Property Record
601-627 WILLIAMSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Machinery Row |
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| Other Name: | Machinery Row |
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| Reference Number: | 16097 |
| Location (Address): | 601-627 WILLIAMSON ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Additions: | C. 1955 1899 1914 1902 |
| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Conover and Porter |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Machinery Row |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/12/1982 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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, State Historic Preservation Office. This intact Victorian commercial block represents the work of a prominent Madison architectural firm. Features include a brick facade, a tower, and half-rounded and arched second-story windows with raised bricks. Madison Landmark: 3/10/1980. "The buildings at 601-627 Williamson Street and frame buildings adjacent to them which stood at 513-525 were known as "machinery row," not to be confused with Implement Row, the name for the area. Lew Porter, former partner of Allen D. Conover, was listed as the architect. They were built in segments over a period of several years beginning in 1898 replacing older buildings as they became available and providing space for farm implement agencies and a variety of other businesses." Williamson Street, Madison Wisconsin: An Historical Survey and Walking Tour Guide, by Gary Tipler & the City of Madison Landmarks Commission & Professor William H. Tischler, 1979. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Wisconsin State Journal: 5/26/1899; 1/2/1900; 1/3/1903. Madison Business Journal 6/8/1998. Wisconsin State Journal 8/12/1998. Housing Madison: Where We Live, Where We Work. Ed. Anna Vemer Andrzejewski and Arnold R. Alanen for “Nature + City: Vernacular Buildings and Landscapes of the Upper Midwest,” 2012 Meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF). Madison Landmarks Commission and Capitol Neighborhoods, The First Settlement Neighborhood: A Walking Tour, 1988. Williamson Street, Madison Wisconsin: An Historical Survey and Walking Tour Guide, by Gary Tipler & the City of Madison Landmarks Commission & Professor William H. Tischler, 1979. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |