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702 E WASHINGTON AVE

Historic Name:
Madison Nash Company/Kayser Motors

Other Name:
Rowley & Schlimgen/The QTI Group

Reference Number:
108184

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Property Location

Location (Address)

702 E WASHINGTON AVE

County

Dane

City/Village

Madison

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1923

Additions

1980, 1998

Survey Date

2001,2025

Historic Use

automobile showroom

Architectural Style

Commercial Vernacular

Structural System

Masonry

Wall Material

Stucco

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

Original section built 1923 for the Madison Nash Company, dealers in Nash automobiles. In 1929, that company moved to a new location on University Avenue. The subject building housed the Used Car Market in 1931, was vacant in 1933, and occupied by Pyramid Motor Company in 1935. Kayser Motors used cars division was housed in the building from at least 1937 until 1971. Doring Lincoln Mercury moved in in November 1971, there until general manager Owen Finnerty bought in 1977. Rowley & Schlimgen there from August 1979 until 1998. In 1980, Rowley & Schlimgen remodeled the exterior to its current appearance and added the stair/elevator tower. In 1998, a warehouse and canopy for truck parking was added to the building for the U.S. Post Office. The first floor of the building was used as a postal carrier annex until May 2025. Offices of QTI were on the second floor from 1998 until ca. 2023. Proposed for demolition June 1, 2025.

Bibliographic References

Construction date: Wisconsin State Journal, 12/31/1923, "More on Buildings." Other sources: Madison City Directories, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1955, 1960. Wisconsin State Journal, 8/3/1980, p65. "Local Office supply firm cited." City of Madison building permits.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

automobile showroom Commercial Vernacular

Dane
County

Madison
Community

1920-1929
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI108184

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Photographs

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1920

View from street of entrance to the Madison Motor Company, which sold Dodge Brothers automobiles from about 1916, and was located at 325 W. Gorham Street. In 1928 the Madison Motor Company was acqu...

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Pyramid Motor Company Used Car Lot

December 22, 1949

Four cars park in the Pyramid Motor Company used car lot at 721 University Avenue. A company billboard is on the side of the Dictaphone Sales Agency building at 731 University Avenue.

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