Author Archive: Jason Tish
Jason Tish has been the Executive Director of MTHP since 2009.
2013 Madison Area Historic Preservation Awards
About 200 people came out the Madison Masonic Center on May 2 to celebrate restoration, rehabilitation, personal advocacy and new design. The 2013 Madison Area Historic Preservation Awards brought together owners, architects, and remodelers involved in rehabilitation, restoration and construction projects in and around Madison Each year since 1989 the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation has [...]
Historian Jack Holzhueter encourages Madison on Historic Preservation
Jack Holzhueter has researched and written about historic places since the early 1960s. He is a recognized scholar of Frank Lloyd Wright. He is an eminent and trusted resource for other researchers, historians, and preservation and restoration projects from the Wisconsin State Capitol to Wright’s row of modest American System-Built Homes on Burham St. in [...]
Let’s not bury the only Frank Lloyd Wright we have downtown
Two proposals are in the works for the block, just off the Square, where our only downtown Frank Lloyd Wright building is located. We need to be very attentive to these proposals, and to future development on this block. We should commit to protecting the dignity of the Robert Lamp House, and avoid enshrouding it [...]
The Baskerville offers free 100th Anniversary Tour
The Baskerville will celebrate its centennial with a free “Tour of the Century” May 10, 4:00 – 7:00 PM and May 11, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, 2013, at 121 S. Hamilton Street in Madison. The free guided tours will be led by docents from the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation. In 1907, local Methodist [...]
2013 Historic Preservation Awards – May 2
The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation will present our 25th annual Madison Area Historic Preservation Awards on May 2 at the Madison Masonic Center, 301 Wisconsin Ave.As always, the event is open to the public.
Demolitions proposed in Langdon St. Historic District
Owners of three contributing buildings in the Langdon Street Historic District have proposed to demolish them and build a single massive new development in their place. While new development is important and necessary in Madison, our Downtown Plan is clear and consistent that new development in the Langdon St. area take place on appropriate parcels [...]
Old House Workshops, January – March
Our annual winter series of four Old House Workshops will be held on Thursdays, Jan. 10, Feb. 7, Mar. 7, and Apr. 4 at 7pm at the historic Gates of Heaven Synagogue in James Madison Park.
Call for Nominations – 2013 Historic Preservation Awards
Nominate your neighbor’s restoration work, your firm’s design or construction project, or any other rehabilitation, preservation, or restoration project you’ve seen around town! MTHP is now accepting nominations for our annual Historic Preservation Awards. The deadline for nomination is March 22,2013. The Awards event will be held May 2, 2013, 6:30pm at the Madison Masonic [...]