1033 SPAIGHT ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1033 SPAIGHT ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1033 SPAIGHT ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:John T. and Harriet Martin House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:106815
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1033 SPAIGHT ST
County:Dane
City:Madison
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1855
Additions:
Survey Date:1982
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stone - Unspecified
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Orton Park Historic District
National Register Listing Date:10/31/1988
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Third lake Ridge Historic District: A Walking Tour. 1987: "Although crowded by modern apartment buildings and a carport, the Martin House remains a reasonably intact example of a high-styled Italianate residence. constructed of buff colored sandstone (now hidden by white painting), the house rests on a raised basement and is entered by a prominent central stair and double glazed doors. The broad frieze under the eaves still has the narrow attic windows, paneling, and paired brackets of the original design.

Martin was a wealthy businessman from Cincinnati. With his neighbor and business partner S. D. Carpenter, he was publisher of the Madison Patriot. In the 1880s, the house was owned by Reverend Francis Ford. His son Marcus, an actor, still lived here in the teens. Today the house is a 13-unit residential building."
Bibliographic References:Third lake Ridge Historic District: A Walking Tour. 1997, Madison Landmarks Commission and the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation. Third lake Ridge Historic District: A Walking Tour. 1987, Madison Landmarks Commission and the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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