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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 1 E GILMAN ST |
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| County | Dane |
| City/Village | Madison |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1937 |
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| Survey Date | 1991 |
| Historic Use | apartment/condominium |
| Architectural Style | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material | Brick |
| Architect | Lawrence Monberg |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments |
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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. MAP CODE IS 070914407080. The Quisling Towers is an apartment building designed in 1937 in the decidedly twentieth-century vocabulary of the Streamline Moderne, which translated the curved industrial shapes of locomotives, automobiles, and other machines into architectural motifs. Its architect was Lawrence Monberg, who was then practicing in Chicago. Constructed of buff brick with Bedford limestone and terracotta trim, the Quisling steps dramatically down the slope of Wisconsin Avenue. As the eye moves up the building's five stories, the façade steps back in tiers, forming open terraces on either side of the central towers. The tower’s curved corners are amplified by rectangular windows that turn the corners and by rounded canopies and terrace walls. This five-story, buff gray brick Art Moderne apartment building is one of three commissions for Dr. Abraham Quisling by Lawrence Monberg. Madison Historic Landmark: 10/25/1993. |
| Bibliographic References | Wisconsin State Journal, 2/5/1995. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | Quisling Towers Apartments |
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| National Register Listing Date | Jan 09, 1984 |
| State Register Listing Date | Jan 01, 1989 |
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Quisling Towers Apartments
1940
View of the Quisling Towers Apartment building, 1 East Gilman Street at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. Built in the Art Moderne style by the Quisling brothers and designed by Lawrence Monberg.
Quisling Towers Apartments
July 29, 1973
Exterior view of the Art Moderne Quisling Towers Apartments at 1 East Gilman Street, featuring sharp ledges and curved towers, designed by Lawrence Monberg.
Quisling Towers
circa 1936-1940
Quisling Towers apartment building, 1 East Gilman Street at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. Built in the Art Moderne style by the Quisling brothers and designed by Lawrence Monberg.
Quisling Towers
1937
A view of the Quisling Towers Apartments, 1 E. Gilman Street, constructed for Abraham Quisling. The architectural style is called Streamline Moderne. In 1993, it was designated a landmark by the Ma...
