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'rhe Btoner House, a simple Italianat e structure at the end of Hami lton Street was built in approximately 1855 for Henry and Jeanette Staines, immigrants from :3cotlo.nd. , Ilhe hous ,,:: ' s features included two-foot thick sa~ldstone walls char8.c teristic of southern I,/isconsin, handmade woodwork, lO~ foot ceilinGs and a t wotiered l akeside porch overlook ing a spacious l awn and garden.

Over the years it was home to se vera l of ~adison's more prominent fam ilies. In 1957 t he house was adapted to commercial offices and has since housed an architectura l firm, law office and antique callery .

In 19'10 the buildj, n ~; ':!as purchased 'oJ Ladison iTewspapers, Inc. fo r their future down tOVJD of fice. ',{nen tl1 ese plans bec:J.l rJe obsolete the buildin3 st ood vacant fo r nearly ten years and began to fa ll into d isrepa ir. In 19 133 the house ',las :~ iv eIl a new le as e on 1 ire ':lhen the l', adis on ~~e i"/s papers donated it to t he 'discon~3in Arc ,it itec ts l

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Architects. ils far ::U~ \','e l:nov!, this is the first state architectural society to re~lOVo.te a lo.ndlilurl\: b1Jildinrj for their o':m use.

A house with a very rich history ho.s ueen preserved.

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\'/e would like to C~ i'lo special ttW!lks to bric inBlund for the opportunity to work on this project and dandy Gwatek for typing . 'l'Ie Vlould also li \.:: e to thank the staff of the Archives Room at the Jtate Historical ;.:)ociety for tbeir assistance ani direction. And finally, to ull others who were willin~ to share their time and knowledc e with us.

valerie J ohtlso~ Gayle [Clack December, 1904

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I Discussion There is a controversy as to whom the

Stoner House was built for. In the history

we are presenting, we believe the home was

built for Henry B. Staines as a "hobby

house" for his wife Janet. However, the

landmark at the site claims a different

owner.

"This simple itali.anate sandstone house, constructed in a masonry pattern peculiar to southern Wisconsin was built for undersheriff, jailor and horse dealer, Andrew Bishop. " I

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tax records from the 1856-57 tax year.

According to Lance Neckar, landmark

researcher, the second set of tax records

were written after the economic "Crash of

1857". In the revised set of books Andrew

Bishop was listed as the tax payer for Lots

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1 and 2, Block 69.

We have since found several documents

refering to the Staines as original owners.

The October 13, 1855 issue of the weekly Wisconsin Patriot mentioned:

"H.B. Stain~s is building a large stone house on Third Lake, which will materially add to the appearance of that portion of town."

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property was not owned by Mr. Staines.

Instead Wright & Mayer, land agents, were

building the home, probably as a

spe c ulative investment, until Mr. Staines

showed interest. At the time Staines

purchased the home, the interior was yet to

be finished. The property was purchased

from William B. Jarvis, lawyer, who legally

owned it for only nine days. It is

interesting to note that the Land Contract .

for the property listed Genet (Janet)

Staines as the purchaser, for a price of

$3,607.95.

A second reference to the owners of

the house was found in an early photograph

of Miss Jessie Staines, Henry's second

daughter.

"Daughter of Major Henry B.

Staines, who built the stone

house on Lake Monona, South

Hamilton Street."

The fin~l reference, dated 1921, is

found in H.M. McCarthy's thesis. She com

p1eted a survey of Madison buildings and

gave a short review of the house:

" Somewhat the Game type

of square building that was noted

in the last two houses mentioned

can be seen in the H.B. Staines

home in 1855". "

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.Federal Land Survey of Wisconisn Territory.

~~ IApril 6: Purchase of Isthmus.

Steven Hason and James Doty

purchased 1,000 acres for

$1,500.00.

.June 1: Doty organized land company: Four Lakes Company. By December he had sold $35,510 worth of Isthmus land. . November: Madison voted capitol of territory

.Wisconsin officially created

8S 8 territory.

.Population: 11,000

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.April: First residents occupy

log cabin in Madison

.June: First store log store

built at the corner of Webster

and Hain.

.July: Cornerstone of original

Capitol laid.

.Openlng of "Lumbering Frontiet"

in northern Wisconsin

.Panic of 1837 triggers

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.Leonard J. Farwell, a successful Milwaukee merchant, purchased all unsold land belonging to Doty for $500.00. He

recruit~d and sold land to recent German immigrants.

.Wisconsin voter~ cho~e to follow temperance movement by prohibiting alcohol.

.Wisconsin admitted to Madison recognized as Capitol.

.University of Wisconsin chartered.

the Union. State

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~Madiso" Hill established on the Yahara River (Tenney Park). This greatly stimulated Madison's economy.

~ Popula tion: 305,000

.Farwell Mansion completed This was first of two octagon homes in Madison.

.Death penalty abolished by state legislature.

Gold Rush. Sacra- .Population: 23,191,000 .Terracotta developed mento, California. by James Renwick of< New York. (lie sug~ gested it be used as

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George Patton Delaplaine and Elisha

Burdick were well known Madison developers.

They initially sold land to Henry B.

Staines in Sa uk County when he first moved

to Wisconsin from the east. (H.B. Staines was the first occupant of the Stoner

House). In 1850 they purchased "several hundred acres" from Dane County and began

j \ developing the new Capitol city. In 1854 Madison was beginning to have a reputation

as a resort town. Delaplaine & Burdick

capitalized on this image by building the ,t . $40,000 spa known as "The Water Cure".

As the building boom gained momentum

they began to sell property in the "low

lands" near the lake. Block 69, containi.ng

the lot on which the Stoner House would be

built, was one such property. It was sold

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to land agents Wright anu Mayer in Decem

ber of 1854 for $1,175.00.

With the onset of the Civil War in

1861 George P. Delaplaine ~as appointed to the military staff of Govecner Alexander

Randall and eventually retired in Madison.

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.Purchase option: Wright & Mayer, land agents, agree to purchase Block 69 from Delaplaine & Burdick at a future time .

.December 13: Mortgage given toll e n r y W ri g h t & C. G. Ma y e r for $1,175 to purchase Block 69.

.April 4: Lots 1 and 2 sold by Wright & Mayer to William B. Jarvis, attorney, for $900.00.

.1854 taxes paid by Deplaine Burdick: Lot 1: $50

2: $75 3: $1 SO

& .1855 taxes paid by Wright & Mayer: Lot 1 - $200, Lot 2 -$400, Lot 3 - $500.

.April 13: Land contract: Wm. B. Jarvis sells to Janet Staines Lots 1 and 2. Sale price - $3,607.95.

.October 13, weekly Wisconsin patriot: "II.B. Staine~ is

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adopted a sales tax ~ a January 3 - Alaska a Population 179,323,000

49th state-iy .Jmp~ 'T8tt .~ta,.. tldulty.rMe ud hi .Vle fAjoinlng Townships; .v~proTecl ',and D several Qni.nlles; . eom,l\\cf,ereeque eltee few residence 0 the Lake Shore, and .chottie buUdlng'lote ta MadhKm'and ther Tlnage8. . , . W M. ,Ul'Cilueand peylD~reet n1)ahool Lands, and .-nd to;JVlDen'of Tueltn all tao! the State. Jup.e30 aT, _ ~. ' "r I . .

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;HILTON J. STONF.:R, (If Highspire, is a represer.tative of a pioneer family of Dauphin county, the hislory of the hi a"'ch to wh:ch he belongs he-' ing traced through the following generation~: '

(1) Henry Stoner, married !\,!ary NC:lviin.!!: alld became the father (If a numerous family. '

(II) John Stoner, son of Henry and }fary (Neavling) Stoner. was born October 27, 1792, in Lower Swatara to\i:nship, and lived in different places in Pennsylvania, finally removing lo Hummelstown, where he ended his days. Early in 1813 he married Mary, born in this country, November 25, 179.5, daughter of Henry Gayman, who emigrated frolll Switzerland and settled in this township. I\.-lr. and }lrs. Stoner had one child, Henry, of whom later. ['drs. Stoner died August I, 1814, her death being the result of an .accident. She was an expen rider, but on her \\':1Y to a shoemaker, som~'miles distant, was thrown frolll her spirited hor~c and injured, the mishap being due to her haste to rdum to her only child. The riderless horse ran past , the Gayman school home, whp.re it was noticed by the children at play. They ran back: on the road and found \1 rs. Stoner unconscious; she was taken home and lived but a short time. She W2.S buried in the Gf paril.I:~})agget, anc! moved~~1\.IadJ:: 20r1L}Viscons~oing__tl'e~~ _to ...!"i.e~~Orleans, where their hrSt child, Henry

fl '., was born J ~dy 12, J 865. A fter aile year they ret u rnr.d to Mad ison and ~Iso VI,~I ted tg lS2IrT~~:n;C;r (E;l;gnt~rLM a;:Y-GLr.!!.',-d.s.~~~bo rn Decem ber ~! 1867, at I\Iadis9!.1.~._Jn-'!"9_Q.L_t~le whole family removed to southem Californ ia.

There existed a very strong affection among the different members of the t Stoner fnmily, and when 1\'I r. Stoner, the father nl the three rhildren who~e hi, tory has been traced above, was forty years old he walked four hundred miles and back for the purpose of meeting his mother. La t~r he visited her, and upon returning contracted a severe cold, resul, ing ill 'pleurisy, from which he died February 2, IS37, at the age of farLy-four. He was buried besid e his

lir~t wife and later the remains of both \vere remo\'ed to the Highspi re cemetery. His second v,ife died October 19, I8Sl , of consumption, and is buried in the same place.

(III) Henry Stoner, son of J ohn and Mary (Gayman) Storier, was born November 13, 181J, at the old Stoner manor, and after the tragica l death of his mother was for a few years cared for IH' ,;Y l11pathi 7. ing friends, after which he was received into the home of his aunt , ;\I rs. John Baer, of Hummelstown. \Vhen a young child he met with some unknown accident, by which his hip W:lS dislocated, :lnti he became a life- lo:1g cripple , walking with the aid of a crutch. He learned the carpenter's trade and followed it several years. He also taught school a number of years, and subsequently engaged in mercantile business as a member of the firm of :Vlichael & Henry Stoner, of Highspire, of \\'hich place he was postmaster for several years.

