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Historical Photographs and Images

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.

Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Date: 1860s?

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.

Courtesy of Gary Tipler
Photographer/Artist: Curtiss

Attorney Frank E. Parkinson in his study, at 921 Jenifer St

Date: 1914


Modern Photographs and Images

953 Jenifer St. Wil-Mar Community Center. Built 1914. Taken from Brearly St.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

Cornerstone 953 Jenifer St. Wil-Mar Community Center. Built 1914. Designed by Claude and Starck, architects.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

953 Jenifer St. Built in 1914 as the Pilgrim Chapel, the building has served as the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Community Center since 1974. Designed by Claude and Starck, architects.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

512 Brearly St.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

952-956 Spaight St. The Chief Heyl house, designed by Claude and Starck, architects, as seen from Brearly Street.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

901 Jenifer St. Charles and Emma Fauerbach house, or E. H. Heath Residence, built 1888 (WAHI #103092) Paterson St. side. This was the home of Whitney Gould from about 1973 to 1983, when she was a Capital Times reporter, prior to her move to the Journal Sentinal in Milwaukee

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

901 Jenifer St. Charles and Emma Fauerbach house.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

901 Jenifer St. Charles and Emma Fauerbach house. The red oak was planted by Gary Tipler in 1974.

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

907 Jenifer St. John Henry Mader Residencem built 1894 (WAHI # 103093) A superb early frame house with a marvelous small Palladian window and shingle siding on the gable.

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

909 Jenifer St. Built 1865c (WAHI #103094)

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

911-915 Jenifer St. built 1902/1908 (WAHI #120578)

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

917 Jenifer St. built 1884 (WAHI #120579)

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

921 Jenifer St. Hiram G.Dodge House, built 1855 (WAHI #103097). One of the older homes in the neighborhood. It was home to Ernest Bremer, early on and later attorney Frank E. Parkinson (see photo of Parkinson in his study).

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

925-927 Jenifer St. Rebecca and William Mash Residence, built 1900 (WAHI #103098)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

931 Jenifer St. Oscar Schubert Three Flat, built 1913. (WAHI #103129)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

933 Jenifer St.J. C. Hopkins Residence, built 1856 (WAHI #103130). An early house with gable returns, evidence of its original Greek Revival styling. The house was probably stuccoed after 1910.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

939 Jenifer St. Built 1884 (WAHI# 120582)

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Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

945 Jenifer St. The home was built around 1858 by William H. Karn. Born in 1812, Karn was a carpenter contractor and worked on such buildings as the Bashford Home at 423 N. Pinckney, the Washburn Observatory and the spire of Grace Episcopal Church. The house originally had its kitchen and dining room in the raised basement. An elegant Italianate porch graced the front of the house. Refer to the Karn House article by Alexius Baas, Capital Times, June 6, 1948

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

507-509 S. Paterson St. Built c. 1892 (WAHI #120590)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

515 S. Paterson St.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

902-904 Spaight St. Built 1895 (WAHI #120594)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

912 Spaight St. Johanna Bartsch House, built 1885 (WAHI #112918) This house has undergone a stripping and refinish of it's siding in the winter of early 2004.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

914 Spaight St. Built 1894 (WAHI #120595)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

920 Spaight St. Built 1906 (WAHI #120596)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

924 Spaight St. the George W. and Catherine Hyer house, built in 1856. Hyer was associated with several Madison newspapers including he Wisconsin Enquirer, the first newpaper to be published in Madison. Hyer's brother, David was the proprietor of the Hyer House Hotel, at 854 Jenifer. A house that exhibits its Greek Revival styling in its gable returns, low-pitched roof and simplicity. The house appers in the Curtiss view above, View from Farwell Mansion.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

926 Spaight St. The J.P. Breitenbach three-flat was built in 1928, designed by Claude and Starck, architects.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

928 Spaight - Breitenbach curb stone.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

928 Spaight St. Designed by Claude and Starck, architects.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

932 Spaight St. The Oscar K. and Mary Schubert House, built in 1906 and designed by Claude and Starck, architects. The house and others to the west were built on the site of Rentschler's Capital City greenhouses.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

938 Spaight St. The Henry and Elizabeth Fauerbach house, built in 1902 and designed by Lew Porter, is one of the few residences yet standing by Porter. Porter was a principal in the firm of Conover and Porter, from 1885 to January, 1899. The firm had previously designed the Fauerbach Brewery buildings. The Fauerbach house is emminently restorable and would have the grandeur of the McCarthy house by Conover and Porter nearby at 848 Jenifer.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

940 Spaight St. Erastus Wyman Residence, built 1856c, (WAHI #113106)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

946 Spaight St. Shipley-Shuttleworth House - 1855 First occupied by railroad contractor D.B. Shipley, this brick house draws stylistically from both the Greek Revival and the Italianate. In the 1880's the dwelling was owned and occupied by the family of the Territorial Secrectary William B. Slaughter. In 1893 attorney Farrand K. Shuttleworth purchased the house. A one-time partner of political boss Elisha W. Keyes, Shuttleworth resided here until his death in 1929. Designated November 18, 1976 Madison Landmarks Commission

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

946 Spaight St. D.B. Shipley House, Built 1854 (WAHI #68334)

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 2002

952-956 Spaight St. The Charles and Maude Heyl house, designed by Claude and Starck, architects, and built in 1905.

Courtesy of N. Schroeder
Photographer/Artist: N. Schroeder
Date: Oct 20, 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
Herman Adolph home Jenifer bet Paterson and Brearly stone cutter
Strong Simon home Jenifer bet Brearly and Paterson
Towers W. P. home Jenifer bet Brearly and Paterson painter
Drake L.P. home cor Jenifer and Paterson 901 Jenifer St surveyor
Hopkins James C. home Jenifer bet Brearly and Paterson lawyer
Churchill E. D. home cor Jenifer and Brearly
Third Ward School cor Jenifer and Brearly 955 Jenifer St
Edmunds Frederick boards cor Paterson and Farwell clerk B. W. Bowen
Bovee T.N. home cor Paterson and Farwell ant 904 Spaight St gunsmith Pinckney bet Main and Wash
Corss Gen A. N. home Farwell bet Paterson and Brearly
Hubby William M. boards Farwell bet Paterson and Brearly
Hyer George home Farwell bet Paterson and Brearly 924 Spaight St. clerk Swamp Land Office
Hyer J. B. boards Farwell bet Paterson and Brearly (w/Geo Hyer) 924 Spaight St. printer Patriot Office
Stevens J. G. home Farwell bet Paterson and Brearly 928 Spaight builder
Stevens J. T. home Farwell bet Paterson and Brearly 928 Spaight builder
Wyman E. Alvin boards Farwell bet Paterson and Brearly 940 Spaight St student
Wyman Erastus home Farwell bet Paterson and Brearly 940 Spaight St carpenter
Shipley D.B. home Farwell cor Brearly 946 Spaight St R.R. contractor



City of Madison Directory 1890-91

Last Name/Business First Name Type Address Occupation Employer
Heath Edward H. residence 901     Jenifer   agent Agnes Hyland millinery at 9 1/2 W Main
Heath Elmer residence 901     Jenifer   clerk William Deering Co - Harvesting machinery, located approx 601 Williamson
Liebnon Anna domestic 901     Jenifer   domestic
Dodge Hiram E. residence 909     Jenifer   bookkeeper H. G. Dodge - coal, wood, salt, lime, sewer pipe, farm machinery and grain elevator, building material, fire, brick and clay, 653 E. Main St., warehouse and elevator W. Washington Av near C., M. & St. P. R'y
Butler John C. residence 917     Jenifer   janitor historical rooms
Parkinson Frank E. residence 921     Jenifer   attorney Frank E. Parkinson - office Vilas block
Hektoen Peter P. residence 929     Jenifer   clerk State Land Office - room 14, capitol building
Smith Hiram C. residence 933     Jenifer   proprietor Nelson & Smith - manufacturing jewelers, 112 E. Main
Howard Harlan S. residence 939     Jenifer   proprietor Boss Harrow Mfg. Works - located cor E Wilson and Bridge
Howard Rufus P.H. residence 939     Jenifer   electrician
Karne James E. residence 945     Jenifer   ticket collector Chicago & Northwestern Railway - freight office and pass. Depot cor. E Wilson & S Blair
Karne William H. residence 945     Jenifer   carpenter
Robb Frances domestic 945     Jenifer   domestic James E. Karne
Weiskopp William N. residence 507   S   Paterson   proprietor C. R. Stein & Co - lumberyard at 204 E Washingotn Av
Baus Edward residence 515   S   Paterson   cigar manufacturer Baus Armbrecht & Wagner - cigar manufacturers, office over 105 King St.
Bartsch Johanna (wid. August) residence 912     Spaight  
Bartsch Walter E. residence 912     Spaight   painter Jacob Seiler - house and sign painter, paperhanger and decorator, books and news agent - 620 Williamson St
Lillie Henry residence 912     Spaight   engineer Chicago & Northwestern Railway - freight office and pass. Depot cor. E Wilson & S Blair
Luebkemann Minnie residence 914     Spaight  
Luebkemann William residence 914     Spaight   packer leaf tobacco
Foote Florence boards 928     Spaight   teacher Third Ward School - cor E. Washington and S. Butler
Totto George V. residence 928     Spaight  
Totto Isabelle, Mrs. residence 928     Spaight  
Totto Josephine C. residence 928     Spaight  
Totto Leonore L. residence 928     Spaight   teacher Northeast District School - west side of Division, 1 blk north Atwood
King John T. residence 940     Spaight   proprietor King & Walker Co. - steam heaters and supplies - 623 E. Main
Lemmon Annie residence 940     Spaight  
Slaughter Burgess C. residence 946     Spaight   bookkepper
Slaughter Mary S. residence 946     Spaight  
Slaughter Mildred A. (wid. Geo. H.) residence 946     Spaight  
Martin George S., Rev. residence 952     Spaight   pastor First Baptist Church, Stoughton



City of Madison Directory Index - 1939

Last Name/Business First Name Description Address Owner (0) Telephone (T)
Barton Charles O. 512   S   Brearly   T
Herrington J. Wesley 512   S   Brearly   O T
Johnson Walter E. 512   S   Brearly  
Fauerbach Alfreda 901     Jenifer   O T
Knobeck Henry J. 907     Jenifer   T
Beale Erwin G. 909     Jenifer   O T
Kaempfer Winfred W. 909     Jenifer  
Seiler Emile O. 911     Jenifer   O T
Brockel Julius W. 915     Jenifer   T
Kamrath Frances M. 915     Jenifer  
Sullivan Virginia D., Mrs 915     Jenifer   T
Williams Daniel J. 917     Jenifer   T
Daley Isaac 921     Jenifer   T
Flood Thomas F. 921     Jenifer  
Stallard John E. 921     Jenifer   T
Bremer George B. 925     Jenifer   T
Engel Albert 927     Jenifer   T
Anuta Albert E. 931     Jenifer   T
Schaefer Joseph E. 931     Jenifer   T
Wright Gilbert M. 931     Jenifer   T
Harris John R. 933     Jenifer   T
Hoyer H. Conrad, Rev. 933     Jenifer   T
Milliff Joseph A. 939     Jenifer  
Olson Herbert 939     Jenifer   O T
Olson Robert M. 939     Jenifer  
West Lyle 939     Jenifer   T
Karn James E. 945     Jenifer   T
Durkin John 953     Jenifer  
Pilgrim Congregational Church 953     Jenifer  
Vacant 507   S   Paterson  
Campbell Feirl E. 509   S   Paterson   T
Baus Irma J. 515   S   Paterson   T
Dunlop John A. 904     Spaight   T
Wellman Louis A. 904     Spaight   T
Leuenberger Louis 912     Spaight   T
Reiner Alvin 912     Spaight  
McCarville James J. 914     Spaight   T
Odegard Louis N. 914     Spaight   T
Gilmore Anna, Mrs. 920     Spaight   T
Hilliard Charles W. 920     Spaight   T
McCampbell Claude E. 920     Spaight   O T
Wernick Agnes F. 924     Spaight   O T
Dow James E. 926     Spaight   T
Dvorak Raymond F. 926     Spaight   O T
Hillstad August C. 926     Spaight   T
Barrie Thomas 928     Spaight   T
Imhoff LaVerne 928     Spaight  
Lentz Arthur G. 928     Spaight   T
Allen Minnie G., Mrs. 932     Spaight  
Atkinson William W. 932     Spaight   T
Moreth Roman F. 932     Spaight  
Schubert Oscar K. 932     Spaight   O T
Paterson Robert E. 938     Spaight   T
Hansen Marius 940     Spaight   O T
Liska Joseph M. 940     Spaight  
Coryell Lewis S. 946     Spaight   T
Heyl Augusta R., Mrs. 952     Spaight   T



Articles and Biographies

Capital Times -July 3, 1936
Henry Fauerbach Obituary


Capital Times -June 6, 1948
Karn House on Jenifer St. Is City Landmark, Was Owned By Same Family Nearly 100 Years - by Alexius Baas


Capital Times -May 20, 1950
All Around the Town - 940 Spaight St - by Alexius Baas


Capital Times -Sep 9, 1971
Nothing Around Today Like Andrew Mayer's Drug Store - Frank Custer





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