Property Record
2020 VILAS AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Mrs. Mary E. Boyd Residence |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 37348 |
| Location (Address): | 2020 VILAS AVE |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 1988 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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: | Carl Ahl, Builder. Map code is 070922342088. "Houses designed in the Tudor Revival Style are scarce in the Wingra Park-Oakland Heights area. One of the best is this house built for Mary Boyd. Mrs. Boyd had only recently host her husband--local caterer, dance hall owner, alderman and Madison native John Boyd (1881-1924)--when she built this large home for herself and four small children in 1927. The Boyd family lived here for only a few years, however, before selling the house to Maurice and Harriet Davis in 1930. Davis was the manager of the Madison Army and Navy store, and by the end of the decade was the president and manager of Davis and O'Connell, Inc., dealers in men's clothes. The Boyd house is a good example of the large, comfortable suburban houses built during the heyday of the period revival styles. Its irregular outline, steeply pitched roofs, complex form and picturesque use of brick, stone, stucco, and wood are characteristics shared with other Tudor Revival houses found in the area. Among the most impressive of these other Tudor Revival houses is the one at 2023 Jefferson Street and the outstanding examples at 1110 Edgewood Avenue designed in 1928 for Leo Crowley by the firm of Law, Law, and Potter." 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 |