HISTORIC WALKING TOUR BOOKLET
Rob Latousek
The Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association set up an ad hoc committee in
1991 to study the history of the neighborhood and investigate the possibility
of publishing a historical walking tour booklet, similar to those published
over the last ten years for other areas of the City of Madison. Members
of the committee included Rick Bernstein, Rebecca Sample Bernstein, Martha
Kilgour, Ed Kuharski, Rob Latousek, Brian McCormick, Valerie Mellerop, Sonia
Newenhouse, and Jane Scharer. Several topics were researched, and articles
were written for the neighborhood newsletter. A preliminary survey of neighborhood
architecture was conducted, and a list of potential candidates for a walking
tour booklet created. Discussions with Katherine Rankin, the City's Preservation
Planner, have supported the idea that the neighborhood has enough historic
architecture and significance to warrant the publication of its own walking
tour booklet.
Michael Tuten is a neighborhood resident and former president of both TLNA
and the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation. He has contributed photographs
to other historic walking tour booklets, as well as the Trust's annual awards
program, and has volunteered his services in producing all necessary photographs
for this booklet.
In order to accomplish the additional research and writing that needs to
be done, the neighborhood proposes to hire a historic preservation consultant,
Timothy Heggland, who has worked on similar walking tour booklets for other
downtown Madison neighborhoods and actually grew up in the neighborhood.
Katherine Rankin, Preservation Planner for the City of Madison, has offered
her own editorial services, as well as the support services of city staff
for preparation of the text, maps, and final camera-ready copy for the printer.
They have a wealth of experience preparing other such booklets and have
access to excellent maps and good technical tools for this work.
The Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, which has been involved in several
aspects of our neighborhood planning process, is offering to assist in this
proposed publication by donating the necessary printing materials and services.
The format of the walking tour booklet would follow the model of the other
such booklets published for downtown Madison neighborhoods. It will include
descriptions and photographs of approximately 25 historic places (parks,
residences, and commercial buildings) in the neighborhood and a map legend
of the entire neighborhood with selected places highlighted for the walking
tour. An initial printing of 5,000 copies is planned. The booklet would
be made available to the public free of charge through the City of Madison
Department of Planning and Development office, the Madison Public Library,
the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce office, the State Historical Society,
and other venues.
The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation has already contributed $600
toward this project. We have submitted an application to the Dane County
Cultural Affairs Commission for the remaining $2,050 needed to complete
the project. Any questions may be directed to Rob Latousek (255-6979).
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