Property Record
228 N CHARTER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Anderson House |
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| Other Name: | Mieklejohn House (UW#0035) |
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| Reference Number: | 95423 |
| Location (Address): | 228 N CHARTER ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1917 |
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| Survey Date: | 1985201920092022 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report: The cooperative housing model offered low-cost housing for undergraduate students in exchange for the students’ time in managing the house. Cooperative housing became popular for the University of Wisconsin-Madison students in the 1910s. Housing cooperatives were often sponsored by university faculty for residents within a particular department of study; language department faculty and the office of the Dean of Women were among the pioneers of cooperative housing. The earliest women's housing cooperatives were the Deutsches House (German House) in 1914; Mortar Board House in 1915; La Maison Francaise (French House) in 1918; Tabard Inn formed by the consolidation of the Mortar Board House, Blue Dragon House, and A.C.A Cottage in 1919; Charter House in 1921, Anderson House in 1921, La Casa Cervantes (Spanish House) in 1923, and Fallows House in 1924. The locations of these early women’s housing cooperatives are non-extant. The house at 228 North Charter Street, originally built in 1914 for Samuel and Ida Oakey. In 1928, the University Women’s Building Corporation purchased the house from Ida Oakey and remodeled it for use by a women’s housing cooperative under the supervision of the Dean of Women. It was named after Mary D. Anderson, one of the women who negotiated the purchase. By 1933, only the Tabard Inn, Charter House, and Anderson House were still in operation. Groves House, the first interracial women's cooperative housing facility, opened in 1943 at 150 Langdon Street, originally built in 1892 a house for Halle Steensland, but relocated to a non-extant building 1104 W. Johnson Street by 1951. Groves House remained at that location until 1963 when it was relocated again to 102 E. Gorham Street. The Groves House cooperative was renamed Hypatia House in 1987 and is still in operation. The Anderson House operated until 1964, making it one of the longest-running women’s housing cooperatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
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| Bibliographic References: | University of Wisconsin-Madison: Update to the Preliminary Evaluation of Buildings and Structures for Eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places, June 13, 2023. University of Wisconsin-Madison: Preliminary Evaluation of Buildings and Structures for Eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. September 2009. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |