HISTORIC WISCONSIN ARCHITECTURE FIRS T REVISED EDITION

Historic WISCONSIN A rchi tee tu re F I R S T REV I SED EDITION

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2 Contents

FOREWORD ...... 5

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION ...... 7

STATE MAP ...... 9

MAP OF SOUTHEAST AREA ...... IO

SOUTHEAST AREA ...... 11-19

MAP OF SOUTHWEST AREA ...... 20

SOUTHWEST AREA ...... 21-31

MAP OF NORTHEAST AREA ...... 32

NORTHEAST AREA ...... 33-35

MAP OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ...... 36

WORK OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT , LOUIS SU LLIVAN, PURCELL & ELMSLIE ...... 37-40

3 4 Foreword

The o rigi nal edition of this guidebook on "Historic Wisco nsin Architec­ ture" was published in 1960 as a project of the Wisconsin C ha pter of the American Institute of Architects. The origina l intent a nd hope that this g ui debook would engender interest in Wisconsin 's historic architecture a mong its users m ust have been met as the original printing has long since been depleted. The Wisconsi n Society of Architects ' office continues to receive requests for a book of this nature.which prompted the .A.IA 's Com­ mittee on Historic Reso urces to republish the g uidebook as a Bicentennial year proj ect.

The o riginal author. Ri chard W . E. Perrin, FAIA, who has for many years been responsible fo r call ing the atlentio n o f o ur citi1ens to \Viscon­ sin 's architectural heritage, read ily agreed to pa rt icipate in this task. He. Jeffrey M . Dean and I reviewed the original publication, updated it to re­ flect changes that had taken place, a nd added additional structures which we felt worthy of inclusion.

In presenting this guidebook we are fully aware that it is nol a complete catalog o f every building of historic or architectura l importance in Wisco n­ sin. One may find additional buildings listed in the National Register of Histo ric Places for Wisconsin or o ne may consult with local la ndmark com­ m issions, where they exist, to fin d local walking tours where concent rations of importa nt buildings exist. T he book, however, provides a generous c r o~s­ section of buildings, building style:; , and materials employed since pio neer days. The ma ps a nd building locatio ns could easily suggest a leisurely a uto­ mo bile tour of sectio ns o f the state where these fi ne buildings ma y be seen. T he names o f building owners have been om itted and historir identification of the building has been used.

5 By including a building within this guidebook it is not our intention to indicate that it is open to visitors but rather we hope that the visitor will re­ spect the rights of ownership and not invade a homeowner's privacy. Some buildings are public structures and their inspection undoubtedly is possible during posted hours. We hope that the historic and factual information contained in this guide­ book is accurate, as primary sources were checked wherever possible. How­ ever, the authors and the Wisconsin Society of Architects of the American Institute of Architects and the publishers cannot assume legal liability for the completeness or accuracy of the information contained herein, nor do they assume any legal responsibility for the appreciation or depreciation in the value of any of the premises vested herein by reason of their inclusion in this guidebook . Wisconsin owes a debt to Richard W. E. Perrin, FAIA, not only for his untiring efforts in originally compiling this guidebook and other publica­ tions relating to the architecture of Wisconsin, but also for his unfailing and strong efforts to create a living outdoor museum of ethnic architecture in Old World Wisconsin. Mr. Perrin is indeed a heroic figure in the documen­ tation of Wisconsin's architectural history.

We hope that this guidebook will be useful and pro fi table to the reader and hel pful in o ffering a means of providing knowledge about our heritage. This may instill desire in the reader to participate in his local landmark acti­ vities or to support important historic preservation causes within his own community. It is with these goals that we offer this guidebook for your use.

GORDON D. ORR, JR., AIA Chairman Committee on Historic Resources Wisconsin Society of Architects The American Institute of Architects Madison, Wisconsi n October 1976

6 Introduction to Original Edition

Originally a pan of the old Northwest Territory, and successively a part o f the Indiana, Illinois, a nd Michigan territories, Wisconsin became a sepa­ rate territory in 1836 and in 1848 was admitted to the Union as the 30th state, with boundaries as they exist today.

While settlements had been established prior to 1836, especially in the orbit of the three major pio neer centers- Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Min­ eral Point-and while the frontier actually continued to push into the nor­ thern Wisconsin woodlands until the end of the century, a recognizable body of early Wisconsin architecture emerged about 1835, and, except for chrono­ logical overlapping which characterizes every architectural epoch, seems to have terminated in the welter of Victorian eclecticism which followed the Civil War- about 1870. In building t he first houses and barns, the early settlers of both European and American origin made expedient use of timber the surro unding forests so bountifully provided. These first buildings were cabins of round or squared logs with which the settlers coming from parts of Germany and Scandinavia were quite familiar. Pennsylvania Germans and Yankees made a fresh in­ troduction of the log house after its prolific use in the East a centu ry earlier in what was then the frontier. Early churches also were built of logs, a nd a fe w specimens have survived lo the present time. German half-timber work appeared during the second quarter of the 19th century as a unique archi­ tectural expression wit hout parallel in America.

7 In the wake of the earliest pioneer buildings, Greek Revival and Gothic Revival influences began to appear, and Wisconsin is not lacking in excel­ lent examples of these two important architectura l movements. Terminal Colonial influence, the Octagon fad, and Victorian eclecticism also made their impression on early Wisconsin architecture. Emerging also was the professionally trained architect, gradually detaching himself from the car­ penter-architects and gentlemen amateurs who had preceded him. Being blessed with a great variety of useful and beautiful natural stone, early Wisconsin archi tecture offers studies in the use and crafting of lime­ stone, sandstone, and granite, which may have been equalled, but never excelled anywhere in the country . Cornish, Welsh, Irish, and German stone­ masons left their mark on Wisconsin. Excellent deposits of clay and shale also gave rise to brick-building of great distinction. Within the limited scope of this booklet we have attempted to give a cap­ sule delineation of historic Wisconsin architecture as expressed in style and material by pioneer builders and craftsmen, both amateur and professional. Drawing upon a fund of over 600 collected examples, we have chosen those which seemed most typical and which wo uld also show preservation possi­ bilities both in terms of accomplished restorations as well as for neglected but important structures clearly in need and deserving of preservation a nd restoration.

