College Hills Historic District

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NRHP Reference # 02001518 Architecture firm Purcell & Elmslie		Area 27 ha Added to NRHP 9 December 2002

Location Roughly bounded by Colombia Rd., Amherst Dr., Bowdoin Rd., Corporate Limit, University Bay, and Harvard Dr., Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin Architectural styles Prairie School, International Style

The College Hills Historic District is a 67-acre (27 ha) historic district in Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It includes architect-designed homes by Purcell and Elmslie and other architects among its 114 contributing buildings.

Madison architects whose works are included in the district include:

Beatty & Strang

Henry T. Dysland

John J. Flad

Frank S. Moulton

Herbert Fritz, Jr.

Philip M. Homer

William V. Kaeser

Law, Law & Potter

Livermore & Samuelson

Charles E. Marks (b. 1875)

Frank M. Riley.

Eight photos are included

2816 Columbia Rd., View looking NW

Photo 2, 1218 Sweetbriar Rd., View looking W. John C. McKenna designed Sweetbriar Road one in first photo

Photo 3, 1102 Dartmouth Rd., View looking WSW. Photo included of 1102 Dartmouth Rd., built in 1916 and designed by Charles E. Marks, "one of the Madison area's best builder-architects"

Photo 4, 2914 Oxford Rd., View looking N

photo 5, 2919 Oxford Rd., View looking SE

Photo 6, 1214 Dartmouth Rd., View looking WSW

Photo 7, 1240 Sweetbriar Rd., View looking W

Photo 8, 1206 Dartmouth Rd., View looking

Non-Madison architects include:

Purcell and Elmslie, designed the Prof. Harold C. & Josephine Bradley House, at 2914 Oxford Rd.

Ossian Cole Simonds

References

College Hills Historic District Wikipedia

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