Property Record
220 N PROSPECT AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Maud and Howard O. Moores House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 106558 |
| Location (Address): | 220 N PROSPECT AVE |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1923 |
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| Additions: | 1925 |
| Survey Date: | 1998 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Frank Riley |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | University Heights Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/17/1982 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | The University Heights Historic District: A Walking Tour: "This fine Georgian revival style house is the work of Frank Riley, a Madison architect who designed in the period revival styles fashionable between the World Wars. Riley, like most successful architects of that period, moved easily between Georgian, Tudor and French inspired styles as occasion and his clients demanded. What sets his work apart is a knowing use of traditional styles combined with a sense of proportion and finesse that gives his best work a dignity and balance historical accuracy alone seldom achieves. The Moores house was commissioned by wealthy Madison attorney John M. Olin for his nephew, Howard O. Moores. Riley's design features a symmetrical Georgian revival block having a massive chimney, segmental-arched French windows, a Robert Adam inspired entrance vestibule and a separate screened porch." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Madison Landmarks Commission and the Regent Neighborhood Association, The University Heights Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1987. Madison Landmarks Commission, University Heights: A Walk Through A Turn of the Century Suburb, n.d. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |