Photograph
Storybook House
The design of the "Storybook House" at 2114 Van Hise Avenue, was inspired by fairytale drawings and French Norman architecture. The house was built of hollow baked tiles and covered with rough plaster in 1920. |
Image ID: | 36146 |
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Creation Date: | 06 13 1973 |
Creator Name: | Potter, James T. |
City: | Madison |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | James T. Potter Collection |
Genre: | Photograph |
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Katheine (Hall) Zimmerman with the assistance of Frank Riley, the architect who designed East High School and the Madison Gas and Electric Co. building, and Riley's associate, Henry Nehrlinger, a native of Germany. Zimmerman was the mother of Arboretum Naturalist James H Zimmerman, who lived in the home at the time the photograph was taken. Originally published in a Wisconsin State Journal column entitled "Have You Seen This Madison?". The column ran from 1969 to 1977. |
Plasterwork-decorative |
Architecture, Classical |
Architecture, Domestic |
Cities and towns |
Neighborhoods |
Trees |
Outdoor photography |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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