406 N PINCKNEY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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406 N PINCKNEY ST

Architecture and History Inventory
406 N PINCKNEY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Orasmus Cole Residence
Other Name:Harmonia Madison Center for Psychotherapy
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:37126
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):406 N PINCKNEY ST
County:Dane
City:Madison
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1857
Additions: 1889 1894
Survey Date:19912019
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Mansion Hill Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/4/1997
State Register Listing Date:2/11/1997
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Map code is 070914407014

City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report:

Adding to the breadth of professional counseling services sensitive to the unique challenges of the LGBTQ community, Harmonia Madison Center for Psychotherapy opened in 1981 at 406 N. Pinckney Street. Harmonia offered professional “sexual identity counseling and sex therapy” in addition to counseling for “women’s issues, spirituality, eating disorders, relationship counseling, alcohol, and drug abuse.” In the mid-1980s and into the 1990s, Harmonia offered group therapy for drug and alcohol abuse prevention, specifically for gay and lesbian people. Harmonia currently occupies the entire building at 406 N. Pinckney Street. The Queen Anne style house was built in 1857 for Orasmus Cole.
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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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