Property Record
938 WOODROW ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Helen and Samuel L. Chase House |
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| Reference Number: | 102024 |
| Location (Address): | 938 WOODROW ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1872 |
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| Additions: | 1877 |
| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Samuel Chase was the son of George Chase, a Philadelphia carpenter who came to work on the Edgewood Villa. In 1861, Samuel married Helen Larkin, daughter of Jonathan Larkin, Sr. The two acre parcel the house was built on was a gift from Helen's father. The original house was located to the rear of the present house. The eight pointed star in the foyer is from the old Independence Hall in Philadelphia and brought here by George Chase. Sandstone walkways were salvaged from demolished Madison homes and the terrace is from a pre-Civil War farm near Spring Green. "The Samuel and Helen Chas home at the end of Woodrow Street on the shores of Lake Wingra was built in 1872 by Samuel Chase, the eldest child of George Chase, a master carpenter from Philadelphia, who came to work on the Edgewood Villa. In 1861, Samuel Chase married Helen Larkin, daughter of Jonathan Larkin, Sr., the neighbor to the north. The Chases built a small saltbox cottage, which has not survived, on two acres of lake shore property which was a gift from Helen's father. In 1872, in front of the cottage, Samuel built a larger home, which is the existing Chase home. The two-story clapboard home is a late Gothic Revival Style. The interior is simple in form and detail but of high quality throughout. The home's most striking feature is the entrance vestibule. Here, an eight point star motif in the parquet floor is made of walnut salvaged from the old Independence Hall in Philadelphia and brought to Madison by George Chase. Walkways around the home are sandstone blacks salvaged from several old Madison houses, and the terrace is hand-cut limestone from a pre-Civil War farmhouse near Spring Green. Two large oaks in the front yard were on the property before the house was built." Exploring the Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood brochure, 1999. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Exploring the Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood brochure, 1999. Walking and Biking Through The Dudgeon Monroe Neighborhood, Dudgeon Monroe Neighborhood Association, 1979. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |