102) HM
On North Prospect Avenue at Ely Place, on the right when traveling west on North Prospect Avenue.
This residence, called the "Airplane House," illustrates the essence of the Prairie School style of architecture. The strong feeling of horizontally is given by sweeping eaves; banded, leaded casement windows; horizontal wood trim; and site . . . — — Map (db m32504) HM
On Ely Place at Summit Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Ely Place.
An International style structure built for Edward Morehouse, a Public Service Commission official, this residence was designed by Chicago architect George Fred Keck. The style developed in Europe in the 1920's and 1930's and was brought to Chicago . . . — — Map (db m41104) HM
On Kendall Avenue at North Prospect Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Kendall Avenue.
One of the first houses in University Heights, this imposing house was built for Charles Forster Smith, a professor of Greek and Classical Philology. In 1917 Smith sold the house to Emma and Frederick Ogg, a professor who is generally considered to . . . — — Map (db m45689) HM
On Hoyt Street at North Breese Terrace, on the right when traveling east on Hoyt Street.
Terrace Homes apartments is the first documented example of cooperative home ownership in Madison. Popular in larger cities, the cooperative movement was the precursor of condominium ownership. This imposing and substantial Tudor Revival style . . . — — Map (db m41241) HM
Near Hickory Drive, 0.1 miles east of University Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
A very early Madison sandstone house this farm dwelling was presumably constructed for John G. Hicks, a New Yorker. In 1854 James P. Falkner, a speculator, bought the house hoping to develop "Mendota Village" around it. His assets were wiped out by . . . — — Map (db m45743) HM
On Norman Way, 0.2 miles east of Old Middleton Road, on the right when traveling east.
This large stucco house was designed by noted Madison bungalow designer, Cora Tuttle. From 1913 to 1937, it was the home of John R. Commons, a U.W. professor of economics. Commons was nationally significant as the author of important social reforms . . . — — Map (db m45742) HM
On North Carroll Street, 0.1 miles north of West Gilman Street, on the left when traveling north.
This house is attributed to Madison master architects Claude and Starck and is an excellent example of the Prairie style of architecture. Louis Claude was influenced by the work of architectural masters Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and George . . . — — Map (db m58121) 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 North Henry Street at Langdon Street, on the left when traveling north on North Henry Street.
The Chi Phi fraternity house is an outstanding example of the Tudor Revival style and is constructed of Madison sandstone. The striking design featuring steeply pitched and parapeted gables is one of the most accomplished works of premier Madison . . . — — Map (db m78506) HM
On Iota Court at North Henry Street, on the left when traveling east on Iota Court.
This imposing fraternity house was designed by noted Milwaukee architect Alexander C. Eschweiler and was built using Madison's native sandstone. Its Tudor Revival style is one of the best examples of that architecture in Madison. The Iota chapter of . . . — — Map (db m40963) HM
On North Frances Street, 0.1 miles north of Langdon Street, on the left when traveling north.
Founded in the spring of 1885, the Wisconsin Chapter of Delta Upsilon Fraternity has occupied this stately structure since 1907. Delta Upsilon Fraternity is unique among local fraternities as a non-secret Greek letter society since it has no secret . . . — — Map (db m40961) 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
This building is significant as the work of architect Alvan Small and as an example of a small commercial building executed in the Neoclassical style. The primary facade is of red brick with a side-gabled roof bracketed with a stepped parapet end . . . — — Map (db m57732) 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 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 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 Gilman Street at State Street, on the right when traveling west on West Gilman Street.
This building, built for the Woman's Club of Madison, is significant for its association with the national Woman's Club movement and to the cultural and social history of Madison. Participation in Woman's Clubs was a catalyst for influencing civic . . . — — Map (db m53230) HM
On Speedway Road at Regent Street, on the right when traveling north on Speedway Road.
Forest Hill is an intact example of the rural cemetery movement of the 19th century, in which cemeteries were located in a park-like setting that also served as a place for strolling, picnics, quiet recreation and contemplation. Many centuries . . . — — Map (db m89869) HM
On North Livingston Street at East Gorham Street, on the right when traveling north on North Livingston Street.
The Adolph H. Kayser house was designed by Claude and Starck, a local architectural firm that would later become the foremost practitioner of the Prairie School style in Madison. The design of the Kayser house is a distinctive blend of classical . . . — — Map (db m40968) HM
On East Gorham Street at North Blount Street, on the right when traveling west on East Gorham Street.
This house, designed by Madison's premier architectural firm of Claude and Starck in 1908, incorporates an eclectic mix of popular styles of the era and includes Prairie, Tudor and Craftsman features. Windows take center stage at the front faηade: . . . — — Map (db m49272) HM
On North Blount Street at East Dayton Street on North Blount Street.
Albert and Henry Atkins founded the Badger State Shoe Factory in Milwaukee in 1893. They expanded production to Madison in 1900 and in 1910 constructed this building to consolidate manufacturing operations. Significant for its association with turn . . . — — Map (db m49284) HM
Near East Gorham Street, 0.1 miles west of North Blount Street, on the right when traveling west.
This frame building is the third boat house on the site. The site symbolizes the importance of pleasure boating in Madison in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The original boat yards and house were operated by Charles Bernard in . . . — — Map (db m38703) HM
On East Washington Avenue at North Paterson Street, on the right when traveling west on East Washington Avenue.
Breese Stevens Field, named for the former Madison mayor whose family donated the land, is significant as the city's premier athletic facility from 1926 through the 1960s. The grandstand, designed by prominent Madison architects Claude and Starck in . . . — — Map (db m58008) HM
On North Blount Street at East Dayton Street, on the right when traveling south on North Blount Street.
This simple brick structure is a rare survivor of the horse-and-wagon era. Built as part of the old city yards, the barn housed up to nine draft horses whose job it was to pull maintenance and service vehicles. Each of the nine windows on the Dayton . . . — — Map (db m32640) HM
On North Blount Street at East Mifflin Street, on the left when traveling south on North Blount Street.
The City Market reflects the active civic improvement work in Madison at the turn of the century. Like other public projects, the Market was intended to enhance the advantages of city life. The building design by Madison architect Robert L. Wright . . . — — Map (db m32638) HM
On East Gorham Street at North Blount Street, on the right when traveling west on East Gorham Street.
Built for lumber executive William Collins, this dwelling was designed by architects Louis Claude and Edward Starck. The house is characterized by a gable roof, wide eaves, leaded glass windows, and horizontal and vertical banding that lends an . . . — — Map (db m40964) HM
On East Washington Avenue (U.S. 151) at North Dickinson Street, on the right when traveling west on East Washington Avenue.
This building is significant for its association with Madison's industrial history. It is all that remains of the once expansive Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Co., a producer of farm implements and the first major industry in Madison. The building . . . — — Map (db m52125) HM
On Sherman Avenue at North Brearly Street, on the right when traveling south on Sherman Avenue.
Commissioned to Madison architect Alvan E. Small by retail store owner Louis Hirsig, this stucco and brick house exemplifies the simplicity of the Prairie style. The horizontal lines of the windows along with the distinctive red tile roof and wide . . . — — Map (db m40926) HM
On East Gorham Street at North Blount Street, on the right when traveling west on East Gorham Street.
This Colonial Revival house was built for Robert and Irene Connor, daughter of lumber magnates Anna and Cornelius Collins who lived next door. Irene took over the position of vice-president of the family firm. The house is significant for its . . . — — Map (db m49271) HM
On East Gorham Street at North Livingston Street, on the right when traveling west on East Gorham Street.
The buff-colored sandstone for this Gothic Revival house was quarried in Westport, barged across Lake Mendota, and cut on the building site. The exterior of the structure is characterized by high peaked gables, decorative barge boards, spiked . . . — — Map (db m38700) HM
On East Gorham Street, 0.1 miles west of North Livingston Street, on the right when traveling west.
Lincoln School is a superb example of the Prairie School of architecture. Some of the reflections of this style are the bands of terra cotta and stone that emphasize the horizontal lines of the design, detailed terra cotta ornament on capitals and . . . — — Map (db m38704) HM
On East Dayton Street at North Blount Street on East Dayton Street.
The earliest known Black-owned building remaining in Madison, this unassuming house has been the residence of two generations of the Miller family. From the time of William Miller's arrival here from Kentucky in 1901 members of the Miller family . . . — — Map (db m54184) HM
On Sherman Avenue at Marston Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Sherman Avenue.
Designed by O.C. Simonds, the founder of the Prairie School of landscape architecture, Madison's first city park emphasizes naturalistic placement of native plant species. The design created lagoons to symbolize prairie rivers and meadows to . . . — — Map (db m50062) HM
On East Dayton Street at North Blount Street on East Dayton Street.
These vernacular buildings are significant for their association with, and are among the last vestiges of, Madison's first African-American community. Both were moved to the site by African-American civic leader, John Turner. The two-story, . . . — — Map (db m54181) HM
Near Toepfer Avenue at Birch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Built for Herbert Jacobs, Madison journalist, this L-plan structure is the first of Wright's Usonian houses designed for middle income families. The horizontal emphasis of the earlier Prairie School style is evident. Innovative construction . . . — — Map (db m33500) HM
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