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Property Location
Location (Address)
123 W GILMAN ST
County
Dane
City/Village
Madison
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section
Property Features
Year Built
1886
Additions
Survey Date
1991,2019
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
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 070914418037.
City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report:
David Clarenbach was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1953 and came to Madison with his family at a young age. He studied politics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the early 1970s, while at the same time beginning his political career. In 1973, at the age of 18, he was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors. In 1974, he served for a brief period as an interim alderperson on the Madison Common Council.
In the fall of 1974, he was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly representing the 78th District, a seat he would hold for nine terms, until 1993. Clarenbach helped craft, advance, and ultimately pass two pieces of state legislation that dramatically improved the civil liberties of LGBTQ people in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Gay Rights bill signed into law in February of 1982, prohibited discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation. It was the first such state legislation in the country. Clarenbach also undertook the majority of the legislative work that culminated in the passage of the Wisconsin Consenting Adults bill in May of 1983. That legislation decriminalized cohabitation, fornication (sex outside of marriage), and homosexual behavior between consenting adults in Wisconsin.
Jim Yeadon was born in Ontonagon, Michigan in 1949. He studied Indian Studies and later law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was present at the founding of the Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality (MAHE) in 1969 and was a co-founder of the Gay Law Students Association around 1972.
He began his political career with an appointment to the city’s Equal Opportunities Commission in the early 1970s. Yeadon was instrumental in revising the city’s Equal Opportunity Ordinance in 1975, which granted housing and employment protections to the LGBTQ community. It was the first such municipal ordinance in Wisconsin and one of the earliest in the nation. Through his work, Yeadon became an expert on municipal gay rights ordinances.
He began practicing law in 1975 and was subsequently appointed to a partial term of an open seat on the Common Council in 1976. He shared publicly about his sexuality the following day. He was then elected to a full term on the council in 1977, becoming the first openly gay man to be elected to a common council in the country. During his time on council, he worked on finishing the State Street Mall, expanding bar hours to 2:00 a.m., and improving the Health Department. While concurrently receiving letters of support, Yeadon also received death threats from across the country during his term on the council which ended in 1980, after which time Yeadon went on to focus on real estate law.
Map code is 070914418037.
City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report:
David Clarenbach was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1953 and came to Madison with his family at a young age. He studied politics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the early 1970s, while at the same time beginning his political career. In 1973, at the age of 18, he was elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors. In 1974, he served for a brief period as an interim alderperson on the Madison Common Council.
In the fall of 1974, he was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly representing the 78th District, a seat he would hold for nine terms, until 1993. Clarenbach helped craft, advance, and ultimately pass two pieces of state legislation that dramatically improved the civil liberties of LGBTQ people in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Gay Rights bill signed into law in February of 1982, prohibited discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation. It was the first such state legislation in the country. Clarenbach also undertook the majority of the legislative work that culminated in the passage of the Wisconsin Consenting Adults bill in May of 1983. That legislation decriminalized cohabitation, fornication (sex outside of marriage), and homosexual behavior between consenting adults in Wisconsin.
Jim Yeadon was born in Ontonagon, Michigan in 1949. He studied Indian Studies and later law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was present at the founding of the Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality (MAHE) in 1969 and was a co-founder of the Gay Law Students Association around 1972.
He began his political career with an appointment to the city’s Equal Opportunities Commission in the early 1970s. Yeadon was instrumental in revising the city’s Equal Opportunity Ordinance in 1975, which granted housing and employment protections to the LGBTQ community. It was the first such municipal ordinance in Wisconsin and one of the earliest in the nation. Through his work, Yeadon became an expert on municipal gay rights ordinances.
He began practicing law in 1975 and was subsequently appointed to a partial term of an open seat on the Common Council in 1976. He shared publicly about his sexuality the following day. He was then elected to a full term on the council in 1977, becoming the first openly gay man to be elected to a common council in the country. During his time on council, he worked on finishing the State Street Mall, expanding bar hours to 2:00 a.m., and improving the Health Department. While concurrently receiving letters of support, Yeadon also received death threats from across the country during his term on the council which ended in 1980, after which time Yeadon went on to focus on real estate law.
Bibliographic References
https://host.madison.com/wsj/opinion/column/margaret-watson-preservationists-can-have-clarenbach-house-as-gift/article_49cb2d84-91d2-5927-8552-7e6c3cc1c3da.html
Wisconsin State Journal 6/10/2018.
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
National/State Register Listing Name
Mansion Hill Historic District
National Register Listing Date
Jun 04, 1997
State Register Listing Date
Feb 11, 1997
Contributing
Yes
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