Property Record
1820 JEFFERSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Richard B. & Ella Dudgeon Residence |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 37238 |
| Location (Address): | 1820 JEFFERSON ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Survey Date: | 1989 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Wood Shingle |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Wingra Park Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/14/1999 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/16/1999 |
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| Additional Information: | Map code is 070922325109 Built for Richard and Ella Dudgeon. Richard was a distinguished University of Wisconsin educator who had just been named superintendent of Madison Public Schools in 1891. "Another of the earliest buildings in Wingra Park is this excellent Queen Anne house built for Richard Dudgeon (1853-1922) and his wife, Ella (1857-1933). Dudgeon was a distinguished Wisconsin educator who had just been named the superintendent on the Madison public schools in 1891, a position he filled until the year before his death. In 1894 he was named the president of the Wisconsin State Teachers Association and he also served as the secretary of the Wingra Park Advancement Association from 1895 to 1902. While not huge, the ample size of the Dudgeons' house was appropriate to their new status in Madison. It was also typical of the size and design of other houses then built elsewhere in Wingra Park. Almost all of the houses built in Wingra Park before 1900 were influenced in some degree by the Queen Anne style. The Dudgeon house, with its towered, asymmetrical main facade and its combination of clapboard and wood shingle siding, is one of the best of the houses. Dudgeon lived in this house until his death, as did his wife afterwards, and the house was then lived in by their son, Sidney Dudgeon." The Greenbush-Vilas Neighborhood: A Walking Tour. Madison Landmarks Commission and the Brittingham-Vilas Neighborhood Association, 1991. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 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 |