Property Record
3930 PLYMOUTH CIR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | PROF. AUSTIN J. & ELIZABETH RANNEY HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 222596 |
| Location (Address): | 3930 PLYMOUTH CIR |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1964 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Board |
| Architect: | Elizabeth MacKay Ranney; Robert R. Shaw (builder) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Sunset Hills Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/15/2015 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/21/2014 |
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| Additional Information: | Austin Ranney was a professor of political science at UW-Madison. Elizabeth Ranney was an architect and designed this house. It was built in 1964. Robert Shaw was the general contractor for construction. Ranney may have been the first women to graduate from the Yale School of Architecture (verify) in 1944. |
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| Bibliographic References: | CITY OF MADISON ASSESSOR'S RECORDS. MADISON CITY DIRECTORIES. CITY OF MADISON BUILDING PERMITS. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL: MAY 29, 1973, SEC. 2, P. 1 (ILLUSTRATED). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |