Claude and Starck explained

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

• Allyn house (1914) 1106 Sherman Ave; contributing property to Sherman Avenue Historic District.^[1]
• Alpha Phi Chapter House Association Sorority House (1905) bluelines
• Alpha Tau Omega Chapter House "Gamma Tau of Alpha Omega"
• American Tobacco Company Warehouses Complex (1901, the west building, on the National Register of Historic Places since 2003)
• Breese Stevens Field (1925-26)
• Castle & Doyle storefront, State Street
• Bascom B. Clarke House (1899, on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980)
• Claude House (1899; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980)
• Cornelius Collins House, 646 E Gorham St, 1908^[2]
• William Collins House (ca. 1911; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974)
• Doty School
• Doyle house (1928) 1028 Sherman Ave; Claude & Starck designed a remodel; contributing property to Sherman Avenue Historic District.^[3]
• Edward C. Elliott House (1910, on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978)
• Fay House
• Gary House
• Genske House (1913), 1004 Sherman Ave; contributing property to Sherman Avenue Historic District.^[4]
• Griswold house (1915) 1158 Sherman Ave; contributing property to Sherman Avenue Historic District.^[5]
• Edward A. Ross House (1907; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982)
• Charles Heyl House, 952-956 Spaight St., 1906.^[6]

• Hokanson house (1916) 1047 Sherman Ave; contributing property to Sherman Avenue Historic District.^[7]
• Jackman Building (1913-14; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980)
• Adolph H. Kayser House (1902; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980)
• Lamb Building (1905; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984)
• August Cornelius Larson House (1911; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994)
• Lincoln School (1915; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980)
• George A. Lougee House (1907; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978)
• Luther Memorial Church (1923; on the National Register of Historic Places since 2018)
• Madison Gas and Electric Company Powerhouse (ca. 1908; on the National Register of Historic Places since 2002)
• Majestic Theater
• Harlow & Isabel Ott House
• Phi Delta Theta chapter house
• Public Library Branch, Williamson Street
• Ralph Richardson House, 745 Jenifer St, 1908-09.^[8]
• Joseph & Frances Schubert house (1905) 1118 Sherman Ave; contributing property to Sherman Avenue Historic District.^[9]
• Oscar & Mary Schubert house, 932 Spaight St, 1906.^[10]
• Aquatic Bird and Fish Aquarium at the Henry Vilas Zoo
• Wiedenbeck-Dobelin Warehouse (1907; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986)
• Zimmerman Store and Apartment
• 1028 Sherman Avenue
• 1937 Arlington Place (1900)

Buildings elsewhere

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)^[11]
• 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)^{[12] [13]}
• 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)

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles H. and Louise Allyn House. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2023-10-08.
2. Web site: Cornelius C. and Anna Collins House. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2022-04-13.
3. Web site: John & Charlotte Doyle House. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2023-10-08.
4. Web site: Carl and Minnie Genske House. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2023-10-08.
5. Web site: Ira and Mary Griswold House. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2023-10-08.
6. Web site: Charles W. Heyl Residence. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2022-08-11.
7. Web site: Emil and Irma Hokanson House. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2023-10-08.
8. Web site: Ralph Richardson House. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2022-08-11.
9. Web site: Joseph C. and Frances E. Schubert House. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2023-10-08.
10. Web site: Oscar K. & Mary Schubert Residence. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2022-08-10.
11. Web site: Darlington Carnegie Free Library. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2022-05-07.
12. Web site: Arabut Ludlow Memorial Free Library. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-07-08.
13. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82000671}} NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Monroe Commercial District]. National Park Service. Terry L. Shoptaugh. 1980-03-23. 2017-07-08. With