RICHARD W. E. PERRIN, F.A.l.A.

August 1960

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STATE OF WISCONSIN

SHOWING AREAS OF PR INCIPAL CONCENTRATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS

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1. KUEHNEMAN HOUSE RACINE 1135 S. Main St. Probably designed hy Lucas Bradley, A rchitect for Eli Cooley, Mayor of Racine. c. 1853. Home of J udge Dyer, 1871- 1892, later of Taylor Family. Wood, Greek Revival, Doric tetraprostylc porticocd, two story building nanked by I Y, story wings. Restored by Mr. and Mrs. Kuehnema n. Private residence. 0

2. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH RACINE

Corner 7th St. & College Ave. Designed by Lucas Bradley, Architect. Erected 1851. Greek Revival. Local buff-colored brick walls divided into five bays by pilasters. Doric distyle recessed portico. Ionic colonnaded wooden octagonal tower remi­ niscent of London spires by Wren and Gibbs.

3. COOPER HOUSE WATERFORD VICINITY On State Highway 20 , I Y2 miles west of Waterford. Built by James Cooper of New York State c. 1840. Wood, Greek Revival, with longitudinal recessed porch o n main 1 Vi story building and one story n anking wing. Sma ll windows in frieze under cor­ nice. Private residence.

4. ELA HOUSE ROCHESTER Just east of Fox River bridge and inter­ section State Highway 189 and 36. Built in 1838 by Richard Emerson Ela, carriage and wagonmaker of Leba non, New Hamp­ shire. Wood, modified Greek Revival two story building with unsymmetrical eleva­ tions a nd one story wing at southwest cor­ ner. Denticulated cornice and main e n­ 0 trance pediment. Private re~iden ce.

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5. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH BURLINGTON 500 Mc Henry St. Designed by Victor Schulte, Architect. Erected 1860 in modified Gothic Re­ vival style. Walls cobblestone rubble containing some buff Burlington limesto ne, heavily mortar­ ed. Stone buttresses between pointed windows with original diamond-paned glass. Crennelated, buttressed tower surmounted by octagonal stone masonry belfry. Interior altered.

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6. MORMON COTTAGE BURLINGTON VICINITY On State H ighway 11, two miles west of Burlington. Built 1844 by James J. Strang, leader of Mormon community. Extreme simplicity characteristic o f Mormon a r­ chitecture of area. I 1/2 story collage of salt box profile with walls of buff Burli ng­ ton limesto ne, heavily mortared. Wood lintels, sills, cornice, and muntined sash. ~ Private residence. /r 1!1 ::i ' I

7. OCTAGONAL HOUSE ELKH ORN 127 South Lincoln St. Built in 1855 by Edward Elderkin. Octagonal, pink and buff color brick, two stories high, with English basement a nd moat attributable to O rson Fowler, originator of Octagon Style. Peripheral o ne story porch of scroll sawed treillage. Octagonal glazed cupola. 0 Private residence.

8. RICHARDSON HOUSE CLINTON 607 Mi lwaukee Road. Built as farmhouse by Richardson family in 1843. Modified Greek Revival I 1/ 2 story main building with one story fl anking wings to west and south. Stone walls faced with carefully coursed, bank run or river stones known as cobblestone. Quoins of tooled local limestone. Wood cornice. Private residence.

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9. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH SHOPIERE On Buss Road. one block south of Shopi­ ere Road. Built by Yankees from Vermont and Massachusetts in 1850-1853. Greek Revival with definite New England Colo­ nial influence. Gothic Revival windows 1871. Walls of local buff limestone block ashlar. Flush wood board tower and oc­ tagonal wood belfry.

10. TALLMAN HOUSE JANESVILLE 440 Jackson St. Built in 1857 by William Tallman, perfume ma nufacturer. Abra­ ham Lincoln visit ed this house in 1859. "Underground Railway" for refugee slaves had a station here. Built o f buff brick , three story building is ornate Victorian, Italian Villa design. Open to visitors.

11. MILTON HOUSE MILTON On Ft. Atkinson St. overlooking public square. Built by Joseph Goodrich in 1844 as stagecoach inn. This building a nd ad­ joining typical log cabin o f 1830 's were stations of "Underground Railway." Hex­ agonal in plan, three stories high, walls are built o f grout, an early form of con­ c rete espoused by Orson Fowler, origina­ tor of the Octagon Style . Open to Visitors.

12. DUNCAN HOUSE COOKSVILLE Corner of Webster Rd. a nd State High­ way 59. Built in 1848 for Daniel Lovejoy, first merchant of Cooksville. La ter home of Henry Duncan o f Vermont 1852-1875, a nd of Ralph Warner 19 11 -1941. Of lo­ cally-made vermilion brick. square two story building with hipped roof and one story wood gabled wing reflects Federal lines and New England taste. Private re­ sidence.

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13. ST. WENCESLAUS CHURCH WATERLOO VICINITY At intersection of Blue Joint Road and Island Road, two mi les east of Waterloo. Built c. 1850 by German Bohemian settlers. Known as "Island Church . " Walls arc tamarack logs with vertical wood boards and battens on outside and lime plastered interiors. Wocxl clapboard steeple and shin­ gled spire reminiscent of Austrian country churches. Original pews, fixtures, and fit ­ tings still in place. Church no longer in use.

14. OCTAGONAL HOUSE WATERTOWN 919 Charles St. Built 1854 by John Richards of Hinsdale, Mass. Octagon style, three story buff brick building contains 32 rooms and central spiral stairway . Originally equipped with water and ventilating sys­ tem and woodburning furnace. Build ing is situated on commanding site overlook­ ing Rock River. Restored building, to­ gether with adjoining First Kindergarten, open to visi tors.

15. LANGHOLFF HOUSE AND BARN WATERTOWN VICINITY On County T runk EM I !12 miles east of Watertown on Lester Langholff place. Built c. 1850. Home of Scholz famil y 1866- 1929. Half timber house, 2 Y, stories, and barn under one roof. Oak frame, panels clay over wood staves, lime plaster pargcttcd . Some panels replaced with buff Watertown brick. Clay and straw fill be­ tween floor beams. Private property.

16. KUENZI BARN WATERTOWN VICINITY On Town Road, County T runk 0 extended west, between State Highway 109 and County Trunk EM, 3 miles northeast of Watertown. Built by Ferdinand Paetsch c. 1850. Half timber with oak frame and panel nogging of Hustisford vermilio n brick. Private property.

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H . CHAPEL OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN NASHOTAH VICINITY On grounds of Nashotah House, Espiscopal theo­ logical seminary. 1 V2 miles west of Nashotah on Upper Nashotah Lake. Designed by Richard Up­ john, Architect. Erected 1859. Gothic Revival, buff a nd light grey local limestone walls. Each of six bays contains pair of la ncet windows. Aisled, without clerestory. Stone bell cote.

18. ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM CHURCH DELAFIELD End of Church St., one block west of Genesee St. Built 1851-1856, probably ac­ cording to plans by Richard Upjohn, A r­ chitect. Rev. Willia m Markoe, rector at the time. Chapel style, Gothic Revival, of timber construction with vertical board and balten exterior. Pierced tracery verge boards, and triple lancet window on east wall of sanctuary. Separate. free standing bell house, also of wood.

19. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MERTON

130 Main Street. Built c. 1845 by settlers from New England. Greek Revival with Colonial varia­ tions. Wood, clapboard a nd nush siding. Single tier of windows. Pilaster treatment, gable roof and octagonal cupola with spire.

20. BOOTH HOUSE SAYLESVILLE VICINITY

O n County Trunk X, 1/1 mile northeast of State Highway 83. Built in 1850 by John Rankin. Owned by J . C. Booth 1930- 1956. Restored by Robert M. Jones. Modi­ fied Federal style, with end wall chimneys and parapets. l V2 story building with one story ell. Local grey limestone walls laid irregular ashlar. Private residence.

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21. ST. PETER CHURCH NEWBURG VICINITY

On Green Lake Road, I Y. miles east of Co unty Trunk M, two miles northwest of Newburg. Built 1861. Rural German type, showing Classic Revival inOuence. Field· stone walls with two, elliptical head wood munlined windows on each side of nave and one window on each side of extended half- octagon apse. Although no longer in use, church contains original furnishings.

22. DAVID STAR CHURCH KIRCHHAYN On private road half mile west o f Kirch­ hayn. Built 1856 as second church of Lu­ theran congregation which founded Kirch­ hayn in 1843. Rural German type showing Classic Revival innuence. Walls of heavy grey-buff limestone blocks unevenly coursed. Tooled stone trim. Wood tower and oc­ tagonal belfry with steeple. Interior altered.

23. KRAUSE HOUSE KIRCHHAYN VICINITY

On Spring V?.lley and Maple Roads, 2 Yi miles west of Kirchhayn. Built c. 1845 by Go11lieb Krause. Half timber house, 1 V2 stories, with frame of cedar timber. Panels filled with stone rubble, pargetted both sides. Some panels replaced with pink a nd buff bric k. Building now used as stable. P rivate property.

24. CHRISTIAN TURCK HOUSE KIRCHHAYN VICINITY

1 Once on Country Aire Drive /. mile south 1 of County Trunk M, I /. miles south of Kirchhayn, on Fred Schottler place. Built c. 1844 by Christian Turck. Cedar log struc ture, 2 1/1 stories, with cantileve red shed roof across front porch. Rye straw and clay chinking between logs, pargettcd wit h lime plaster. Moved to O ld World Wisconsi n outdoor museum, Eagle.

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25. KOEPSEL HOUSE JACKSON VICINITY Once o n Town Road I 1/1 miles south o f State Highway 143 a nd one mile east of County T runk G on Elvin Butt place. Built c. 1860 by Koepsel fa mily. Half tim­ ber, 2 1/2 stories on fieldstone foundation. Frame of white oak with nogging of buff a nd pin k sa nd molded brick. Exception­ a lly good exa mple o f highly developed half timber constructi on. Moved to O ld World Wis<.:o nsin outdoor museum, Eagle.

26. HASHEK BARN MYRA At east end o f Myra on County Trunk I on Hashek place. Exact date unknown, but probably c. 1860. Squa red cedar log building on fieldstone founda tion. Excep­ tionally good example of carefull y fitted log construction in unusual state of pre­ servation. Moved to Ozaukee County Pio­ neer Village.

27. ZIEGELBAUER HOUSE ST. LAWRENCE Loca ted on Main Street, State Highway 175 at the north end of town. Built 1867 as a combination dwelling a nd blac ksmith shop, later converted to ca rpenter a nd cabinet maker shop . Wa lls of fi eldsto ne masonry with stones fairly uniform in size with great co lo r varia tion and heavily mortared joints. Quoins a re la rge split boulders. Brick a rches over openings. Pri­ vate residence.

28. COVERED BRIDGE CEDARBURG VICINITY

O n Covered Bridge Road, I Y, miles north of intersection of State Highways 60 and 143. Built 1876. Of la tticed timber truss construction, bridge is covered wit h wood boards a nd battens and a ga bled roof. Last remaining example of covered bridge in Wisconsi n.

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29. CEDARBURG MILL CEDARBURG Corner of East Columbia St. and East Portland St. Built 1855 on Cedar Creek by Frederick Hilgen and' William Schroe­ der as grist and flottf mill. Five stories with monitor roof, and details reflecting Greek Revival influence. Walls are local grey limestone laid up in large blocks. Private Property.

30. CONCORDIA MILL HAMILTON On Old Green Bay Road, Yi mile west of Cedarburg and Y, mile north of County Trunk C. Built 1853 on Cedar Creek by Edward Janssen as grist and flour mill. Four stories with gambrel roof showing Greek Revival influence. Walls are local grey and buff limestone rubble. Private property.

31. JONATHAN CLARK HOUSE CEDARBURG VICINITY On Highway 57 and County Trunk G, one mile south of Cedarburg. Built in 1848 by Jonathan Clark. Home of Doyle family 1870-1939. Restored by Joseph Schneiker. Greek Revival influence . I y, story with one story kitchen wing. Walls of coursed fiel dstone, with quarried limestone blocks at gable end. Tooled limestone quoins. li ntels and sills. Private residence.

