Claude and Starck

Ornament from the Levitan Building (1928) at 15-19 W. Main Street, Madison, razed 1974

Claude and Starck was an architectural firm in Madison, Wisconsin, at the turn of the twentieth century. The firm was a partnership of Louis W. Claude (1868-1951) and Edward F. Starck (1868-1947). Established in 1896, the firm dissolved in 1928. The firm designed over 175 buildings in Madison.

Madison buildings

Hokanson house, 1916, Prairie style

Buildings elsewhere

Carnegie Library, Aitkin, Minnesota
Public Library, Jefferson, Wisconsin
Woodland Hotel, Owen, Wisconsin
Public Library, Tomah, Wisconsin
Carnegie Library, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Claude and Starck designed approximately 40 libraries, including the "seven sisters" characterized by the Prairie School style.

  • Aitkin, Minnesota: Aitkin Carnegie Library, NRHP-listed
  • Antigo, Wisconsin: Junior High School
  • Argyle, Wisconsin: Argyle High and Grade School (1920)
  • Baraboo, Wisconsin: Baraboo Public Library (1903)
  • Barron, Wisconsin: public library (1913; one of the "seven sisters")
  • Bloomington, Wisconsin: High and Grade School (1923)
  • Darlington, Wisconsin: Darlington Carnegie Free Library (1905)[12]
  • Delavan, Wisconsin: Aram Public Library on Fourth Street (1907)
  • Detroit Lakes, Minnesota: Carnegie Library (1913; listed since 1976 in the National Register of Historic Places)
  • Evansville, Wisconsin: public library (1908; perhaps the first of the "seven sisters")
  • Fennimore, Wisconsin: Dwight T. Parker Public Library (1923 NRHP-listed)
  • Hoquiam, Washington: Carnegie Library (circa 1910; listed since 1982 in the National Register of Historic Places)
  • Jefferson, Wisconsin: Jefferson Public Library (listed since 1980 in the National Register of Historic Places)
  • Kaukauna, Wisconsin: public library (1905)
  • Lancaster, Wisconsin: Municipal Building (1923; listed since 1983 on the NRHP)
  • Ladysmith, Wisconsin: Carnegie Library (1907)
  • Merrill, Wisconsin: T.B. Scott Free Library (1911; listed since 1974 in the National Register of Historic Places; one of the "seven sisters")
  • Mineral Point, Wisconsin: Mineral Point Opera House and municipal building (1915)
  • Monroe, Wisconsin: Arabut Ludlow Memorial Free Library (1904)[13][14]
  • Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: Henry L. and Sarah Dahle House (1916, listed on the NRHP since 2003)
  • Owen, Wisconsin: Woodland Hotel (1906, for the J. S. Owen Lumber Company). Listed on the Wisconsin Register of Historic Places since 2015, and the National Register of Historic Places since 2016.
  • Rochelle, Illinois: public library
  • Rock Springs, Wisconsin: Ableman High and Grade School (1923)
  • Shawano, Wisconsin: public library (1914; one of the "seven sisters"; now demolished)
  • Tomah, Wisconsin: Tomah Public Library (1916; listed since 1976 in the National Register of Historic Places)
  • Wilmette, Illinois: public library (1904)
  • Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin: Kilbourn Public Library (1912; listed since 1974 in the National Register of Historic Places)

References

  1. ^ "Charles H. and Louise Allyn House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. ^ Timothy F. Heggland (2002-06-24), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: American Tobacco Company Warehouses Complex, National Park Service, retrieved 2021-12-21
  3. ^ "Cornelius C. and Anna Collins House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  4. ^ "John & Charlotte Doyle House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  5. ^ "Carl and Minnie Genske House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  6. ^ "Ira and Mary Griswold House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  7. ^ "Charles W. Heyl Residence". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  8. ^ "Emil and Irma Hokanson House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  9. ^ "Ralph Richardson House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  10. ^ "Joseph C. and Frances E. Schubert House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  11. ^ "Oscar K. & Mary Schubert Residence". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  12. ^ "Darlington Carnegie Free Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  13. ^ "Arabut Ludlow Memorial Free Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  14. ^ Terry L. Shoptaugh (1980-03-23). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Monroe Commercial District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-07-08. With 56 photos.

External links

  • Unheralded and underappreciated, these men may have been the most influential contributors to Madison's architecture: Behold…The Genius Of Claude And Starck, Madison Magazine
  • Louis W. Claude papers, N114, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Claude & Starck Libraries