The Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House is a Contemporary-style house designed by Herbert Fritz Jr. and built in 1951 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. In 2017 the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House | |
 Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, October 2017 | |
| Location | 118 Vaughn Court Madison, Wisconsin United States |
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| Coordinates | 43°03′54″N 89°26′42″W / 43.0649°N 89.4450°W |
| Built | 1951 |
| Built by | Lloyd Foust[1][2] |
| Architect | Herbert Fritz, Jr. |
| Architectural style | Modern Movement |
| NRHP reference No. | 100001255 |
| Added to NRHP | June 26, 2017 |
History edit
Charles Heidelberger was a member of the faculty of what would become the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences,[4] and a world-renowned cancer researcher who developed the medication Fluorouracil.[5]
In 1951 the Heidelbergers hired Herb Fritz Jr. to design a modern house for them. Fritz was an admirer of Frank Lloyd Wright, having been a member of the Taliesen Fellowship. He designed a modest-sized but spectacular contemporary-style house set into the hillside, with concrete block walls facing the street and expansive windows looking out the back.[3] In 1956 the Heidelbergers added a two-story master bedroom, also designed by Herb Fritz.[6]
In 2017 the house was added to the State and the National Register of Historic Places - "one of Herb Fritz's early masterworks."[3]
Photos edit
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House Under Construction, 1951 -
Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, 1952 -
House interior, 1952. The sloped ceilings are made of Philippine mahogany. -
Judith Heidelberger in the living room of the house, 1952 -
The kitchen and cinderblock fireplace, 1952 -
The house in 1956, near the completion of the Herb Fritz master bedroom addition. -
Architect Herb Fritz designed a notch into the 1956 addition to the house in order to preserve an extant shagbark hickory tree. -
Street-view, circa 1965, showing the shagbark hickory tree growing through the notch in the roof. The tree was later removed for safety reasons. -
Rear of Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, June 2015. The owners commented that viewing a snowstorm from inside is similar to being inside a snow globe.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "This House in Sunset Village Was Tailored to a Hill". Wisconsin State Journal: Section 4, Page 11. March 30, 1952.
- ^ "Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- ^ a b c "118 Vaughn Court". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ "National Academy of Sciences Deceased Member Directory". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ Chu, Edward (September 2007). "Clinical Colorectal Cancer: "Ode to 5-Fluorouracil"". Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 6 (9): 609. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ National Register of Historic Places, Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, Madison, Wisconsin, National Register #100001255.
External links edit
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