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2805 RIDGE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

2805 RIDGE RD

Architecture and History Inventory
2805 RIDGE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Fleming House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:221978
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2805 RIDGE RD
County:Dane
City:Madison
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
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Section:
Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1938
Additions: 1952
Survey Date:2012
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Contemporary
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: WEILER & STRANG (1952); BEATTY & STRANG (1938)
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Sylvan Avenue-Ridge Road Historic District
National Register Listing Date:4/8/2020
State Register Listing Date:8/18/2017
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR MR. & MRS. ROBERT H. FLEMING TO A DESIGN BY BEATTY & STRANG. FLEMING WAS A POLITICAL REPORTER FOR SEVERAL WISCONSIN NEWSPAPERS, INCLUDING THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL, AND HE LATER BECAME DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY TO PRES. LYNDON B. JOHNSON. THE HOUSE WAS LATER REMODELED AND EXPANDED BY WEILER & STRANG FOR PROF. J. WILLARD HURST IN 1952.
Bibliographic References:MADISON CITY ASSESSOR'S RECORDS. CITY OF MADISON BUILDING PERMITS. MADISON CITY DIRECTORIES. BEATTY & STRANG RECORDS. STRANG PARTNERS, INC. MADISON, WI. FILIPOWICZ, DIANE. BEATTY & STRANG, 1930-1941: THE PROBLEM OF MODERNISM IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 1985. M.S. THESIS, PP. 118-119, 222.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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