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Historical Photographs and Images

A Wagner & Bollenbeck soda bottle from The Lake City Bottling Works. First located at 854 Spaight, then at 754 Williamson. Reference: "Wisconsin Soda Water Bottles 1845-1910" by Roger Peters.

Courtesy of Gary Tipler

close-up of Wagner & Bollenbeck bottle from The Lake City Bottling Works. First located at 854 Spaight, then at 754 Williamson

Courtesy of Gary Tipler

View from Farwell Mansion. Looking towards the Capitol building. Bascom Hall and dormitories in upper right. 500 block of Paterson St in immediate foreground. The Farwell Mansion was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly.

Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: E.R. Curtiss. Courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society
Date: 1857-1859

Re-Photograph - View from the Farwell Mansion - c.1858 and c.1874. Full photos also availible.

Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Date: c.1858 & c.1874

View from Farwell Mansion. Looking towards the Capitol building. Bascom Hall and dormitories in middle back. Intersection of Paterson and Spaight in immediate foreground. B.B. Clarke Beach on left. The Farwell Mansion was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly.

Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: Andrew L. Dahl
Date: c.1874

View from the Norwegian Lutheran Seminary. Looking towards Bascom Hill. 500 block of Paterson in immediate foreground, along with the 800 block of Jenifer Street. The Ott house is the large brick house at the left edge. The clock tower of City Hall and Old Main are prominent on the skyline. The Norwegian Lutheran Seminary occupied the stone octagon mansion built by Leonard Farwell in 1857. It was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly. It became the seminary in the early 1870s after serving as the Harvey Hospital for civil war veterans, followed by its use as an orphanage.

Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: Courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society
Date: c.1874

Modern Photographs and Images

807 Jenifer St. Harlow S. Ott House, built in 1897, one of the earliest known houses of the partnership of architects Claude and Starck, built within the first year of their partnership. The house was built in the former side yard of the brick house at 811 Jenifer. Ott was a pharmacist and owned a pharmacy in the Gay Building on N. Carroll Street. He lived here until 1941.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

807 Jenifer St. Harlow S. Ott House. Built 1897.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

807 Jenifer St. Harlow S. & Isabelle Ott Residence. Built 1897. (WAHI #37691)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

811 Jenifer St. Holver Gabriel Residence Built 1866. (WAHI #102571) Spaight St side.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

811 Jenifer St. Holver Gabriel Residence Built 1866. (WAHI #102571) Spaight St side.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

811 Jenifer St. Holver Gabriel Residence Built 1866. (WAHI #102571)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

820-822 Spaight St. Jenifer St side. This Shingle Style house was built as a rental house for the owner of 811 Jenifer next door. It was likely the work of Conover and Porter, architects.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

820-822 Spaight St. E. H. Heath House, built 1896 (WAHI #112909). This house is likely the work of Conover and Porter, architects.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

821 Jenifer St. Swalheim Apartments, built 1944 (WAHI #120570)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

821 Jenifer St. Spaight St Side

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

829 Jenifer St. Built 1889 (WAHI #120574)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

831 Jenifer St. Built 1904 (WAHI #120576)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

833 Jenifer St. Built 1884 (WAHI #103078)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

835-837 Jenifer St.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

835-837 Jenifer St.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

843-845 Jenifer St. The James J. Prendergast house was built in 1906, designed by Jennings and Kronenberg. Prendergast was the vice-president and manager of the Madison Candy Company. Biographical: Prendergast, James J. (1854 - ) Quaife, Milo Milton, Wisconsin, its history and its people, vol. 4, page(s) 635-636, 1924.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

847 Jenifer St. William Welch Residence, built 1859. (WAHI #103089)This house was once occupied by Adolph Wagner, who developed a soda bottling business. Early stereoviews show an outdoor oven in the rear of this house.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

851 Jenifer St. and 508 S. Paterson St Civil War veteran Col. Adolph Wagner built the red brick house, designed by architect John Nader in 1884. Wagner owned the Lake City Bottling Company, a soda bottling company, begun in a building on the lakeside of this lot which originally ran through to Spaight Street. In 1904, he built the Lake City Bottling Company at 754 Williamson, a building designed by Claude & Starck.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

851 Jenifer St. and 508 S. Paterson St

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

512 S. Paterson St Built 1904 (WAHI #110491) This house was designed by Lew Porter, who was the supervising architect for the construction of the State Capitol building. Porter had been a partner in the firm of Conover and Porter.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

514-516 S. Paterson St Built 1904, (WAHI #104411) Attributed to Claude and Starck, architects.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

518 S. Paterson St Designed by Claude and Starck, architects.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

518 S. Paterson St Nils Starks House, built c1907, Designed by Claude and Starck, architects. (WAHI #88996)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

800 block of Spaight St. Looking towards the Capitol.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

824 Spaight St Built 1890 (WAHI #120591)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

826 Spaight St and 836 Spaight St Built 1899 (WAHI #112912)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

826 Spaight St Built 1872c, (WAHI #11291)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

842 Spaight St Built 1872c (WAHI #120593)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

848 Spaight St The Charles F. Lamb House was designed by architect Lew Porter, and built in 1902.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 19, 2002

City of Madison Directory 1858
Note: No addresses are given in the directory, only street names. Blocks and addresses are unknown.
Spaight St. is listed as Farwell. Rutledge St. is listed as Promenade

Last Name/Business First Name Type Listed As Probable Address Occupation Employer/Place of Business
Bryan Charles K. home Jenifer bet Paterson and Livingston painter
Ernest William home Jenifer bet Paterson and Livingston bookkeeper
Hill James H. boards Jenifer bet Paterson and Livingston of Jas. H. H. & Co. (feed store and packing house cor Wilson and Canal)
Martin Francis home Jenifer bet Paterson and Livingston cabinet maker
Pecker Francis home Jenifer bet Paterson and Livingston tailor
Vernyan Louis home Jenifer bet Paterson and Livingston laborer
Ising John home Jenifer bet Paterson and Livingston 829 Jenifer / 826 Spaight tailor
Edmunds Frederick boards cor Paterson and Farwell clerk B. W. Bowen


City of Madison Directory 1890-91

Last Name/Business First Name Type Address Occupation Employer
Moulton Hiram N. residence 811     Jenifer   proprietor Hiram N. Moulton - carpenter and builder, office at 227 King
Schoyen Vego residence 827     Jenifer   blacksmith Wisconsin Wagon Co. - manufacturers spring wagons, carriages and gears, 111-113 S. Blair
Thompson John residence 827     Jenifer   clerk Klauber-Rowley Co. - merchant tailors, clothiers and men's funishers - 23 E. Main St
Ising John A. residence 829     Jenifer   tailor
Ising Louis F. residence 829     Jenifer   hatter
Konrad Nicholaus residence 829     Jenifer   corresponding clerk State Treasurer's Office - room 13, capitol building
Abel Antoinette residence 831     Jenifer  
Abel Ida L. residence 831     Jenifer   clerk
Abel Ludwig P. residence 831     Jenifer   clerk Susan I. Ogilvie, dry goods, dressmaking, millinery and carpets, 17-21 E. Main St.
Olson Tom residence 831     Jenifer  
Rooney Daniel A. boards 833     Jenifer   engineer Chicago & Northwestern Railway - freight office and pass. Depot cor. E Wilson & S Blair
Rooney James E. boards 833     Jenifer   fireman Chicago & Northwestern Railway - freight office and pass. Depot cor. E Wilson & S Blair
Tormey James residence 835     Jenifer   foreman - coal shed Chicago & Northwestern Railway - freight office and pass. Depot cor. E Wilson & S Blair
Lamb Charles F. residence 847     Jenifer   attorney Lamb, F.J. & C.F. - atty's at law, 105 & 107 W. Main St
Wagner Adolph residence 851     Jenifer   proprietor Wagner & Bollenbeck - Lake City Bottling Works - bottlers of beer and soda - 848-852 Spaight
Gaertner Herman residence 826     Spaight   (listed as 835 Spaight) proprietor Herman Gaertner - Tonsorial parlors, 9 W. Main St
Davis Ophelia (wid Dewitt) residence 842     Spaight  
Pierce A. Ward residence 842     Spaight   stone cutter
Wheeler Charles H. residence 842     Spaight   dealer in leaf tobacco and cigars
Lake City Bottling Works (Wagner & Bollenbeck) business 848     Spaight  
Lake City Bottling Works (Wagner & Bollenbeck) business 850     Spaight  
Lake City Bottling Works (Wagner & Bollenbeck) business 852     Spaight  


City of Madison Directory Index - 1939

Last Name/Business First Name Description Address Owner (0) Telephone (T)
Ott Harlow S. 807     Jenifer   T
Loven Leo C. 821     Jenifer  
Childs Lloyd 829     Jenifer  
Henjum Leonard J. 829     Jenifer   T
Gallagher John 831     Jenifer   T
Longwitz Herman E. 833     Jenifer  
Eith John L. 835     Jenifer   T
Schlegel Eugene A. 837     Jenifer   T
Rice Elmer A. 843     Jenifer   T
Byom Ole 845     Jenifer   T
Blankenheim Walter J. 847     Jenifer   T
vacant 851     Jenifer   T
Meng Oscar F. 512   S   Paterson   O T
Baas Alexius H. 514   S   Paterson   O T
Baas Amelia 516   S   Paterson   1/2
Moore Anna 516   S   Paterson   T
Cutler William H. 518   S   Paterson   T
Klueter Marie 518   S   Paterson  
Olson Jacob B. 816     Spaight   T
Blied Arthur A. 820     Spaight   O T
Dobson Elliotte E. 820     Spaight  
Hanson John B. 824     Spaight   T
Steele Robert E. 824     Spaight  
Gaertner Matilda E., Mrs. 826     Spaight   O T
Czarnezki George C. 836     Spaight   T
Keehn Rose, Mrs. 836     Spaight   T
Ryan Dorothy 836     Spaight   T
Swanson Harry W. 836     Spaight   T
Flanagan Michael J. 840     Spaight   T
Havey Anna, Mrs. 840     Spaight  
Efinger, Clara A. beauty shop 842     Spaight   O T
Lamb Charles F. 848     Spaight   O T


Articles and Biographies

Wisconsin State Gazetteer -1888
Lake City Bottling Works advertisement


Capital Times -Feb 26, 1949
Pop Factory Was An Old Firm Here Even In 1890 - by Alexius Baas


Capital Times -Jan 18, 1952
All Around the Town - 842 Spaight St - Solid Construction - Good For Many Years - by Alexius Baas


Capital Times -May 30, 1952
All Around the Town - 826 Spaight St - Gaertner Home - Early Owner Recalled - by Alexius Baas


History of Dane Co - 1880 p.1016
Hiram N. Moulton - Biographical Sketch


History of Dane Co - 1880 p.990
Herman Gaertner - Biographical Sketch




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