Property Record
953 E JOHNSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Michael & Theresa Foley two-unit Residence |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 37442 |
| Location (Address): | 953 E JOHNSON ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Survey Date: | 19842012 |
| Historic Use: | duplex/two-flat |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Ferdinand L. Kronenberg |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This 2 1/2 story Queen Anne duplex was constructed in 1898. It is irregular in plan with a stone foundation, clapboard and shingle siding, and an irregular asphalt-shingled roof. The front elevation faces northwest and is asymmetrical in plan with a 1-story porch spanning the elevation and wrapping around the northern corner. The porch has columnar supports on stone piers; a pediment is located in the porch roof above the front entrance. Two 1-over-1 windows are located at the second story of the front elevation. A squared tower with a pyramidal roof is located at the northern corner of the building; the tower is clad in patterned shingles and has 1-over-1 windows on each side. One pair of these windows has a decorative scroll-work crown. Dormered 1-over-1 windows with patterned shingle walls are located in the roof at each elevation. Map code is 070913205211 Resurveyed August 2012; no visible changes since 1996 WHPD photo. The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood: A Walking Tour: "Queen Anne style houses situated on corner lots frequently exhibit multi-story towers placed on the corner that faces the intersection. Most of these towers are either round or polygonal in plan. Madison is unusual in that so many of its examples have distinctive angled rectilinear towers like the one shown above. This building was designed as a two-unit residence and was built for Theresa and Michael Foley, a machinist whose parents had owned and occupied the much smaller house next door at 949 E. Johnson Street since 1866. The architect of the Foleys' new building was Ferdinand Kronenberg (1877-1944), who came to this country from Germany with his family at the age of eight. Kronenberg's name first appears in the Madison city directories in 1898, when he was listed as an architect living at 1520 Williamson Street, which would make the Foley residence one of his first Madison commissions. Foley and his wife lived in this building until 1904, but they continued to own it for some years afterwards. Like Foley, many of the building's later occupants also worked at one of the large factories that were located nearby such as Fuller & Johnson, Gisholt, and the Northern Electric Co." |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct E. Johnson St.: N. Butler St. To N. Baldwin St.” WHS project number 13-0193/DA. 2013. Great Lakes Area Research Center (Gail Klein). The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood: A Walking Tour, 1997, Madison Landmarks Commission. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |