Property Record
2015 JEFFERSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | E.A. Brown Investment House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 37249 |
| Location (Address): | 2015 JEFFERSON ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1911 |
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| Survey Date: | 1988 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | Charles E. Marks |
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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 070922338045. "Another fine Prairie style house constructed in the same year as the Larson house is the one built for E.A. Brown at 2015 Jefferson Street. Brown does not appear to ever have lived here, however, and the first known occupants were contractor Charles E. Marks and his fmaly. Marks had become successful enough by 1909 to be elected to the first of two terms as an alderman for the tenth ward. He and his family lived in this house until 1918. For many years thereafter it was owned by attorney Frank Jenks and his wife, Hazel. Marks may well have been both the designer and builder of the house. Comparing it and his other work of that period to the works of Claude and Starck makes it clear that he was quite able to utilize the same design vocabulary to create fine Prairie designs. (also quoted in The Greenbush-Vilas Neighborhood: A Walking Tour. Madison Landmarks Commission and the Brittingham-Vilas Neighborhood Association, 1991.) Another variant on the British Arts and Crafts theme is the fine house at 2025 Jefferson Street. The two-story Glasier House at 2025 Jefferson Street is finished with stucco and enriched with wood belt courses. It had a side-gabled jerkinhead roof with a broad, hip-roofed front dormer. The shed-roofed overdoor sheltering the front entrance the front entrance rests on monumental brackets with knee braces." Architect Network, Inc., Second Annual Arts and Crafts Conference, 2000. |
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| Bibliographic References: | The Greenbush-Vilas Neighborhood: A Walking Tour. Madison Landmarks Commission and the Brittingham-Vilas Neighborhood Association, 1991. Architect Network, Inc., Second Annual Arts and Crafts Conference, 2000. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |