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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRFP_adolf-h-kayser-house_Madison-WI.html
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 d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRFN_abraham-lincoln-at-cadiz-junction_Madison-OH.html
Here, February 14, 1861, Abraham Lincoln alighted from a train en route from his home in Illinois to the nations's capital, where on March 4th he would become our sixteenth President. Cadiz Junction, a breakfast stop for the President Elect, saw h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRFM_collins-house_Madison-WI.html
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 ef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRFL_chi-psi-lodge_Madison-WI.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRFJ_delta-upsilon-fraternity-house_Madison-WI.html
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 secre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRFF_wootton-mead-house_Madison-WI.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMREP_hirsig-house_Madison-WI.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRD1_breese-j-stevens-house_Madison-WI.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRCZ_steensland-house_Madison-WI.html
Built in a late Nineteenth Century eclectic style for Halle Steensland, Madison banker, philanthropist, and Vice Consul fro Norway and Sweden, this house was designed by the architectural firm of J.O. Gordon and F.W. Paunack. It incorporates archi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRCX_james-mears-house_Madison-WI.html
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 archite…