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jam/H,' JJ~llj((mill,' Thomas,' Thoma.s,' John'), banI Va~~alboru', life. , Feb ruary 8, 18iH; resides J117 W es t Johuson street, ]\f:ulisOll, Wis . (Ifin); llI :l rried l\Ia

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lIonse Was B u il ti By InlJnigrailts\ Frolll Seotland!

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Stance rame to Madison from Scoll~.nd .onn. inf)'l('ncl'd ")f'rlJap~ h thl' m'nl()r\' of ~ he lochs of I th('i,' hl'melnlld. bUilt their horne ilt the fllut oi S. Hamilton sl. Thet ()iri h0U uli stilIlds - its llUI11hn is 3ZI-with sturdy, ~qUok the place- u.f tile hedge in those far day{ ' .

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THE STANCE F AI\JIL Y oecup:t'd Ihe houst' for only a few years. It I thell lJec"me the property of J. J~i ~!ol1C'r an.:! somt' year5 later' ch;lllger. h3ntls to W. D. Tenney. I

Thl" ne:, t owner was Thomas, Re~an. whu WaS for; many years I ma~ter plumber ~)f the state capi- ' to!. Tllerr were three uau~hters ' in the Ih'gan f~mily, 1Ilrs. Albert' Schmectcman, \.ii'e of former G')\".

,s~hmedemon, who still makes r.lndi'on hpl' hom!': Anne. '" hose m3/'

- -r1Ri'-lJdllie V;ai~-u!l('r. ,,~HL \\:~o: Jived ab:oad. and Alice Regan, who ' was II fine COIl('ert pianist; 'and who tau.r;ht for seme year, in the uni

"er~:it.\' school of music. There was also a son. Paui. now deceased. Alice. after leadng the uniVersity sr:hool of music. returned to Paris where she had studied as a girl, 1and died there a number of years

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In 1918 Ihe old home became thel, propert .\ (\1 J\Ir. ~!1d Mrs. V, S'j! Bond. who ~till reside there. I're- I vio!.ls to their occupancy, the roomy baselll'nt h:Ju been used as a kitcher: and djr.il~g rODm . The Bonds have moved these quarters to the

fir~t floor_ and t.he basement now hOllses a laundry and a fine recre- i ation room. i

THY. rRF.SEJ~;' iHNI;-;G room I is fl.!rn:~hed with massive mahcg-, any table, .. hairs . and sideboard, ;Jnd oVL'rlooks the lake. The whole

\l'e~t half of the main floor i~ OCCI'- , pied bv a spJcious Ji\'ing ruom,; with wi:1dcv.:s f;JciIl~ bo~h the strc.:t: 'E1rj i. h", i~k~. '.1.'he '.'pppr floor is:. given O\'er to guest rooms :mr:\ a: five-room a.Hie tops the whole. I

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Th~ old ~tanc- e home. now H;p V. S. T!ond residen,'e at 321 S. Hamilton ~(~ b ~hOW!1 anon- :AS it 10(.1la-u in the carl:v days of iU

C~fltvl Tnneev Jltpri I 26J J'11.c:6.

11lrs. Elien'M:':ii6;td';~'fcttve Co,nlnunity Leader, .Dies . '.

;ffl~~I,,~lIeg),4 D.. ~ 11 Vi ~ I WI Son SI., died T h u r sday night in a Madison hospital aft-I ' er an eight-week iIlness. . .

The former Ellen 'Koehler! she was born ill Madison . and .

Jived here most of her Hfe . Ac-I '

ti\'e in C{)n~munity affairs,she

was the widow of ' Varley S.

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married June 8, 1910. Mrs. Bond .

for many years was a member Mrs. Ellen .Bond . of the Madison Woman's Club,' which she had 'served as treasurer. She was a member of the board of the YWCA andl

.also served as secretary, of thel Wisconsin State Parents and Teachers Association.

She affiliated with C h r i s tl Presbyterian ' Church in 1909 and had been an active member since then. She was an aclive charter member of the AIpba Chi Omega Mothers' Club Clnd was the .first president of that group. .

Survivors are a son, V. ShermCln Bond , Quincy, til.: t win daughters, D. Jane Bond, Chicago, and Mrs. ' Thompson S. Sampson. Lombard, Ill.; eight grandchildren, and tilree greatgrandchildren.

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Active in l\iercbandising Here for 1\ - y Years; Was Rota ian, Ma son Varley S. B nd. 75. an official,

of Harry S. Manchester, Inc., many years. d ed of a heart attack today' at his orne, 321 S. Hamilton st. Mr. d was vice-president of the Ma'nchester firm when' he retired in 1942. Mr. Bond had been active In

the merchandising business most' of -his life. At one time he lived in Erie, Pa. He came to Madison in 1907 and was associated with the F. 'W. Woolworth Co. as man- j'' ager of the local store.

In 1921 he became one of the l original stockholders of Manchester's, when Harry S. Manchester bought out the old KeeleyNeckerman Cn. Mr. Bond served as secretary~treasurer and as treasurer of the flrm until 1933, when he was named vice-president. '

Since his' retirement in 1942, he represented Manchester's at, the Madison Rotary club, of which he was one of the original melflbers here. , , Mr. Bond was born Feb. 11, 1875. at Sheffield, Ontario, Canada. He was a member of Christ

1Presbyterian church and Madison Masonic L~ge NO.5. ' Survivors . include his wife;' a

son, V. Sherman ' Bond. QUincy, Ill.; ,two daughters, Doroathea Jane, Milwaukee, and Mrs. T. S. : Sampson, Jr.. Mundelein; Ill.; a sister, Mrs. Helen Mehoe, Winni- j peg, and seven' grandchildren. A! son, Walter, died ' Mar. 27. 1947, : in Paris. France. The body was taken to the .

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THE BIRTH OF A CITY

'j Madison was created out o f whole cloth - or perhaps it would

be bel ter to soy il swampy wilderness - during th e first Wisconsin territori al legi slative session in 1836. Largely due to the not en tirely selfless effo rt s o f James Duane Doty, a federal judge who later became goven ,or , the isthmus was selected as the new state 's capital. Judge Doty first saw the isthmus in May. 1829, when he and

Iwo others were th e fi rst white men to travel overland from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien. He recognized potential profit in the " Four Lakes Region ." as it was then called, and with Governor Stevens T. Mason of Michigan Ile bought 1.200 acres of isthmus land for $1,500. Madison was one o f several prospective citi es offered to the

1836 legislature fo r selection as the future capita l. Besides Madison . there were Fond du Lac, Belmont and Cassville. as well as many other towns offered with less su ccess. But none could match Judge Doty or his Four Lakes Region. It is said that as he ex to lled the virtues of his pet site to that fir st legislature . Judge Doty passed ou t bu ff alo ro bes and 23 tilles to choice co rner lo ts in his " paper tC'wn " as an added ind'Jcement.

Du!y chosen the future ::;apitol , the isthmus was first settled by a white family in Apr il , 1837, when Eben and Rosaline Peck built three interconnected log cabin'> in the middl e of what is now Soulh Butl er Street. Ac tually. John Callir. had put 'Jp G log house on the si te of Manchester's before the Pecks. but the Catlin homestead was destroyed by lire before it could be occupied . and the Peck house was the li rst to be lived in . The Peck's Inn housed 36 construction workers who arrived in June. 1837, to begin buil din g the first Capi to l in Madi son .

In 1846 Madison, wi th a population of 626, became an incorporated villag e. When, in 1848, Wi sconsin becClme th e thirti eth state . th e Capital Ci ty was selected as the si te lor a new state universi ty, now the Uni versity of Wisconsin. Tile first univers ity building, now ca ll ed North Hall, was built on Bascom Hill two year s later , and still stands today. Tremendous growth 101l0wed Wisconsi n's statehood, and Madi

son became a full-fledged city in 1856 wIl en it had a POpulCllion of 6.864 . Many of th'e old homes included in this walking-lou r gu ide were built about the time Madison became a ci ty. The area north of the Square, in the viC in ity o f Langdon and Easl Gil rn an Sl ree ls. was the presti ge residential are:1, as evidenced by the eleg:1n t character o f many 01 these houses . Til is area was often referred to as "Yankee Hill" o r " Big Bug Hill " and, though it was not one of th e first settled areas. it did house many of th e city's elite from the fi elds o f business, politics and educat ion .

Many o f these fine o ld build ings were bui lt with local buff sandstone , giving Ihe several nat ional arChitectural styles rep resented a uniquely local flavo r. This stone was quarried from wha t is now Hoyt Park . and from the bluffs of Shorewoocl. now residentia l areas.

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husinr,:s property the ~hutters nne! 1I1l' long side porch were torn oft' ;md what was .left d the lawn [lnd g;Jo;'dCll bec[ll11 ~ parking lot.

According to the B;J(ls arti lie. t11C St"ines ramily Jived in the lll'uSC only a few years be fore it W8S suld to .1. .J Stoncr, then to W. D. Trnney alld then to Thomas Regan. master plumher for the State Capitol. .,

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- ml'1' G(r\~'i\lbl'rt Schill('de:-illnll. I\nothcr , Anne Rcg8n 'FuIlE'l;', lived abroad ufl ..r her In a r ria g e. Alice Regan, il third daughter, was a CL';JCert pianist and mmic teach!'r at the University of Wis~l'llsin. There was also a son, Palll [{egan.

Eventually the property "'oS purel];Jsed by .til ad ison New s papers. Inc" and the first floor is now the William Ch;Jf. tertoll law oflices.

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Landmark City House Has Become an Unwanted Liability

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Village on slone Did Joseph John Stoner arrive in

Waterloo on the early 1870's from Madison in his own wagon with a cloud of dust? Or did he aligh! from a passenger train at the depot? \Vhicliewr, his first probable contact in Waterloo was with the editor of the Waterloo Journal. The Journal was situated in the "Union Block" -' a frame building about where the [-resent post office sits. J.J. Stoner was born on December

21, 1829 at Highspire, PA. In 1864 he I\1oved from the East to Madison and was listed in a Madison business directory as a book s:!lesman. He married Harriet Louise Daggett at the hOllle of his Madison employer, Ephraim T. Kellog. After a short sojourn in New Orleans the Stoners returned to Madison where they lived for the next 20 years on Lake Mendota at the foot of South Hanlilton Strcrt '

In 1869 Stcn~r joined f"rces with Alb"rt Ruger. Ruger was a prolific art ist who had drawn many views of towns and cities. This same vear the two of them produced I 2 ~iews of various midwestern cities under the illlpr int "Published by Ruga & Stoner, Madison, .Wis." These were the so-called "Bird's Eye Views" where the ilrtist laboriously walked the streets uf a city sketching each and every 'building - homes, churches,

business buildings. Then he returned to his studio where he had a map of the particular city. Using the map and his building sketches he conceptualized a view. of the city from a height of roughly 2000 feet and drew it.

';[Oner would take this prelimin.ary . reh to the editor of the local ''vspaper and to other prominent uple. The newspaper would tout the :uties of the town or city as seen' in ( sketch. Frequently, Stoner would , a subsidy from local real estate in.:sts or from the railroad. After all, '.he view publicized the town as .Irable the town might attract 'pie and grow. Both the realtors

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pay rent. This. in turn, is denied by Wilke and Wlodarczyk, who, while admitting they were late at times. claim they always paid up; in filct. they maintain they offered to buy the house but never got a response.

MNl's viev.' is that its hands are tied. In a 1973 Capital Tim~5 story . Lussier was quot~d as saying that neighlJorhooo opposilion made it difficult to turn the building into office spilCe. while the $250,000 pric~ tag hact rliscouraged several potential buyers . The house was also in bad repair and "needs a lot of refurbishing," he silid. "It's an old buildinR ,\,'ith il lot of limitations," he added .

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Eight years later, h is views haven't changed an)'. "What can we do?"' he asks. "We've had it for sale and nobody wants to buy it. " Asked whether MNI had any plans to ci;evelop the property for commercial or residential pu.poses, he says no .

Gould is frankly frustrated. "What do you do wHh a properly owner who refuses to be velY farSighted?"" she asks.

Several years ago, in an effol t to encourilge the recycling of the bUilding. she and ill~othn local preservationist, Dick Wagner, gave a slide presentation to fv1r~1 board members and execlitives on what could be done with historic properti(', like the Stoner HOllse.

"BaSically, they listened politely and didn't say much," Wagner recalls. Somewhat ruefully, Gould says her attempts to spur MNI into action have been "totally rebuffed." Some observers say it's due to most MNI directors not living in Madison or having lost interest in the downtown.

Yet a number of ideas have been tossed out for use of the Stoner House, including some by other MNI executives: remodeling it into a downtown office for MNI and the two cailies. converting it into a conference center, or selling it at a token price in order to

reap a substantial tax write-off. The Greater Madison Board of Realtors, for one, is said to have been interested in buying and restoring the bUilding for its headquarters if the price was right.

According to Wagner, the major stumbling block is that the land surrounding the house is worth conSiderably more than the structure itself-it is, after all, a prime downtown site . I-(athryn RanJ.;in, the city's preserliation planner, says the vari ous MNI par eels on the block are assessed at $127.400, while the house is valued ilt only $54.000.

What the future holds for the Stoller House is unclear. Some preservationists are

crOSSing their fingers that MNl's new general manager, Henry Bird, will take a special interest in getting the house back in circulation .

And 011 the bright side, the building itself is structuraHy sound, according to Rankin. " It would need quite a bit of renovation, like any other old bUilding, but it's not ready for the wrecking baH by any means," she says. "There's no reason for it 10 be sitting there empty."

Unfortunately, vandals may have the final say in what happens to the Stoner House. A reporter who visited it recently found the front door ajar, and a photographer who made two subsequent visits also found that doors were unlocked .

Capi tv I I ime6 J Atj JlJ 1,6.3

MNI donates landmark to architects By WHITNEY GOULD

. Clpit~ Times St~ff Writer

An historic sandstone house in downtown Madison will get a new lease on life. In an arrangement completed

today. Madison Newspapers, Inc., has made a gift of the 128-year-{)ld .Joseph Stoner house, 321 S. Hamilton St., to the Wisconsin Architects . Foundation. MNI is the publishing company that prints The Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal The foundation, which is the non

profit., educational arm of the Wisconsin Society of Architects, plans to renovate the house and use it for its offices as well as a museum for architectural materials and artifacts, according to WAF Executive Director Eric Englund. An official city landmark that is

listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Italianate building is located on a triangular parcel of land bordered by South Hamiltl)n, South Henry and West Wilson streets. The WAF plans to move the build

ing about 200 feet to the north, closer to the Wilson Street side of the property. This will allow developer WilHam Dallman to build 54 condominium units on the southern, lakefront portion of the lot., whicll he has bought from MNI.

