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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 1920 ARLINGTON PL |
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| County | Dane |
| City/Village | Madison |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1906 |
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| Survey Date | 1974 |
| Historic Use | house |
| Architectural Style | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material | Stucco |
| Architect | Claude and Starck |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments |
The University Heights Historic District: A Walking Tour: "Arlington Place is only a block long but it has the largest concentration of homes designed by the firm of Claude and Starck in Madison. These houses include the Stevens house (1901) 1908 Arlington; the Meyer house (1901) 1937 Arlington; the Pence house (1909) 168 N. Prospect (which completed the block); and this fine house built for University of Wisconsin professor of soils Andrew Whitson and his wife in 1905. Studied together, this group is especially significant for the opportunity it affords of seeing the design evolution of the firm as it was developing its version of the prairie style, for which it is best known. 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. |
| Bibliographic References | Housing Madison: Where We Live, Where We Work. Ed. Anna Vemer Andrzejewski and Arnold R. Alanen for “Nature + City: Vernacular Buildings and Landscapes of the Upper Midwest,” 2012 Meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF). Madison Landmarks Commission and the Regent Neighborhood Association, The University Heights Historic District: A Walking Tour, 1987. Madison Landmarks Commission, University Heights: A Walk Through A Turn of the Century Suburb, n.d. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | University Heights Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date | Dec 17, 1982 |
| State Register Listing Date | Jan 01, 1989 |
| Contributing | Yes |
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