Property Record
405 SIDNEY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Madison Home Building Company House |
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| Reference Number: | 78148 |
| Location (Address): | 405 SIDNEY ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | Robert L. Wright |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Map code is 0709-124-0520-0. The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood: A Walking Tour: "This fine Prairie School bungalow was built in 1912 as a speculative venture by the Madison Home Building Company to a design by Madison architect Robert L. Wright. Wright was a native of Wisconsin who, beginning in 1896, worked for a series of architectural firms in the Midwest before coming to Madison in 1904. Wright's first position here was as a draftsman in the firm of J. O. Gordon & Son, but by 1909 he had opened his own practice, which he maintained until 1917, when he moved to Milwaukee. His finest work in Madison is probably his Prairie School City Market at 101 N. Blount Street, nearly all of his known work exhibits the influence of the several Progressive styles that were in vogue during this period. Wright's house for the Madison Home Building Company is a case in point. Its one-and-one-half-story height, side-gabled form, and full-width front porch are all standard Bungalow elements, but its stucco surface and decorative banding are hallmarks of the Prairie School. Its construction is also noteworthy, being concrete overlaid with stucco. This house (and its mirror-image twin across the street at 106) are just two of a number of early concrete houses and apartments in the neighborhood that have walls made using movable wood or metal forms." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Robert L. Wright Collection. The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood: A Walking Tour, 1997, Madison Landmarks Commission. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |