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Roughly bounded by Lake Mendota, Wisconsin Ave., Langdon, and N. Lake Sts.

National or State Register of Historic Places
Roughly bounded by Lake Mendota, Wisconsin Ave., Langdon, and N. Lake Sts. | National or State Registers Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Langdon Street Historic District
Reference Number:86001394
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):Roughly bounded by Lake Mendota, Wisconsin Ave., Langdon, and N. Lake Sts.
County:Dane
City/Village:Madison
Township:
SUMMARY
Lining both sides of Langdon Street from Lake Street to Wisconsin Avenue and including all the building on the Lake Mendota waterfront, the district contains 89 buildings constructed between 1870 and 1930, including a high concentration of period revival styles and good examples of Second Empire, Queen Anne, Prairie School, and Bungalow. The buildings represent several distinct periods in Madison's social and academic history.
PROPERTY FEATURES
Period of Significance:1870-1930
Area of Significance:Architecture
Area of Significance:Commerce
Area of Significance:Education
Area of Significance:Law
Area of Significance:Social History
Applicable Criteria:Event
Applicable Criteria:Person
Applicable Criteria:Architecture/Engineering
Historic Use:Domestic: Single Dwelling
Historic Use:Domestic: Multiple Dwelling
Historic Use:Social: Clubhouse
Architectural Style:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Resource Type:District
Architect:Riley,Frank
Architect:Et al.
DESIGNATIONS
Historic Status:Listed in the National Register
Historic Status:Listed in the State Register
National Register Listing Date:06/26/1986
State Register Listing Date:01/01/1989
NUMBER OF RESOURCES WITHIN PROPERTY
Number of Contributing Buildings:88
Number of Contributing Sites:0
Number of Contributing Structures:0
Number of Contributing Objects:0
Number of Non-Contributing Sites:0
Number of Non-Contributing Structures:0
Number of Non-Contributing Objects:0
RECORD LOCATION
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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