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Council reviews nomination to designate Thomas House at 5903 Winnetkel Road a local landmark
Summary
The council discussed a nomination to designate the C. Wright and Edna S. Thomas House at 5903 Winnetkel Road as a local landmark; the Landmarks Commission unanimously recommended the designation and a public hearing was held, but council took no final action at this first reading.
City planning staff and the Landmarks Commission briefed the Monona City Council on a nomination to designate the C. Wright and Edna S. Thomas House at 5903 Winnetkel Road as a local landmark. The item was presented as a first reading and no final council action was taken. City Planner Thor (staff) explained that the nomination, submitted by Erica Fox Gehrig (not the property owner), requests designation of the structure under Chapter 480-20 of the Monona municipal code. Staff materials state the house, built in 1931, is the neighborhood’s—and the city’s—early example of the International style of architecture; the nomination cites associations with Edna Shepherd Thomas, a University of…
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