28 E GILMAN ST

28 E GILMAN ST

Dane

Madison

1857

1870

1991

house

Second Empire

Brick

August Kutzbock

No

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. Madison Historic Landmark: 6/15/1971. Map code is 070914403038. VAN SLYKE NEVER LIVED IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE HIS WIFE DIED. Damaged by fire 1/30/1998. The original Rundbogenstil design had a profusion of round-arched windows and doors. In 1870, the owners added a mansard roof, in keeping with the Second Empire style, which was then in vogue. The roof has elaborate arched dormers and is crowned by a wrought-iron roof cresting. "The last of the four houses constructed on the Pinckney-Gilman corner is a dwelling that was designed in 1857 probably by August Kutzbock for Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke and his wife, Laura. However, the Yankee banker never lived in the house, and it appears that its first resident owner were Ellen and James Richardson, a close friend of the Van Slykes and a real estate speculator and banker. The original design is quite unusual and may be called German Romanesque revival. In 1870 the Second Empire style mansard roof was added. Dr. George Keenan, a prominent Madison physician and United States consul to Kiel and Bremen, Germany, and his wife, Mary, lived in the residence from 1900 to 1916." Madison's Pioneer Buildings: A Downtown Walking Tour, 1987.

Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. Sandstone and Buffalo Robes: Madison's historic buildings, third edition, 1975. Madison's Pioneer Buildings: A Downtown Walking Tour, 1987. Madison Houses 1836-1915 by Jill Moore Marx

Mansion Hill Historic District

Jun 04, 1997

Feb 11, 1997

Yes