Property Record
210 S BROOKS ST/1013-1015 MOUND ST/1010 CHANDLER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Longfellow School |
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| Other Name: | Meriter Hospital Annex |
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| Reference Number: | 30181 |
| Location (Address): | 210 S BROOKS ST/1013-1015 MOUND ST/1010 CHANDLER ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1918 |
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| Additions: | 1939 1924 1938 |
| Survey Date: | 1985 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | LAW, LAW AND POTTER |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Longfellow School |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/7/1996 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/25/1995 |
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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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. MAP CODE IS 0709-233-0507-7. Typical of the best work of Law, Law and Potter. Built in 3 stages over 20 years. First was northernmost section with classrooms on 1st and 2nd floors and a gym in the basement. Second was the projecting block that bisects the main facade with 2-story auditorium. Third was southern section with new gym, clinic library, music room and more classrooms. Madison Historic Landmark: 7/26/1993 "Longfellow School is one of the most architecturally distinguished of all Madison's school buildings. The excellence of the design of the Tudor and Jacobean-influenced stone detailing on its center portion and around its entrance doors is typical of the best work of the distinguished Madison architectural firm of Law, Law, and Potter. This firm was Madison's largest during the 1920s and 1930s and was responsible for mayn of the city's best known landmarks among which are two other city schools: West High (1930) and Marquette (1938-1939). The nearly symmetrical Chandler Street facade of Longfellow School belies the fact that the school was built in three stages over a 20-year period as the needs of the neighborhood expanded. The first stage was the northernmost one and it contained classrooms on its first and second floors and a gym in its basement. The second stage was the projecting central block that bisects the main facade and contained the two-story school auditorium, while the third and last stage was the largest and contained a new gym, clinic, library, music room, and more classrooms. Longfellow was the grade school of the Greenbush community and is remembered with fondness by many ex-residents. Its use as a school was discontinued in 1980." The Greenbush-Vilas Neighborhood: A Walking Tour. Madison Landmarks Commission and the Brittingham-Vilas Neighborhood Association, 1991. |
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| Bibliographic References: | WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, CENTENNIAL EDITION, SEC. 2, P. 5. PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW, V. 14, P. 31. MADISON TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, INC. NEWSLETTER, OCTOBER 1994. THE CAPITAL TIMES 1/9/1995, P. 4A. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 1B, 11/12/1996. Madison Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc., Newsletter, Spring, 1997. The Capital Times 5/13/1997. The Greenbush-Vilas Neighborhood: A Walking Tour. Madison Landmarks Commission and the Brittingham-Vilas Neighborhood Association, 1991. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |