Longfellow School (Madison, Wisconsin)
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Location | 1010 Chandler St., Madison, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 43°3′53″N 89°24′9″W / 43.06472°N 89.40250°WCoordinates: 43°3′53″N 89°24′9″W / 43.06472°N 89.40250°W |
Built | 1917, 1924, 1938 |
Architect | James R. Law, Law, Law, and Potter |
Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 96000239 |
Added to NRHP | March 7, 1996[1] |
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Auditorium, Longfellow School, Madison Wisconsin
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Frieze over the stage in the Longfellow School Auditorium, Madison, Wisconsin
Longfellow School is a two-story building in Madison, Wisconsin that was built in 1917 and expanded in 1924 and 1938.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
It has a reverse L-shaped plan and is about 275 feet (84 m) wide in its main facade, running north–south. It is about 60 feet (18 m) and 105 feet (32 m) deep on its north and south ends. It is built of load-bearing red brick walls, in running stretcher bond in the original 1917 section, and with structural clay tile with brick veneer in the 1924 and 1938 sections.
Its architecture is of the rare Elizabethan-Jacobean Revival subtype of Tudor Revival architecture.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b Elizabeth L. Miller (November 15, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Longfellow School". National Park Service. Retrieved January 21, 2017. with five photos
Categories:
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- School buildings completed in 1917
- Buildings and structures in Madison, Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places in Madison, Wisconsin
- Tudor Revival architecture in Wisconsin
- Jacobean architecture in the United States
- 1917 establishments in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Registered Historic Place stubs