215 N PINCKNEY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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215 N PINCKNEY ST

Architecture and History Inventory
215 N PINCKNEY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Truman E. Bird House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:37111
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):215 N PINCKNEY ST
County:Dane
City:Madison
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1861
Additions:
Survey Date:1991
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Mansion Hill Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/4/1997
State Register Listing Date:2/11/1997
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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 070914414126.

"The Italianate, white brick house was built in 1861 by Truman E. and Ellen M. Bird. Bird came to Madison in 1855 to join his brother, Ira, in a carriage manufacturing business. Truman Bird represented the second ward in the city council in 1862. He and his wife lived in the house until the 1880s, when they followed a pattern typical of many early settlers and moved further west, in this case, to Salt Lake City.

The Bird House is quite distinctive in design, with round-arched, four-over-four windows, a quatre-foil window on the south side, delicate wrought iron railings, and a mansard roofed addition to the rear." Madison's Pioneer Buildings: A Downtown Walking Tour, 1987.
Bibliographic References:Madison's Pioneer Buildings: A Downtown Walking Tour, 1987.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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