Englund said It will cost more than f,lO,OOO to move the building, with its 400 tOM of 18-inch-thick native sand stone. Some of the relocation money will come (rom a federal Community Development Block Grant. Another $120.000 or so will go into

refurbishing the two-story struct.ure, which has been vacant for more than a decade. Architect Nat Sample will design the renovation. "Within our financial limits. we

hope this will be a real showcase restoration project.," Englund S.1id. He added that the foundation hopes to have the building in its new spot by Dec. I, with renovation completed by next summer. The house was built between 1855

and 1858. From 1865 and 18&'i it was the home and business of Joseph Stoner, a prolific publisher of urban bird's~ye views. TtJese lithographed aerial drawings, which depicted the panorama of a city. were important advertising tools for business people and real~state entrepreneurs. When it is opened (or public use,

the building may exhibit some I)r Stoner's original drawings, along with other materials designed to promote public awareness of architecture and planning, according to Englund. It took a year of work to arrange

the transfer of the property. MNI Controller Phil Blake was also

pleased with the arrangement. "We had an interest in doing the right thing by this house," he said. "But until Eric and the architects' group came forward., it was difficult to put together a workable plan. it was fortuitous lltat we also had a bu}''?r for the rest of the parcel at tile same time."

After over one year of negotiations, Madison Newspapers, Inc., has made a gift of the 128-year-old Joseph Stoner House to the Wisconsin Architects Foundation (WAF).The WAF, the non-profit. educational arm of the WSA. will undertake extensive exterior and interior renovation of the house and then enter into a long term lease in order that the WSA may utilize the building for its permanent offices.

The Stoner House is an official Madison Landmark. as well as being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Italianate buildIng, built between 1855 and 1858, is currently located on a friangular parcel of land approximately two blocks from the State Capitol. In accepting the gift of the building, the WAF has agreed to move the building approximately 150 feet north on the lot to a more prominent position closer to the State Capitol.

The budget for this project is currently estimated at $170,000. Of that amount. the City of Madison has provided $47,000 in Community Development Block Grar,lt funding to assist in relocation costs. The State Historical Society has provided an additional $60,000 in grants to assist in restoration costs. The balance of the funding, approximately $60,000, will be raised through contributions from interested individucls and organizations, including the INAF and the WSA.

In undertaking this very substantial effort, the WSA Board of Directors felt that this project would be a valuable tool in promoting public awareness as to the value of quality architecture. Additionally, cost fig- . ures associated with restoration and continued operation of this project are not expected to increase current costs associated with housing operations for the WSA and WAF.

While it took in excess of one year to put together the package of funding and consents necessary to undertake this project. the biggest hurdle crossed to date has been selecting an architect for the project. The Executive Committee of the WSA spent substantial time on this matter and after much deliber

. ation approached Nat Sample, FAIA. who recently retired from the practice of architecture and is an Emeritus member of both WSA and AlA Nat has agreed to come out of retirement to provide architectural seNices for this project. Current plans are to complete moving the building by December 1. 1983 with restoration efforts completed by the summer of 1984. Moving the 400 ton sandstone structu~e will be no easy task. Costs as

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soCiated with physically moving the building approximately 150 feet are apJ:)roximately $20,000. In addition to these costs, there will be substantial additional expenditures associated with moving the building and new utility seNice, and providing a new foundation for the structure.

When the' building is completed it will be open for public inspection on an ongoing basis. Both the WAF and WSA are hopeful that portions of the building will be utilized as a museum for architectural materials and artifacts. Individuals who have such artifacts which might be appropriate for display (two dimensional or three dimensional) should contact Eric Englund at the WSA office.

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So~iety of Ar~hite~ts to Have N e,v HODle

The Wisconsin Society of Architects of the American Institute of Architects (WSAl is in the pr-ocess of moving and restoring a building to be used as its permanent headquarters in Madison. The Wisconsin Architects Foundation. the educational arm of the WSA. recently received a gift of ' Joseph Stoner House. an imposing two story structure built around 1855 in Madison of locally quarried sandstone. The basic style and scale of the building are an Italianate townhouse. This building currently sits in the middle of three lots, two blocks south of the State Capitol. The building has been desi.,,~ted as a Madison Landmark. and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

As a condition to receiving this gift. the WSA has promised to move this 400 ton building approximately 100 feet on the lot. The relocated building will sit in a prominent location two blocks from the State Capitol. The building will provide approximately 1.700 square feet of office space which. will be used by the Wisconsin Sotiety of Architects when restoration is completed. Preliminary cost estimates associated with moving and restoring this project are $170.000. The WSA has obtained grants totally $110.000 from thl' Wisconsin State Historical Society and through Community Development Block Grants.

The house was built between 1855 and 1858. From 1865 to 1885 it was the home and business of Joseph StoDl'r. a prolific publisher of urban bird's-eye

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"Within our financial limits. we hope this project will be a real showcase for restoration." says Eric Englund. Executive Director of the Wisconsin Society of Architects. He added that current plans are to have the building in its new location by December 1 with renovation completed by the summer of. 1984. Englund further added that the Wisconsin architectural community is particularly excited about this move and will liUlize the building as a tool toward the promotion of public awareness of the value of quality architecture.

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Landmark will be on the'move

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By Gary Radloff Special to ~!ournil1

Madison, Wis. ......; There ' should be a handle with care sign on the Joseph Stoner house. .

And when the movers come for this 125-year- . 'oldhouse - with its 400 tons of 18-lnc;h thick ' sandstOne - one hopes they will not take ,their job lightly . . '. . . ' '. . ' . The Stoner house, a city landmark that Is on the

National Register of Historic Places, occupies a . triangle of downtown Madison between S. Hamll

ton, S. Henry and W. Wilson St!. '. . It is destl~ .for a new site a little 'more. than

, . 200 feet north. The move Will preserVe the house I while ,making room for 54 .condomlnlums. .

The move-and-preserVe project began In an arcbltectural orgaruzation's need for Il new home. . ' "About ,a year ago, we began looking fot permanent office space In . Madison," said trtc En- .

glund, executive director of the lWlsconsin. Society of Architects. "The value .of the lot \Vas ~ blgh, : . so w,e looked for other optlon's"" . ,

.,' Deal maCle' .. ' ,; .The house and property were owned 'by Madi

son Newspapers lric., the publishhlg coinpany ,of the Wisconsin State Joumal and The CapitalI' Times. The company had planned to build new of~

,. flces downtown for the Ilewspapers, but Instead . built on Madison's south side; '. I The architects society made a 'deal with William

Dallman, a local developer, who was conSidering buying the Stoner house lot for a condominium project. . . . '. '. . . The plan bad Dallman buying the ~d and .the

society contracting to h.ve the Stoner ' hoUse moved. this-would clear the way for the condominiums, with their vie" of Lake Monona. . . The plan' was approved by the CItY. Dallman r . bought the land and Madison Newspapers d()ilated the Stoner house to the WisConsin Architects Foundation, the society's non-profit tnn. . In. making the . donation, Madison Newspapers

required tha~ the house be restored. The comPany also required that the buil4ing be open to tHe public once the work was completed. . "T~ls will be Ii sensitive restoration," Englund said. "The house needs substantial Interior and exterior work." . / The house, which has been vacant tor 10 years, needs new windows, roof, electrical fixtures, ventilation, plumbing and heating. MOving a house takes work: First, a new foun

dation must be dug. The basement walls are knocked out and replaced with sted beamsruri nlng the length and breadth of the hOuse.

ArtIst Dved there A series of large dolly wheels with shock ab

sorbers then are placed. between th~ beams and a portable platform. Then the house is rolled to Its new foundation. . . "Whether It works or not is a g~ question,"

'. Englund said. "The movers say they have moved buildings larger than this." . . The. house was built sometime between .1855

'. and 1858. Stoner was an artist who drew blrd'seye views of Midwest cities. He lived In the house betweeq 1865 and 1885. . . . The two-story house is built of locally quarried

sandstone and has an ltallanate design, but parts of the house Mve Greek revival detailing. LIttle Is known about the house before Stoner

lived there. . ' . It Is estimated that the moving and restoration

will cost $170,OOO.The Wisconsin Architects Foundation has received Ii $60,000 grant from the State HistQricai Society through the National Historic Preservation Fund. I. the City of .Madlson has awarded the founda

tion a $47,000 Coltllnunlty Development Block Grant for the moving .costs . Once the restoration Is done, part of the build

Ing will be used for officeS for the sOciety. Another part will be a museum of architectural materials . .

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Meet the Joseph John Stoner House. This imposing two-story structure was built around 1855 in Madison of locally quarried sandstone. Tt1e basic style and scale are those of an Italianate townhouse. The building currently sits in the middle of three lots, two blocks south 'of the State Capitol at the southern corner of the intersection of South Hamilton, South Henry and West Wilson. It has been designated as a Madison Landmark and is listed on the national Register of Historic Places.

To make a long story short, the WSA is currently investigating the purchase and renovation of this building as a new headquarters. In developing criteria to be utilized in evoluat

ing potential office sites, the WSA determined that any possible building should be of architectural significance, singular in nature, and that the development of the property should not increase the overhead associated with office space rental currently being paid by the WSA

At this juncture negotiations continue with the current owner of the parcel and substantial preliminary investigation is being undertaken regarding the financial feasibility of obtaining this building and undertaking the very substantial renovation that is necessarY in order for it to be functional. As this project develops further, more information will be provided to all WSA members.

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A LONG-NEGLECTED DOViNTOWN landmark will get a new lease on 11fe, a.nd some new neighbors, if the plans of a Ma.d1son man are successful. Developer William Dallman

has purchased the historic Stoner House, 321 S. Hamilton St., from Madison Newspapers, Inc. He wants to relocate the building on a different part of its current lot, a.nd then renovate it for office space. He then plans to construct a new condom1nium project on the balance of the triangular site overlooking Lake Monona. Dal.lm&n explained his

proposal a.t a. Monday, Dec. 20 meeting of the Madison Landmarks Commission. Because the Stoner House Is a designated Madison Landmark, the commission must approve the scheme. After a. presentation by

Dallman, Eric Englund, executive director of the Wisconsin Society of Architects, and Judson Knoll, architect of the proposed' 'Hamilton Point Condominiums," the com.m1ssion gave a preliminary go-ahead to the development idea.

The Stoner House was constructed between 1855 and 1858, .during Madison's firs~ burst of growth and prosperity. Its simplicity, symmetry and generous proportions are hallmarks of the ItaJ.1anate style also seen In two Mansion Hill residences from the same period, the Van Slyke House and the Bashford House. From 18es to 1885 the

Stoner House was both offices . and residence of Joseph Stoner, a Well-known publ1sher of the lithographed aeri&l bird's-eye view panoramas of towns and cities that were popular during the 19th century. In recent years the house

has fallen into sad disrepair, although structurally sound_ Madison Newspapers, the business arm of the city's two d&1ly papers. had sought permissIon a decade ago to raze the building for a. parking lot. The city plan commlssloll refused to allow demolition, and the building subsequently was declared !\ landmark and a.dded to the National Register of HistoriC Places . It has been vacant for a number of years. By picking up the Stoner

H01..isa and moving It forward -that is, closer to the Capitol -Dallman can make room for

a condom1nlum on the rest of the prime site. Other developers have been stymied by the inabWty to wedge any profitable structure around the exisWlg house. If the move Is successful

the Stoner House will become a showcase renovation and the offices of the Wisconsin Society of Architects . The Hamilton Point

Condominiums will be a tintedbrick Victoria.n structure designed for compatabWty in building mass, cclor and detailing with the Stoner House. The condos will be one and two bedroom units marketed primarily to firsttime home buyers. . The Landmarks.Commissioners expressed some concern that the currently bleak real estate development picture may thwart the Hamilton Point part of the plan. Dallman pledged to accomplish the moving and renovation of the Stoner House ftrst, and then proceed cautiously with the condom1n1um. The commission will retain

the right to evaluate the total project as work proceeds, to protect the historic value of the Stoner House and its site. .-David W. Chandler

Capl'tt} I Times Jan. (p J 1'18~

Stoner House to be moved

ByMIKE STAMLER style development of one- and twoCapital Times Staff Writer bedroom condominil-lms expected to

seU in the range of $39,000 to $85,000. . ' A Madison developer plans to move In a recent prospectus, Dallman the Stoner House, a national historic said he expects the condominiums landmark, to make room for a multi- and the Stoner House to occupy about unit Victori;m-style condominium 34 percent of the large lot, and the reproject overlooking Lake Monona. ' maining 66 percent, would remain as

The deveJoper, William Dallman, open space. plans to restore the Stoner /louse - The proposal has bfoen presented built in the 18505 - and make it the already to the Madison Landmarks show rase home of the Wisconsin Commission, which gave preliminary Society of Architects. The lot and the, ' approval to the plans, It must also go house were gurchased from Maruson through a round of hearings before Newspapers Inc. various city boards and commissions

The house, vacant for years, will be before construction can begin. moved from its present location - Dallman told the commission he near the back of a large triangular would complete the move and restoblock bounded on two sides h:t South ration work on the Stoner HOllse beHamilton and South Henry streets - fore plunging into development of the :l_G..,:ut 100 feet to the northern end of condominiums. the lot closest to Wilson Street. The ' Iong-negelcted sandstone , That, will leave room for the llamil- Stoller House was buUt between 1855

ton Point Condominiums, a Victorian and 1858 during . the first sustained (fl ,

burst of growth and prosperity in the The developer, Dallman, 39, is a city. It is an Italianate-style mansion' Madison native . He was the de similar to two homes in the Mansion veloper for two subdivisions in the Hill district, the Van Slyke House and city, Sun Ridge and Woodland Hills, the Bashford H oust'. both on Madison"s west side. '

It gets its name from Joseph Stoner, who llsed it as a home and an Dallman said aU of the Ilamim office bet ween 1865 and 18&1. Stoner Point units will face Lake Mon0llC\. was a publisher 'who specialized in with some one-bedroom units, SGfTle lithographic scenes of town:; and one-Ooor two-bectroom unils Jrd cities. some two-story two-bedroom units.

MNI sought to have t.he building razed for a parking lot 10 years ago, but the City Plan Commission refused. It subsequently was listed 011 the National Register of Historic Places.

Although the building's basic structure Is sound and , the outside still lookS similar to the way it did years ago, the Inside is a mess, bearing scars from various tenants during the past 30 years.

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town Madison is now complete IU\d the building will 'now house the Wiscon.sln, Society of Architects: / rTIie biilldlng, constructed of locally 'quarried sandstone in the mJd-l9th century, is listed in the National Register of Historic Place and is designated as a landmark by the city of Madison. Joseph Stoner used it as a home and offiCe for 20 years.

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'J1te building was moved about 100 feet from the mJddle of 'the block bounded by SoUth Hamilton and

, South Henry streets to make way for it condominium development. ' , ',

Before the condominium project was proposed; the building was owned by MadiSon NewspaperS Inc. , It was donated to the Wisconsin Architects Foundation and the WisconSin sOciety of' Architects.

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Paul Bronson, of'the Wisconsin Architectural Foundation, and Eric Englund, of ' the Wisconsin So~iety of Architects, enjoy an office in renovated Stoner House.

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