32. KIEKHAEFER BARN MEQUON On easterly extension o f County Trunk M, 1 ;. mile east of U.S. Highway 141 on grounds of Our Lady of the Lake Con­ vent. Built 1897 for Henry Kiekhaefer by Ernst Clausing. Typical of several barns in the area, its diameter of 72 feet makes it the largest existing specimen. Granary and haymow one unbroken area, with cow barn below. Octagonal cupola on roof.

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33. DUNKEL INN MILWAUKEE VICINITY

At Bluemound Road (U.S. H ighway 16· 18) a nd County Trunk 0 in Brook fi eld. Built c. 1840 a nd operated by Dunkel fami­ ly as wayside inn halfway between Milwau­ kee and Waukesha. G reek Revival. Wood, 2 V1 story structure wit h one story ell. New porch across front added recently. Pri­ vate residence.

34. BENJAMIN CHURCH HOUSE MILWAU KEE Originally at 1533 North 4th St. Relocated on Estabroo k Pa rkway, Vi mile nort h of East Capitol Drive in Estabrook Park. Built 1843 by Benjamin Church. Greek Revival. Wood , o ne story, hipped roof. Doric tetraprostyle porticoed main buil­ ding with n a nking wings. Brick nog!!ing between stud s. Open to visitors.

35. LOWELL DAMON HOUSE MILWAUKEE VICINITY 2 107 Wauwatosa Ave .. Wauwatosa. Buil! 1844 by Lowell Damon. Mixture o f Greek 1 Revival a nd Colonial details. Wood, 1 / : stories with loft and one story ell. Rela­ tively steep gable front faces street. Re­ stored and open to visitors.

36- PAINESVILLE CHAPEL MILWAUKEE VICINITY

At intersectio n of U.S. H ighway 41 and Ryan Road (State H ighway 100) in Frank­ lin. Built 1832 by Henry Roethe as meeting ho use for Germa n Freethinkers ' Society. W ood, Colonia l type, one story building with gable roof and pedimented doors and windows. O ld cemetery with picket fence a djoining. Restored.

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1. INDIAN AGENCY HOUSE PORTAGE Off State Highway 33, on east outskirts of Portage. Built 1831-1832 by John Kinzie, Indian Agent. Closed as agency in 1837 when Winnebago tribe ceded all lands east of Mississippi River to United States. Two story wood clapboard building with one story wing. Federal style showing New England Colonial influence. Restored and 0 open to visitors.

2. KEHL WINERY PRAIRIE DU SAC VICINITY ·On State Highway 188, one mile east of Prairie du Sac on Russell P. Kehl place. Built in 1867 by Peter Kehl, vintner. Three story building set into hillside, built of heavily mortared large blocks of local buff and grey limestone, reflects Rhenish ar­ chitectural antecedents. White wine pro­ duced here until 1899, and stored in stone vaulted cellars in lower level. Recently re-opened as winery.

3. CUMMINGS HOUSE PRAIRIE DU SAC 545 Fifth St. Built in 1857 for Dr. Albion Cummings of New England. Greek Re­ vival. Unique textured masonry of local light-yellow limestone probably by Casper Steuber, German stonemason. Stone laid to form pattern of alternating squares of large and small stones. Two stories high with a one story wing, and small wooden 0 porch. Private residence.

4. BALFANZ HOUSE PRAIRIE OU SAC 455 Sixth St. Built by Edward Perkins c. 1842. Wood, Greek Revival, two storied main section flanked by 1 Yi story wing at south end. Pilasters at corners. Unusual treatment of continuous one story porch with seven square wood columns extend­ ing across front. Highly refined details at 0 entrances and cornice. Private residence.

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5. AL RINGLING THEATER BARABOO 136 Fourth Ave. Elaborate Beaux-Arts theater built as a gift to Baraboo in 1915 by Al Ringling, eldest of the famous bro­ thers, and designed by the Chicago firm of C.W. and George L Rapp. The audi­ torium was modeled on the opera house at the Palace of Versailles. The original fire curtain, murals, chandelier and two stock 0 settings survive in excellent condition. 6. ST. MARY OF LORETO CHURCH LELAND VICINITY On County Trunk C, two miles east of Leland. Built in 1880 as church for mission founded in 1860. Walls of yellow sand­ sto ne with heavily mortared joints. Super­ imposed raised square joints produce rec­ tangular pattern. Excellent example of re­ gional stonework of comparatively late date. Original pews, pulpit, altar, and altar 0 rail still in place. Building not in use.

7. WISCONSIN STATE CAPITOL MADISON

Capicol Square. Cruciform in plan a nd designed by New York architect George B. Post. Nco­ Classical Revival building built 1906-191 7, the third capitol in Madison, after the former burned down. "Miss Forward," a gi lded bronze statue by Daniel Chester French. stands on a Baroque dome. Post was selected after an invitational architectu­ ral competi1ion. Public building with guided lours. 0 8. WILLIAM COLLINS HOUSE MADISON 704 East Gorham St. This fine Prairie School house was designed by the Madison firm of Claude and Starck, and built about 1911 . Horizontal emphasis is created by raked horizontal brick joints, by a broad roof overhang, by a stone belt course at the second floor sill. Originally built for a lumber company executive, it is now used 0 by the Madison Parks Department.

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9. LOUIS HIRSIG HOUSE MADISON

1010 She rman Ave. Designed about 1913 by Alvan E. Small, a Madison architect who had worked brieny for Lo uis H. Sul­ livan. The house exhibits Prairie School characte ristics of simple geometry and broad overhanging eaves that accentuate the horizontal. The walls are o f stucco with vertical wood trim strips at the cor­ ners. T he roof is covered with deep red 0 clay roofing tiles. A private residence.

10. OLD EXECUTIVE MANSION MADISON 130 E. Gilman St. Built with indigenous sandstone ashlar for J ulius T . White in 1855. Ruggedly-handsome Italianate house used as the state's official executive resi­ dence from 1883 to 1950, housing 17 gover­ nors. The buff-colored stone used in this and other early Madison houses was quar­ ried from nearby sandstone deposits. Uni­ versity of Wisconsin residence.

11. PIERCE HOUSE MADISON 424 N. Pinckney St. Ornate house with eight-sided cupola built in 1857 and de­ signed by architects August Kutzbock and Samuel Donnel. The Prairie du Chien limestone used was identical to that used in the last state capitol. One of four ho uses at Pinckney and Gilman, the heart of a historic district. Kutzbock was the premier early Madison architect. Apartments.

12. NORTH HALL MADISON Bascom Hill , University of Wisconsin. Designed by John F. Rague and built in 1851 , the first building on the University of Wisconsin campus. Indigenous Madison sandstone building which originally housed 65 students and all campus functions. Rague prepared a "general plan" for the university including three other identical buildings of which only one, South Ha ll , was built. University offices.

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13. MOREHOUSE HOUSE MADISON 10 1 Ely P lace. A 1937 design by Chicago architect George Fred Keck, a Watertown native active in the modern movement of the 1930 's which found inspiration in the International Style and De Stijl in Europe. Keck, who studied the work of and knew the major European designers, developed an American vocabulary for the new ar­ chitecture. Private residence.

14. HAUGE LOG CHURCH DALEYVILLE VICINITY On County Trunk Z, I mi le north of Da­ leyville. Built in 1852 under Pastor A. C. Preus as first Norwegian Lutheran Church west of Madison. Of log construction, building is li me plastered on inside and clapboarded on outside. Original pews, pulpit, and altar rail still in place. Small balcony with latticed railing. Restored and open to visitors.

15. UNITY CHAPEL SPRING GREEN VICINITY Located on County T just east of State Highway 23. This chapel was built in 1886 and designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee for the Jones family, aunts and uncles of Frank Lloyd Wright, all of whom are buried in the adjacent cemetery. Wright worked with Silsbee in Chicago in 1887. The heavy rustic stone watertable, the walls sheathed in wood shingles, and a generous wood shingle roof create a shin­ gle style gem.

16. IOWA COUNTY COURT HOUSE DODGEVILLE

Corner of Iowa and Chapel St. Built 1859. Greek Revival. Two story wood tetraprostyle Doric portico with a d ome crowned octagonal cupola above. Columns lean in to correct optical illusion. Walls of tooled buff limestone with carved stone doorways at front and side, probably taken from Edward Shaw 's "Modern Architecture" published 1855. Wood cornice and muntined sash.

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17. ODO FELLOWS HALL MINERAL POINT Front St. at Vine St. Buih 1838 by Iowa No. I Lodge of the Order of Odd Fellows. Wood, Greek Revival, two story, residen­ tial type with front elevation divided into three bays by thin Doric pilasters with nush board siding between. End walls, clapboard. Used as Odd Fellows museum.

18. PENDARVIS HOUSE MINERAL POINT

114 Shake Rag St. Cornish miner's cot­ tage built c. 1835. Builder unknown. One story building, with adjoining Trelawney House two s!Ories high, sci into rock hill­ side. Walls o f local buff limestone la id random ashlar on front and more freely on sides and back. Restored and open lO visitors.

19. POLPERRO HOUSE MINERAL POINT

110 Shake Rag St. Cornish miner's cot­ tage built c. 1835. Builder unknown. One story local buff limestone cottage sur­ 1 mounted by 2 /, story log structure and stone leanto addition. sci into rock hill­ side and connected by garden with ad­ joining Trelawney and Pendarvis House. Open 10 visitors.

20. INGRAHAM HOUSE MINERAL POINT

28 Shake Rag St. Cornish miner 's cottage built c. 1830. Builder u nknown. First owner of record ( 1835) J oseph R. James. Later owned by Isaac Tamblyn. One story, double gabled, local buff limestone col· tage. Stone front closely filled and tooled, side walls rubble. Interior panitions grouted with rubble. Private residence.

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21. OLD RAILROAD STATION MINERAL POINT End of Commerce St. Built 1857 by Min­ eral Point Railroad, now station of Mil­ waukee Road. Early Victorian style. Sym­ metrical elevations, with arched stone door openings. Massive walls of large, regular­ ly coursed blocks of local buff limestone, closely fitt ed and tooled. P robably oldest railway depot in State.

22. WADE HOUSE MINERAL POINT

21 3 Clowney St. Built c. 1850. Builder un­ known. Local vermilion brick, painted white. Two story Federal style house backed into hillside with twin chimneys and para­ pet at both gable ends. Two story veran­ dah extending across front and west side suggests Southern influence. Private re­ sidence.

1 •, 23. TRINITY CHURCH ' MINERAL POINT Corner High and Iowa St. Built 1839- 1846. Gothic Revival, with crennellated tower. Walls are local vermilion brick wit h local yellow li mestone label molds and copings. Foundation walls buff limestone ashlar. Original multi-colored diamond pane stained glass. Oldest church building in State still in acti ve use.

24. MOSES STRONG HOUSE MINERAL POINT 525 Fountain St. E ll shaped house built in two sections c. 1850-1 860 by M oses M . Strong, pioneer lawyer, promoter and leg­ islator. Modified Greek Revival. Two story building with regularly coursed wa lls o f large buff and grey local limestone blocks. Excellent example of local stone work and picturesque architectural grouping. Private residence.

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25. STORE BUILDING MINERAL POINT

138 High St. Typical of st one franc store buildings built c. 1860 a long both sides of High Street. Two stories with loft, walls are laid up of large blocks of local bu ff and grey limestone with stones on street front carefully fitted and tooled. Show­ windows of wood. Federal style with early Victorian over-tones.

26. MINERAL SPRING BREWERY MINERAL POINT

272 Shake Rag St. Built I 850. Two story building wich two squa re cowers. Walls built of local bu ff and grey li mestone. S truck by tornado in I 872. place became known as Tornado Brewery. Ravaged by fire in 1902, b rewery continued in opera­ tion, and for many years by Lieder fami ly.

27. WEST OCTAGON HOUSE MONROE 1710 Seventeenth A ve. Unique four-leafed clover of octagons in plan. Two-story brick ho use bui lt in 1860-61 by Gen. Fran­ cis West, early Monroe settler and Civil War veteran. Though octagonal buildings based on Orson Fowler's principles are found in Wisconsin, this is the only one to use the form additively. Private resi­ dence.

28. CHENOWETH HOUSE MONROE

2004 Tenth St. Brick-and-wood-frame 2 V1-story Queen Anne mansion built in J889. Octagonal coach house to the rear. The Queen Anne has complexity in fo rms, massing and materials. and this is a n ex­ cellent example. Frank Chenoweth was a wealthy merchant who spared no expense in building this major local landmark. Private residence .

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29. LAFAYETIE COUNTY COURTHOUSE DARLINGTON 626 Main St. Built in 1905 and designed by Minneapolis firm (Frank W .) Kinney and (Menno S.) Detweiler. The Neo-Clas­ sical Revival was a popular style for early- 20th-century courthouses, of which this is an excellent and representative example. The Langlade County Courthouse, Anti­ go, was designed by the same firm.

30. DOYLE HOUSE SHULLSBURG VICINITY On State Highway 11, 2 miles west of Shullsburg. Built 1845 by Colonel E. C. Townsend of Kentucky who bred fine horses and had a track on the premises. Greek Revival. 2 Yz story main building with one story ell attached. Front wall of building faced with large blocks of "glass rock " found deep in lead mines. Remain­ ing walls of bu ff sandstone ashlar. Pri­ vate residence.

31. PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH MEEKER ' S GROVE

On County T runk H, 2 Vi miles south of State Highway 81. Built 1854 as Congregational Church by a group of Cornish miners' families. Modi­ fi ed Greek Revival. Bu ff and grey limestone walls laid up in elongated regular ashlar pattern. Wood cornice and square bell tower with steeple. Terne plate roof. Wood muntined sash. Origi nal pews and furnishings. Adjoining churchyard contains old stones of interest.

32. ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH NEW DIGGINGS

In center of town across from public school. Built 1844 by Rev. Samuel Mazzuchelli, priest and ar­ chitect. Italianate treatment of Greek Revival combined with Gothic Revival elements. Open bell tower. Pointed arch openings and Greek fret cornice. Wood board siding cut to simulate rus­ ticated stone. Louvered shutters over wood mun­ tined windows. Building rehabilitated and open on special occasions.

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33. MITCHELL·ROUNTREE HOUSE PLATIEVILLE Corner Jewett Street and Lancaster Road (State Highway 81. ) Built 1837 by Rev. Samuel Mitchell of Virginia, Revolution­ ary War veteran. Of Tidewater Virginia Colonial design, house is I Yi story with one story kitchen wing. Walls o f heavy buff limestone blocks with buff stucco finish. Five fireplaces, oak and ash plank fl oors in original condition. Now museum house of G rant County Historical Society.

34. IMMANUEL CHURCH LANCASTER

Corner of Walnut and Jefferson St. Built 1858 by congregation established in 1852, originally known as Westwood parish. Mixture of Gothic Revival and Victorian, wood clapboard building has small Greek Revival bell tower on west front. Adjoining churchyard contains many interesting old stones, including grave of Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin's first governor.

35. ST. PAUL ' S CHURCH LANCASTER VICINITY O ff U.S. Highway 61 and County Trunk E at Liberty Ridge, 4 miles north of Lancaster. Built 1857. Mixture o f Greek Revival, Gothic Revival a nd Victorian, typically "Prairie Gothic." Buff a nd grey limestone walls laid up in large blocks. Flush boarded wood tower with slender pilasters at corner surmounted by deeply overhanging cor­ nice and octagonal steeple.

36. STONEFIELD CASSVILLE In Nelson Dewey Park off State Highway 133, ont mile north of Cassville. Home­ stead of Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin 's first governor. Gothic Revival. Two story, steep gabled main barn and original smoke­ house and wine cellar built c. 1860 of buff and grey local limestone. Red brick, Gothic Revival, house rebuilt c. 1873. Open to visitors.

29 37. BRISBOIS HOUSE PRAIRIE DU CHIEN On Water Street, formerly old Indian Trail, house is situated on Hopewell Bu­ rial Mound overlooking east channel of Mississippi River. Built 1815 (uncertain) by Michael Brisbois, fur trader associated with John Jacob Astor. Two stories, of Federal style architecture, walls of large rectangular blocks of grey limestone. Sash, cornice, porch and south wing not origi­ nal. Open to visitors.

38. VILLA LOUIS PRAIRIE DU CHIEN At Villa Louis Road and Boilvin St. House overlooking east channel of Mississippi River. Erected in 1872 by Hercules Dous­ man on foundations of house built in 1843. Victorian style. Built of buff brick, two story house is capped with ornamental wood cornice and surrounded with one story closed verandah. Elaborate interiors and spacious grounds renect wealth and taste of owner. Open to visitors.

39. FORT CRAWFORD HOSPITAL PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 727 South Beaumont Road. Built as mili­ tary hospital o f second Fort Crawford. Restored and intended for use as medical museum to commemorate work of Dr. Beaumo nt on human digesti on. Present north wall original. Federal style, I 1/2 story ell shaped structure built of local buff limestone with wood Tuscan colonnaded recessed porch across front. Open to visi­ tors.

40. PRATT HOUSE RICHLAND CENTER 314 N. Central Ave. Designed by the La Crosse firm of Bentley and Merman in 19 19 for Fred H . Pratt, a furniture re­ tailer and undertaker. The two-story cen­ tral section has leaded-glass casement windows, deep eaves, and brick-and-stucco walls characteristic of the Prairie School. This was the firm 's southernmost known • ' Wisconsin project. Private house . .,;_~-,.../-~

30 41 . CHASE & WOHLHUTER HOUSES LA CROSSE 221 and 223 S. 11th St. One-story Stucco­ and-clapboard Prairie School houses de­ signed by La Crosse architect Percy Dwight Bentley and built in 191 3. These houses are nearly identical, but reversed, in plan and share a common driveway. Bentley was a major Wisconsin architec t active in many west-central communities and suc­ ceeded, in La Crosse, by Otto Merman. Private residences.

42. OCTAGONAL HOUSE WEST SALEM 258 North Leonard St. Built at Neshonoc in 1857 by Dr. Horace Palmer of Vermont. House moved to West Salem in 1866, where owner became first physician. Wood, two story building in octagon style of Or­ son Fowler, is enclosed by peri pheral, two story porch of great refinement. House successively owned and occupied by Lo11- ridge, Dudley and Gullickson family. Pri­ vate residence.

43. FUGINA HOUSE FOUNTAIN CITY 348 Main St. Built in 1916 for M . L. Fu­ gina, this ho use was one of the finest de­ signs of Percy Dwigh t Bentley. An excel­ lent example o f the Prairie School, the house is cruciform in plan and has brown brick walls with deeply-raked horizontal joints. Fugina, who built the ho use over­ looking the Mississippi River, chose Bent­ ley after seeing some of his La Crosse houses. Private residence.

44. TOMAH PUBLIC LIBRARY TOMA H

71 6 Superior Ave. This li brary, rnnstructed in 1916, is represent at ive of a series o f Prairie School li braries, found also in Evansville, Merrill, a nd Barron exhi biting a broad horizontal frieze o f Sull ivanesquc ornamentation. broad overhanging eaves, cla y tile roofing and deeply raked joints. The architects, Claude and Starck, o f Madison designed many Prairie School b uildings throughout Wisconsin .

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1. WADE HOU SE GREENBUSH Al intersection of State Highway 23 and County Trunk T. Built I 8SO by Sylvanus Wade as stagecoach inn along old She­ boygan-Fond du Lac plank road. Wood, Greek Revival, 2 '12 story main building with two story verandah at front and wing toward west. Restored, together with ad­ joining Walnut House and dependent buil­ 0 dings, and open to visitors.

2. GRIGNON HOUSE KAUKAUNA On Augustin Road just off Highway 4 1 and State Highway SS . Built in 1836 by Charles Augustin Grignon. Wood, Greek Revival, two story main building with one story kitchen wing. One story, five bay, balustraded, square colo nnaded porch with two story portico over main entrance. Restored and open to visitors.

3. WHITE PILLARS DE PERE 403 North Broadway. Built 1836 as old Fox River Bank, later becoming Kel­ logg 's Bank. Wood, Greek Revival. Doric tetraprostyle porticoed one story building. Unusually sma ll scale, with elaborate high relief ornament and cartouchc in tym­ panum. Massive chimney. Interior altered. e Private residence.

4. RANDALL WILCOX HOUSE DE PERE

707 North Broadway. Built 1836 by Ran­ dall Wilcox. Wood, two story main buil­ ding with one story wings at either end. Re nects early Greek Revival innuence on basically Colonial type building. Doors, sash and trim made at Mac kinac. Bu ilding command s fine view of Fox River a nd is 0 now being restored. Private residence.

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5. COTTON HOUSE GREEN BAY 2632 South Webster Ave. Buill by Capt. Winslow Couon, U.S.A., c. 1835. Wood, Greek Revival, two story distyle-in-amis Doric porticoed main building. Symmetri­ cally fl anked by one story wings. On site of Camp Smith (1821) overlooking site of original Shanty-Town settlement. Open 10 0 visitors.

6. HAZELWOOD GREEN BAY 1008 S. Monroe St. Buill by Joseph Jack­ son, architect for Morgan L Martin c. 1837. Wisconsin Stale Constitution drafted here. Wood, I V2 story main building with single wing reflecting Greek Revival and Federal influences. Doric colonnaded re­ cessed porch extends across front and back of main wing. Private residence.

7. TANK COTTAGE GREEN BAY VICINITY Heritage Hill Stale Park. Oldest existing house in Wisconsin. Built 1776 by Joseph Roi, French fur trader. Purchased by Jacques Porlier in 1805 and by Ouo Tank in 1850, who added wings at either side. Middle section is waule and daub, the wings of wood frame, the entire building covered with wood clapboards. Open to 0 visitors.

8. FORT HOWARD HOSPITAL GREEN BAY VICINITY Heritage Hill State Park. Built 1817 as part of group at Fort Howard, under com­ mand of General Zachary Taylor. Fed­ eral type. Wood, I Y2 stories, with three dormers on front and eight bayed square columned porch across front of the buil­ 0 ding. Open to visitors.

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9. MORAVIAN CHURCH GREEN BAY On Moravian Street between Madison and Mon­ roe St., facing Jackson Park. Built 1851. Oldest Moravian church west of C hicago. Wood, mix­ ture of Greek Revival and Gothic Revival. Gable roof with pediment and two stage belfry. Single tier of pointed windows.

10. BAIRD LAW OFFICE GREEN BAY VICINITY Formerly on court house grounds, now relocated at Heritage Hill State Park. Built c. 183 1 by Henry Baird, first attor­ ney west of Great Lakes and first Wis­ consin Attorney General. Wood. Greek Revival, Ionic tetraprostyle porticoed one story building. Unusually diminutive scale and carefully executed detail. Restored. 11 . LA PLANT BARN LENA VICINITY On County Trunk A, 5 miles west of Lena. Date uncertain but probably turn of cen­ tury. I !12 story cedar log barn with short lengths of logs laid at right angle to wall in stacked stovewood pattern, bedded in lime mortar. Important survival of now rare form of construction. Private pro­ perty.

12. MORAVIAN CHURCH EPHRAIM

Located on State Highway 42 overlooking Eagle Bay. Built 185 3 by Scandinavian Moravians. Wood main building and ell. Corner tower wi th octagonal cupola and spire. Victorian with S~an ­ dinavian feeling. Moved from original waterfront location to present site and remodeled c. 1865.

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All bui ld i ng~ de~ig ned by Frank Lloyd Wright except" here another architect noted .

1. HARDY HOUSE RACINE 1319 S. Main St. Built for Thomas P. Ha rdy in 1905 . Tri-level wood and stucco house, with flat pitched roof, situated or. steep wooded bank overlooking Lake Michigan. Main wing with dining-room below, and two story living-room above projecting out and cascading down toward 0 the beach. Private residence.

2. JOHNSON HOUSE RACINE VICI NITY

Off East Four Mi le Road. 1/ 2 mile past Hunt Club Road at W ind Point. Built 1937 for Herbert F. Johnson . Regarded as the last of the Prairie houses. Situated on a spa.:ious estate, the red brick and brown wood, tile-roofed house is molded int o the shallow ravi nes of the prairie site. Four wings extend from a cenlral core con1 aining living q uarters. Private residence.

3. S. C. JOHNSON BUILDING RACINE 1525 Howe St. Built 1936-1 939 for S. C. Johnson & Son Co., manufacturers of wax products. One a nd two story red brick main building wi1h bands or glass tubing al cornice line. Eighl story brick a nd glass tower. Translucent glass ceiling be1ween caps of concrete mushroom columns. Open 10 visitors.

4. BOGK HOUSE MILWAUKEE 2420 North Terrace Ave. Built for F . C. Bogk in 1916. Two story, square house of buff Roman tapestry brick wit h carved limestone trim and flat pilched tile roof. Deeply recessed windows accemed wilh small squa res of gold glass. Designed by Wright d uring !he Japanese years. Monu­ mentalit y and rich carved stone decoration 0 recall Imperial Hotel. Private residence. 37 - FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, LOUIS H. SULLIVAN AND PURCELL AND ELMSLIE

5. AMERICAN SYSTEM HOUSES MILWAUKEE 2720-2732 West Burnham St. Built 19 16 by Arthur L. Richards as pro motional project. Two story nat-roo fed wood and stucco utilitarian type build ings. Now modified in part a nd somewhat lacking in maintenance. 0

6. UNITARIAN CHURCH MADISON 900 University Bay Drive. Shorewood Hills. Built 1949. One story buff local sandstone structure with massive copper roof. Int imately close 10 the gro und, buil­ ding expresses feeling o f shelter and se­ curity. Feature is triangular glass and wood prow, sym bolizing reverence and worship, and forming apex of auditorium. Hearth room and class rooms complete 0 unusually elo ngated plan.

7. GILMORE HOUSE MADISON 120 El y Place. Built 1908 for A. E. Gil­ more. Two story house of tan stucco and b rown sta ined wood . H ouse is of the Prairie period. Known as Airplane Ho use because of low pitched roof a nd wide overhanging caves, building is located on a knoll which accentuates mo bi le feeling. Priva te residence. 0

8. PEW HOUSE MADISON 3650 Mendota Drive, S ho rewood Hills. Hu iIt for J . C. Pew in 1940. Two story buff sandstone a nd wood clapboard house built into side of a heavi ly wooded hill overloo king lake Me ndota. Constructed by Taliesin students. Clapboards have weathered to a grey colo r which blends perfectly with the .~ l o n e a nd heavy vege­ tation o n the sit e. Private residence.

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9. JACOBS HOUSE I MADISON 441 Toepfer St., Westmoreland. Built 1937. One story building wit h flat over­ hanging roof of the Usonian period. Walls of red brick and horizontal wood boards and battens stained brown with vermilion painted accents. Small garden at back em­ phasizes Oriental feeling. Private residence.

10. JACOBS HOUSE II MADISON VICINITY On O ld Sauk Road a t Bell Linc Road, southwest of Middleton. Built 1949 for Herbert Jacobs. Two story house with flat projecting roof of the hemicycle type with berm wall on oute r side, and sunken garden completing the circle of the inside wall. Walls of grey limestone. First floor living area open to roof, bedrooms con­ tained in semi-circular suspended balcony. P rivate residence.

11 . HAROLD C. BRADLEY HOUSE MADISON I 06 N. Prospect A vc. A 1909 design by Louis H. Sullivan, with major contri bu­ tions from his chief draftsman, George G rant Elmslie. Excellent restoration af­ ter tragic 1971 fire by Madison Architect Mark Purcell. Large two story residence sheathed in shingles with imposing canti­ levered second floor porc hes. Original leaded glass windows and ornamented brackets remain. Occupied by the Sigma Phi Society for more than sixty years.

12. HAROLD C. BRADLEY HOUSE SHOREWOOD HILLS 2914 Oxford Rd. Designed by the firm of Purcell , Feick, a nd Elmslie of M inneapo­ lis in 19 14, this distinctive P rairie School home represents the third home for the Bradley 's wherein George Grant Elmslie had a major role in the design . Ho rizon­ tal groups of windows, inset wood trim, generous overhangs and the skin-li ke tex­ ture of stucco are characteristic o f the style. Private residence.

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13. TALIESIN SPRING GREEN VICINITY Off State Highway 23, 2 Vi miles west of entrance to Tower Hill State Park, over­ looking Wisconsin River. Built and re­ built in various stages from 1911 to pre­ sent time. Signifi cant portion known as T aliesin 111 built 1925 . Buildings predo­ minantly local sandstone, stucco and natu­ ral-wood combination. Set into side of wooded b luff with commanding view. In­ teresting sequestered gardens a nd intimate domestic style scale throughout.

1~ A. D. GERMAN WAREHOUSE RICHLAND CENTER

300 South Church St. (US 14). This buil­ ding constructed in 191 5, was never com­ pletely finished. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it is a solid red mass on the lower three stories, but changes to a superb pat­ terned concrete block for the upper story, where function changed to cold storage, and a strong design contrast is exhibited. The building is being converted to a muse­ um .

15. FARMERS AND MERCHANTS UNION BANK COLUMBUS Corner of James St. a nd Broadway . This 1919 bank building designed by Louis H. Sullivan was the last of his noteworthy Midwestern banks, and probably his next to the last commission . Bold Lerra cotta ornamentation stands out in stark relief against the deep red tapestry brick . The J ames Street facade contains characte1 isti c leaded glass work . A sensit ive addition was de­ signed by the Madison architects Law, Law, Pot­ ter and Nystrom.

16. FIRST NATIONAL BANK RHINELANDER West Davenport a nd Stevens SL The bank was built in 1910- 19 11 and designed by Purcell , Feick and Elmslie. A fine exam­ ple of Prairie architecture in a commer­ cial building; the foliated terracotta orna­ mentation, the horizontal feeling accom­ plished through the grouped second floor windows set in a brick frame, and the con­ trast of stone first floor against the se­ cond floor brick with raked joints.

40 ' Photo Credits

All photographs by Richard W. E. Perrin, FAIA, except the following:

SOUTHWEST AREA:

Numbers 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 27, 28, 29, 40, 41, and 43 by Jeffrey M. Dean.

Numbers 8, 9 and 44 by Gordon D. Orr, Jr., AIA.

WRIGHT, SULLIVAN, PURCELL AND ELMSLIE SECTION:

Numbers II, 12, 14 and 15 by Jeffrey M. Dean. Number 16 courtesy of the First National Bank, Rhinelander.