The Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House is a
Contemporary-style house designed by
Herbert Fritz Jr. and built in 1951 in
Madison Madison may refer to:
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Wisconsin,
United States. In 2017 the house was added to the
National Register of Historic Places.
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History
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
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...
, and a world-renowned cancer researcher who developed the medication Fluorouracil.
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.[ In 1956 the Heidelbergers added a two-story master bedroom, also designed by Herb Fritz.][National Register of Historic Places, Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, Madison, Wisconsin, National Register #100001255.]
In 2017 the house was added to the State and the National Register of Historic Places - "one of Herb Fritz's early masterworks."
Photos
File:Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House Under Construction, 1951.jpg, House Under Construction, 1951
File:Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, 1952 01.jpg, Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, 1952
File:Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House Interior, 1952.jpg, House interior, 1952. The sloped ceilings are made of Philippine mahogany.
File:Judith Heidelberger in the Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, 1952.jpg, Judith Heidelberger in the living room of the house, 1952
File:Kitchen and Living Room, Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, 1952.jpg, The kitchen and cinderblock fireplace, 1952
File:Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, 1956.jpg, The house in 1956, near the completion of the Herb Fritz master bedroom addition.
File:Tree Notch in the Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, 2019.jpg, Architect Herb Fritz designed a notch into the 1956 addition to the house in order to preserve an extant shagbark hickory tree.
File:Tree Notch in the Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, c.1965.jpg, Street-view, circa 1965, showing the shagbark hickory tree growing through the notch in the roof. The tree was later removed for safety reasons.
File:Heidelberger House, rear-1, Madison WI.jpg, 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.
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References
External links
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Madison, Wisconsin
Houses in Madison, Wisconsin
Modern Movement architecture in the United States
Houses completed in 1951