Property Record
1228 SHERMAN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Bertha and John L. Erdall House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 78136 |
| Location (Address): | 1228 SHERMAN AVE |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Sherman Avenue Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/22/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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, State Historic Preservation Office. Map code is 0709-124-1015-0. The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood: A Walking Tour: "The first house constructed on Sherman Avenue was this fine Queen Anne style house, which was built in 1895 for John L. Erdall, a prominent local attorney. Prior to that time, building along Lake Mendota shore between Brearly Street and the Yahara River would have been an impossibility due to the marshy condition of the low-lying land that bordered both sides of this willow-lined pleasure drive. In 1892, however, this land was purchased by the Willow Park Land Company, which began a program of dredging and filling that, by 1895, had made the land suitable for building. John Erdall was the corporate secretary of the Willow Park Land Company when his new house was being constructed. The designer of this house is not known but a good guess would be the Madison architectural firm of Conover & Porter, which was designing similar Queen Anne style houses at this time. Like many other Queen Anne style houses of this period, each story of the Erdall house is clad in a different siding material, in this case, narrow clapboards below and wood shingles above and in the gable ends. Other typical Queen Anne features of the house include its steeply pitched combination hip and gable roof and the placement of an octagonal tower on its asymmetrical main facade." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax records. City directory. 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 |