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The Whitson house has stucco siding, grouped first floor windows, a wooden beltcourse separating the main floors, and a polygonal orial window lighting the staircase to the side of the entrance door. It is the earliest of a group of several similar houses in Madison designed by Claude and Starck. Variants utilizing this design include the Genske house at 1004 Sherman Avenue and the Griswold house at 1158 Sherman Avenue."
"Andrew Whitson was a professor in the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin when this house was built in 1906, and he remained there until about 1910. The house, designed by Claude and Starck, has changed hands several times, but its proximity to the University seems to have made it a favorite with faculty. This house shares at least one feature in common with several other Claude and Starck buildings in Madison: the bay window, tight against the front entrance, can be seen in the Christ Presbyterian Office (Carl Genske House) at 1004 Sherman Avenue (c. 1916) and the Ira Griswold House at 1158 Sherman Avenue (1915). Several windows are grouped, the house is simple in its massing, and a horizontal emphasis is achieved with the wood trim encircling the house at the height of the first floor windows heads." Madison Landmarks Commission, University Heights: A Walk Through A Turn of the Century Suburb, n.d.
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