636 LANGDON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

636 LANGDON ST

Architecture and History Inventory
636 LANGDON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
Other Name:Phoenix Cooperative, Zoe Bayliss Co-op
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:75152
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):636 LANGDON ST
County:Dane
City:Madison
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1928
Additions:
Survey Date:1985
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:French Revival Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Law, Law and Potter
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Langdon Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/26/1986
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Map code is 0709-143-0112-5. "This imposing former sorority house sits like a walled French chateau, guarding a main entrance to the district. Law, Law and Potter, a noted architectural firm in Madison, designed this building. Its outstanding details include a steeply pitched hipped roof, tiny hipped roof dormers, half-timbered tower, stone corner quions, and an ogee-arched hoodmold over the tower entrance. The unusual design is a good example of Law, Law, and Potter's ability to design individually interesting buildings for their clients. Before the addition of Ellis Potter to the firm, brothers James and Edward Law designed both individually and with each other. Alpha Omicron Pi was founded at the University of Wisconsin in 1917. They occupied this building until the 1940's." City of Madison, The Langdon Street Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1986. dormitory
Bibliographic References:City directory. Tax rolls. Building permit. Capital Times 12/31/1928. Capital Times 11/9/1928 p. 32 (illustrated). Capital Times 1/1/1929. City of Madison, The Langdon Street Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1986.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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