Property Record
1123 ELIZABETH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Annie and Andrew Mrdutt Apartment Building |
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| Reference Number: | 78251 |
| Location (Address): | 1123 ELIZABETH ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1917 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | apartment/condominium |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Harry C. Alford House |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Map code is 0709-131-1210-1. The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood: A Walking Tour: "Multi-unit residential buildings are not plentiful in the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood and none of them are large, but they do come in array of shapes and sizes. One of the best is this fine, highly intact Craftsman style three-flat built in 1917 as an income property for Andrew and Annie Mrdutt, who lived next door at 1121 Elizabeth Street. Their architect was Harry C. Alford, who first came to Madison as a student in 1902 and afterwards worked for various engineering and architectural firms in the city until 1915, when he opened his own office. He only practiced here until 1918, however, and most of his known works are commercial buildings. the the Mrdutts, Alford created a three-story building with features similar to many single-family Craftsman houses of the same period. These include the use of different widths of clapboard on the lower and upper stories, wide overhanging eaves supported by brackets, and screened-in sleeping porches. other historic multi-unit residential buildings in the neighborhood include three simple two-story duplexes located at 1111-1111fi, 1113, and 1119-1121 E. Mifflin St. and, more notably, the two fine and quite similar four-unit Craftsman style buildings at 1101-1107 E. Mifflin Street and 1105 E. Gorham Street." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building permit. Tax records. 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 |