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

• Alpha Phi Chapter House Association Sorority House (1905) bluelines
• Alpha Tau Omega Chapter House "Gamma Tau of Alpha Omega"
• American Tobacco Company Warehouses Complex (on the National Register of Historic Places since 2003)
• Breese Stevens Field (1925-26)
• Castle & Doyle storefront, State Street
• B. B. Clarke House
• Claude House (1899; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980)
• William Collins House (ca. 1911; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974)
• Doty School
• Fay House
• Gary House
• Edward A. Ross House (1907; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982)
• Hirsig House (on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974)
• Hokanson House
• Jackman Building (1913-14; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980)
• Kayser House (1902; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980)
• Lamb Building (1905; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984)
• 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)
• Lutheran Memorial Chapel
• 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
• Vilas Zoo Aquatic Bird and Fish Aquarium at the Vilas Zoo
• Wiedenbeck-Dobelin Warehouse (1907; on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986)
• Zimmerman Store and Apartment
• 1028 Sherman Avenue

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  American Tobacco Co.
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  Breese Stevens Fieldhouse
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  Castle & Doyle storefront
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  B. B. Clarke House
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  Claude House
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  William Collins House
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  Fay House
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  Gary House
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  Hirsig House
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  Hokanson House
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  Jackman Building
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  Kayser House
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  Lamb Building
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  Larson House
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  Lincoln School
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  George A. Lougee House
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  Madison Gas and Electric Company Powerhouse
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  Majestic Theater
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  Ott House
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  Public Library Branch
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  Wiedenbeck Dobelin Warehouse
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  Zimmerman Store and Apartment
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  1028 Sherman Avenue

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:Carnegie Library
• 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)
• 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: 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")
• Monroe, Wisconsin: Arabut Ludlow Memorial Free Library (1904)^[1][2]
• 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: 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

1. ↑ "Arabut Ludlow Memorial Free Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08. 
2. ↑ Terry L. Shoptaugh (1980-03-23). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Monroe Commercial District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-07-08.  With 56 photos.