Tuesday, December 26, 2017

3 auto tours of Nakoma neighborhood, Madison WI west side




Route designations
  • video 1, red arrows
  • video 2, purple arrows
  • video 3, green arrows


(text boxes, highlights, and arrows added)

Nakoma boundaries:
  • East:  UW Arboretum
  • North (southwest to northeast): Odana Road
  • West:   Midvale  Boulevard
  • South: Mohawk Drive




Timeline and description
  • 1914 and 1915.  Most of property purchased by Madison Realty Co.
  • 1916.  Contest to name streets. 
  • Description
    • picturesque suburb
    • winding roads
    • private water system
    • private bus system
    • parks, tennis courts, golf course
  • Housing styles (Colonial, Greek and Tudor revivals; French Provincial, Craftsman, Prairie)
  • 1917.  New grade school opens
  • 1920.  Nakoma District Welfare League, a women's group, formed
  • 1921.  Nakoma Golf Club, a private country club, opens.
  • 1927.  80 families live here.
  • 1928.  First addition to development created
  • 1931.  Restrictive covenant bans African-Americans from living in neighborhood
  • 1931.  Annexed by City of Madison
  • 1936.  Home construction resumes at a pace comparable with 1920s
  • 1945.  All 11 of pre-WWII portions of neighborhood occupied 
  • 2016.  Average home value:  $444,642

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Related posts:
Auto tour of Sunset Village neighborhood, Madison WI.  (12/20/2017)
Auto tour of Glen Oak Hills neighborhood.  (12/17/2017)
Auto tour of Crestwood neighborhood.  (12/8/2017)
Auto tour of Westmorland neighborhood.  (12/7/2017)
Approach and auto tour of Owen Parkway, Hoyt Park.  (12/6/2017)
Auto tour of Indian Hills subdivision,  (12/6/2017)
Auto tour of Pilgrim Village.  (12/5/2017)
Auto tour of Highlands.  (12/5/2017)
UPDATE.  Madison's "Levittown" at 66. (12/2/2017)

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