Property Record
2807 RIDGE RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Prof. Charles and Harriet Bunn House |
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| Other Name: | Prof. Fred H. and Mrs. Harvey Harrington House |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 222078 |
| Location (Address): | 2807 RIDGE RD |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1940 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Ranch |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
| Architect: | BEATTY & STRANG |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Sylvan Avenue-Ridge Road Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/8/2020 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/18/2017 |
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| Additional Information: | BUNN WAS A PROFESSOR OF LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. HIS HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY BEATTY & STRANG AND WAS ORIGINALLY SIDED IN BOARD AND BATTEN SIDING. THE HOUSE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY OWNED BY UW HISTORY PROFESSOR FRED H. HARRINGTON, WHO LATER BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF THE UW. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MADISON CITY ASSESSOR'S RECORDS. CITY OF MADISON BUILDING PERMITS. MADISON CITY DIRECTORIES. FILIPOWICZ, DIANE. BEATTY & STRANG, 1930-1941: THE PROBLEM OF MODERNISM IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 1985, M.S. THESIS, PP. 119, 121, 223. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |