Hyer's Hotel
- Year
- 1854
- Style
- Italianate
- City
- Madison, WI
Hyer's Hotel dates to 1854 and stands as a Madison Landmark, listed both on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property and in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places. It was built in the Italianate style, one of the more ornate architectural fashions available to Madison builders in the mid-1850s.
the building
Italianate facade. The hotel's Italianate detailing is visible from the street, marking it as a product of the style's mid-19th-century popularity in American commercial and hospitality buildings.
the style
Hyer's Hotel was built in the Italianate style, a fashion that swept American towns in the mid-1800s and left this building with the ornamental facade detail still visible today.
More on Italianatesignificance
The building carries triple recognition: Madison Landmark status, listing on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property, and inclusion in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Madison Gas and Electric Company Powerhouse
- St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
- William T. Leitch House
- William Collins House
- Robert M. Lamp House
- Madison Municipal Building