Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House

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,[4] and a world-renowned cancer researcher who developed the medication Fluorouracil.[5]

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.[3] In 1956 the Heidelbergers added a two-story master bedroom, also designed by Herb Fritz.[6]

In 2017 the house was added to the State and the National Register of Historic Places - "one of Herb Fritz's early masterworks."[3]

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  House Under Construction, 1951
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  Dr. Charles and Judith Heidelberger House, 1952
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  House interior, 1952. The sloped ceilings are made of Philippine mahogany.
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  Judith Heidelberger in the living room of the house, 1952
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  The kitchen and cinderblock fireplace, 1952
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  The house in 1956, near the completion of the Herb Fritz master bedroom addition.
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  Architect Herb Fritz designed a notch into the 1956 addition to the house in order to preserve an extant shagbark hickory tree.
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  Street-view, circa 1965, showing the shagbark hickory tree growing through the notch in the roof. The tree was later removed for safety reasons.
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  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.

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison, Wisconsin

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