Property Record
1505 WOOD LN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Russell and Esther Hibbard House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 5811 |
| Location (Address): | 1505 WOOD LN |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Shorewood Hills |
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| Year Built: | 1938 |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | International Style |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | William V. Kaeser |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Shorewood Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/29/2002 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/19/2002 |
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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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Here we see the full expression of Kaeser’s personal style: modern, yet undeniably regional, fusing Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie School idioms with the principles of the avant-garde International Style. Kaeser had studied architecture with Eliel Saarinen, a leading modernist who encouraged an eclectic approach. Perhaps prodded by his mentor, Kaeser grasped the continuity between the International and Prairie styles. The white stuccoed walls, completely unadorned, appear as merely a thin skin enclosing a volume of space, in keeping with the International Style. Ribbons of windows enhance the effect; turning the corners, sheltered by cantilevered roofs and overhanging eaves, they look like voids cut into the membranous walls. At the same time, we see the pronounced horizontality, the evocation of the flat midwestern landscape, that distinguishes the Prairie style. Kaeser used a flat roof, wide eaves, and bands of windows, canopies, and dark wood trim to convey this regional aesthetic. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |