Auto tours of Sunset Village neighborhood on the near west side of Madison WI

Purple arrows below follow route of auto tour north of Regent St.

Source:  City of Madison neighborhoods 

(text boxes, highlights, and arrows added)

Sunset Village
Boundaries:

• East:  Larkin Street, Owen Parkway, Eugenia Avenue
• North:  University Avenue
• West:   Midlvale Boulevard, Merlham Drive, Hillside Drive
• South: Mineral Point Road

Green arrows in above map follow route of auto tour south of Regent Street.

Timeline and description (not much to share)

• 1937.  Named by developer John C. McKenna Sr. as he considered it at the time his final project
• Primarily single-family homes (Cape Cod, ranch, split-level ranch) with 2-3 bedrooms.
• 1941.  Considerable home construction completed by the start of World War II
• 1946.  Construction resumed apace after World War II
• The 8th and 9th additions, the last, were developed in the 1950s.
• Location:  West of Midvale Boulevard along Hillcrest Drive and Merlham Drive
• Single-family home and 7 four-unit apartment buildings

Sources:

• City of Madison neighborhood profiles
• The Origins of Some Madison, Wisconsin, Street Name. Part VII.  (Historic Madison, Inc. of Wisconsin)

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