| 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.
From the Civil War until World War I, real-estate promoters and businessmen used bird’s-eye views to advertise cities to prospective investors and settlers. These were lithographs that suggested what a city might look like from high in the sky. Drawn from a forty-five degree angle, they usually displayed a city in panorama and highlighted buildings important to a city's commercial and cultural life. One of the most important publishers of bird’s-eye views was Joseph John Stoner, who collaborated with several artists to create panoramas of cities all over the United States.
From 1865 until 1885, Stoner resided in this two-story Italianate house built of locally quarried sandstone. The wide cornice’s attic windows, paired brackets and dentils; the flat stone lintels above the windows; and the one-story entry porch with its scroll brackets all typify the style. A two-story veranda once ran the length of the rear elevation.
In 1983, the Wisconsin chapter of the American Institute of Architects rescued the building from demolition for use as its headquarters and a museum.
"Thomas and Susan Regan purchased the residence in 1886. Susan Regan died a year later, Thomas Regan, owner of a plumbing firm and mater plumber at the state capitol, lived in the house with his four daughters until his death in 1915. The daughters, who inherited the house, moved the kitchen to the first floor and in its place in the basement built recreation and laundry rooms.
The house was sold to Varley and Ellen Bond in 1922. The Bonds extensively remodeled the house between 1923 and 1926. Bond was associated with Manchester's, then Madison's leading department store, from 1921 to 1942. He died in 1950; Mrs. Bond sold the house in 1957, and subsequently it was used as a small office building.
For ten years the house stood vacant until 1983 it was donated to the Wisconsin Architects Foundation, and moved 100 feet north. Renovation, completed in October 1984, provides space for the society's offices and a small museum." Madison's Pioneer Buildings: A Downtown Walking Tour, 1987.
Madison Historic Landmark: 4/17/1972. The building was moved to this location in 1983-1984.
Covenant/Easement: From 6/1/1984 to 6/1/1999. A 'covenant file' exists for this property. It may contain additional information such as photos, drawings and correspondence. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. |
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