Claude and Starck

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Ornament from the Levitan Building (1928) at 15-19 W. Main Street, Madison, razed 1974

Claude and Starck was an architectural firm in Madison, Wisconsin, at the turn of the twentieth century. The firm was a partnership of Louis W. Claude (1868-1951) and Edward F. Starck (1868-1947). Established in 1896, the firm dissolved in 1928. The firm designed over 175 buildings in Madison.

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Madison buildings

Buildings elsewhere

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Carnegie Library, Aitkin, Minnesota
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Public Library, Jefferson, Wisconsin
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Woodland Hotel, Owen, Wisconsin
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Public Library, Tomah, Wisconsin
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Carnegie Library, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Claude and Starck designed approximately 40 libraries, including the "seven sisters" characterized by the Prairie School style.

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