Property Record
510 N CARROLL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Samuel R. Fox/Napoleon Bonaparte and Annie Van Slyke |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 37010 |
| Location (Address): | 510 N CARROLL ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1856 |
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| Additions: | 1915 |
| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | August Kutzbock |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Mansion Hill Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/4/1997 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/11/1997 |
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| Additional Information: | Madison Historic Landmark: 1/31/1972. 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Map code is 070914411180. "Though originally built for hardware dealer Samuel Fox and his wife Lorain in 1858, this Italianate house was acquired the next year by Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke, then cashier of the Dane County Bank, and his second wife, Annie. The house, a fine example of indigenous sandstone construction, is characterized by the alternating pattern of large and small stones laid up in ashlar courses, a distinctive German masonry technique. Even such details as window mouldings and porch piers are executed from Gilman to Langdon Streets. Van Slyke continued his association with the bank after it was reorganized in 1863 as the First National Bank, serving from 1865 as its president. Van Slyke assisted in the early development of the University of Wisconsin, serving as a regent from 1848 to 1879. He also was active in the movement to erect the first city hall, in the selection of the Forest Hill Cemetery site, and in the purchase of the city's first fire engines. Van Slyke was a wheeler-dealer whose financial maneuverings sometimes raised eyebrows, but he survived the scandals and died as a revered pioneer in 1909." Madison's Pioneer Buildings: A Downtown Walking Tour, 1987. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Sandstone and Buffalo Robes: Madison's historic buildings, third edition, 1975. Madison's Pioneer Buildings: A Downtown Walking Tour, 1987. Madison Houses 1836-1915 by Jill Moore Marx |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |