Property Record
626 N HENRY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Dean John B. & Phoebe Johnson House |
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Other Name: | Delta Tau Delta Fraternity House |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 145925 |
Location (Address): | 626 N HENRY ST |
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County: | Dane |
City: | Madison |
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Year Built: | 1902 |
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Additions: | 1926 |
Survey Date: | 1985 |
Historic Use: | house |
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Wall Material: | Brick |
Architect: | Claude and StarckLaw, Law, and Potter |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Langdon Street Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 6/26/1986 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
Additional Information: | "Madison's best known Prairie School architects, Claude and Starck, designed this tan brick house for Engineering Dean John B. Johnson and his wife, Pheobe. Dean Johnson died in the same year this house was built, but Pheobe Johnson lived here until 1916. This design was an important transitional work for Claude and Starck. It has a Queen Anne form with classical details, but there is a strong horizontality to the design which suggests the influence of the Prairie style. The modernistic porch posts are decorated with Sullivanesque terra cotta panels. The porch design and abstracted Palladian type dormer are similar to details used by Chicago's progressive Prairie style architect, George W. Maher." City of Madison, The Langdon Street Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1986. |
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Bibliographic References: | City of Madison, The Langdon Street Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1986. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |