Property Record
110 HENUAH CIR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Willard and Fern Tompkins House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 5585 |
| Location (Address): | 110 HENUAH CIR |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Monona |
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| Year Built: | 1937 |
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| Survey Date: | 197920182022 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | International Style |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Beatty & Strang, architects |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. 2022 - The Willard and Fern Tompkins House was built in 1937. With its flat roofed cubic massing, its horizontal bands of windows, and near-total absence of ornamentation, the Tompkins house is a distinctive example of the International Style. The Tompkins house was designed by the Madison architectural firm of Beatty & Strang, a partnership that is recognized today as master architects in the state of Wisconsin for the inventive and progressive modern houses they designed in the 1930s and early 1940s. Following Fern Tompkins' sudden death in 1946, Willard sold the house to George and Fran Drescher, who lived there until the early 2000s. The Tompkins house retains its original wide cypress siding and nearly all of its original interior finishes. The current owner has undertaken several restoration projects using the original architectural drawings, including the in-kind replacement of the house's casement windows and the recreation of the original garage doors. (Information summarized from National Register of Historic Places nomination) 2022 - Resurveyed for district DOE |
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| Bibliographic References: | Architectural Record, November, 1940, p. 70. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |