Property Record
607 W 2ND AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Benjamin Roderick House |
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| Reference Number: | 89583 |
| Location (Address): | 607 W 2ND AVE |
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| County: | Green |
| City: | Brodhead |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Claude and Starck |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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. Louis Ward Claude, a Wisconsin native, worked in Chicago for the renowned architectural firms of Adler and Sullivan and Daniel H. Burnham (the latter briefly) before establishing his own firm in Madison. This house expresses his distinctive, personal style, which drew on Prairie School and other Arts and Crafts influences, combining the low-slung lines of the Prairie idiom with crisp details like tooled mortar joints and ornament inspired by European folk art. A strong sense of the horizontal plane, characteristic of the Prairie School, displays itself in the gabled roof, whose broad overhangs create a pronounced shadow line on the walls; the deeply raked, or grooved, mortar joints in the brick; the belt course between the two stories; and the wide, flat canopy over the entry. And yet, here, too, are such Arts and Crafts elements as oversized brackets along the eaves, the bow window above the entry, the art-glass sidelights flanking the entry, and the pierced wooden balustrade that skirts the roof deck atop the one-story wing. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |