Property Record
2302 GOLD DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Jim and Bonny Gold House |
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| Reference Number: | 239071 |
| Location (Address): | 2302 GOLD DR |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Fitchburg |
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| Year Built: | 1973 |
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| Survey Date: | 2018 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Board |
| Architect: | Jim Gold (builder) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Stone veneer lower level; vertical board upper floor. 2019 City of Fitchburg survey recommendation write-up: This 1970s Contemporary Style house is sheathed with stone along the first floor/lower level, while the upper level is comprised of board siding and large expanses of glass. The primary entrance elevation is dominated by a steeply pitched central gabled section that comes to a prow-like peak, around which is a deck. The doorway itself is located east of the central section and includes an overhead plate-glass transom as well as sidelights. The wing to the east includes a single-door, two-car garage, while the remaining walls of the primary elevation carry tripartite windows. Sale advertisements from 1975 to 1977 indicate that the home was built with 2,800 square feet and included a cathedral ceiling in the living room and dining room, along with a Lannon stone fireplace that separated the two rooms. A master suite occupied one side of the house, while three other bedrooms were located on the opposite side and a family room was on the lower level. This house was built in 1973 by builder Jim Gold and it served as his personal residence, along with his then-wife and business partner Bonny and their three children. The subdivision within which the house is located was developed by Gold and was called the Gold Subdivision. Born in Madison, Gold was the son of Maurice and Eleanor Gold. Gold was a builder in the Madison area for over forty years and a regular participant in the Madison Area Builders Association Parade of Homes. He died in 2008 at the age of seventy-two. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Date of construction based on assessor's records. For footnotes to 2019 survey write-up below, See the Historical & Architectural Resources Survey, City of Fitchburg, Dane County, Wisconsin, by Traci E. Schnell/tes | Historical Consulting, LLC, completed in 2019. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |