Property Record
627 N LAKE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON FRATERNITY HOUSE |
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Other Name: | SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON FRATERNITY HOUSE |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 73304 |
Location (Address): | 627 N LAKE ST |
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County: | Dane |
City: | Madison |
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Year Built: | 1925 |
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Additions: | 1950 |
Survey Date: | 1985 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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Wall Material: | Brick |
Architect: | LIVERMORE AND SAMUELSON; Law, Law & Potter |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Langdon Street Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 6/26/1986 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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Additional Information: | MAP CODE IS 0709-143-0101-8. A demolition permit application will be filed on October 16, 2013 for this building. A new fraternity 7 stories tall is slated to be constructed on the site. "This streetscape of fraternity houses illustrates the variety of twentieth century period revival architecture which exists in the district. All buildings replaced older houses on the site of Gorham's Mill (1853-1860), a pioneer sawmill, and the Madison Manufacturing Company (1860-1890), an agricultural implement factory. Of special interest are the two houses designed by Law, Law & Potter. The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house is a traditional colonial revival design, while the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house is a fine Mediterranean revival design. Law & Law (later Law, Law & Potter) designed many houses in the district and all over Madison. They were one of Madison's most prolific architectural firms of the early twentieth century. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded in 1903, and they have occupied their lakefront house ever since. Beta Theta Pi was a pioneer fraternity, established in 1873. They were also the second fraternity at the university to establish a chapter house, at 614 Langdon Street (extant), in 1889. Their current house is on the site of a previous chapter house, demolished for this building." City of Madison, The Langdon Street Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1986. |
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Bibliographic References: | TAX ROLLS, 1856-1936. BUILDING PERMIT. City of Madison, The Langdon Street Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1986. Wisconsin State Journal: November 12, 1926, p. 1 (illustrated). |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |