View from Farwell Mansion. Looking northwest. Mansion Hill is in the upper left corner of the photo. Lake Mendota is in the upper right. In the middle of the photo is the Hyer-Jaquish Hotel, 854 Jenifer St. The Farwell Mansion was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly.

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.

View from Farwell Mansion. Looking North toward lake Mendota. Mansion hill in upper left. 900 block of Spaight St. in foreground. Hyer-Jaquish Hotel (854 Jenifer) in middle. The Farwell Mansion was on the south side of Spaight between Paterson and Brearly. In the foreground (right), is the George W. and Catherine Hyer house which stands at 924 Spaight Street.

941 Spaight St. - One building of the Norwegian Luthern Seminary, probably taken from atop the adjacent school building looking southwest toward Lake Monona. The octagonal mansion was built by Gov. Leonard Farwell in 1857. The building also served as a Civil War Soldier's Harvey Hospital and later a Civil War Soldier's Orphan's Home, before it's use as the Seminary by 1871.

Reverse side of Norwegian Luthern Seminary Photo.

941 Spaight St. - The Norwegian Luthern Seminary, as seen from near the corner of Spaight and Brearly, looking south. Originally, the octagon mansion on the right was built as Leonard Farwell's mansion in 1857. Farwell lost his fortune and the building stood vacant until it was used as a Civil War Soldier's Home, the Harvey Hospital, and later the Solder's Orphan's Home. In 1872, it then served as a Norwegian Lutheran Seminary. The building at the south corner of Spaight and Brearly was built, designed by Madison architect Stephen Vaugh Shipman. The buildings were demolished in the 1890s and the block subdivided.

Farwell Mansion - Photographer Unknown

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

view from Farwell Mansion

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.

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.

600 S. Brearly St - Monona View Apartments, designed by Ferdinand Kronenberg.

Farwell House monument. - Corner of Spaight and Brearly.

606 S. Brearly St This house retains characteristics of a Claude and Starck design.

608 S. Brearly St

612 S. Brearly St

946 - 950 Harvey Te., built 1937 (WAHI #(#120558) Looking at rear of 945 Spaight St.

936 Harvey Te.

936 Harvey Te.

946 Harvey Te.

901 Spaight St., a house designed by Claude and Starck, viewed from B.B. Clarke Park.

901 Spaight St. The Albert M. & Lena Stondal Residence, designed by Claude and Starck, and built in 1902. The house was modifed with the additional shed dormers and side addition. The Prairie School styled leaded glass windows in the dining room facing the street are exceptionally fine. The lakeside of the boathouse has a triangular window, similar to others used by Claude & Starck -- a detail more characteristic of the emerging Prairie School Style.

909 Spaight St. M.H. Sater Apartment Building, built 1907 (WAHI #112917). An exceptionally fine example of the Craftsman style in downtown Madison, the house also displays some characteristics of the Prairie School style. Though a citation on the architect hasn't yet been found, it suggests the likes of Alvin Small, Claude and Starck, their associates and peers.

915 Spaight St. Built 1904 (WAHI #120611)

919 Spaight St. Edward & Hannah Williams Residence, built 1898 (WAHI #38569) An early design by Claude and Starck. The house was restored and received a new porch in the 1980s.

921 Spaight St. Built 1896 (WAHI #120612)

923-5 Spaight St. Built 1899 (WAHI #120613) Quite likely another very early Claude and Starck design. See 807 Jenifer for stylistic similarities.

929-931 Spaight St. Built 1907 (WAHI #132859)

933 Spaight St. Built in 1906, the George H. & Bertha Breitenbach two-flat is a superb Craftsman-styled stucco house, designed by Claude and Starck, architects. The Breitenbach family has many connections in Madison. Search Breitenbach, and 853 Williamson, long the Breitenbach Grocery.

935-937 Spaight St. Ella C. Hansen Investment Property, built 1909 (WAHI #113061) A house with characteristic details of an early Claude and Starck design, though in a transitional mode.

939-941 Spaight St. Mary Hanson House, built 1903 (WAHI #113063)

943-945 Spaight St. Collins Brothers Apartment Building, built 1908 (WAHI #113107)

947 - 949 Spaight St. Furey - Crossen House, built 1907 (WAHI #113108)