Madison Gas and Electric Company Powerhouse
- Architect
- Claude and Starck
- Year
- 1902
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Madison, WI
The Madison Gas and Electric Company Powerhouse is a Neoclassical industrial building completed in 1902 and designed by the Wisconsin architecture firm Claude and Starck. It is individually designated a Madison Landmark and listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
the building
Neoclassical facade. The powerhouse presents a Neoclassical facade to the street, a formal architectural treatment for an industrial building of its 1902 vintage.
the style
The 1902 powerhouse was given a Neoclassical facade, a dignified public face for an industrial building of its era.
More on Neoclassicalthe architect
Claude and Starck was a documented Wisconsin architecture firm; the Madison Gas and Electric Company Powerhouse, completed in 1902, is among its designated works.
significance
The powerhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, and is an individually designated Madison Landmark.
nearby
- St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
- Hyer's Hotel
- William Collins House
- Robert M. Lamp House
- William T. Leitch House
- Madison Municipal Building