Sunset Hills Historic District | |
 House at 3901 Plymouth Circle | |
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| Location | Bounded by Owen Pkwy., Regent & Larkin Sts., Hillcrest Dr., Madison, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 43°03′54″N 89°26′41″W / 43.06500°N 89.44472°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 15000356[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 2015 |
The Sunset Hills Historic District is a residential historic district encompassing the Sunset Hills subdivision on the near west side of Madison, Wisconsin. The district includes 93 houses developed between 1955 and 1978, all designed by professional architects in the Modern style. Developer Willis E. Gifford, who also developed the Pilgrim Village subdivision in 1939, planned Sunset Hills; the idea for a single-family neighborhood of professionally designed houses came after Pilgrim Village residents rejected his original plan for apartments. Madison was growing rapidly at the time, and the new subdivision catered to affluent professionals who came to the city for work, including many professors and administrators at the University of Wisconsin. The district includes several designs by Herb Fritz Jr., a Madison architect who worked under Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, and William V. Kaeser, who worked for Frank M. Riley and was heavily influenced by Wright. It also has three houses designed by Elizabeth Mackay Ranney, the only practicing female architect in Madison in the 1960s.[2]
The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 2015.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places 2015 Weekly Lists" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 102. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ Heggland, Timothy F. (June 19, 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sunset Hills Historic District". NPGallery Digital Archive. National Park Service. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
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