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Elegant room featuring a grand piano, modern lighting, and framed photographs, with wooden floors and plush seating.

Mansion Hill Historic Preservation

TDS Design Build received the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2020 Award for Exceptional Interior Preservation for our restoration work on the Governor’s Mansion Inn and Café. Turning Madison’s original governor’s mansion into a charming bed and breakfast with modern amenities, while preserving historical details, was an epic undertaking that yielded stunning results.

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Charming, historically accurate, and practical small garage built by TDS Design Build in Madison, WI.

Regent New Garage

The close-knit lots on the near west side give a great sense of community, but making adjustments to the small and often historically protected sites can be a challenge for builders. Hoping to design a new garage with their future home exterior updates in mind, the owners of this beautiful Wisconsin landmark home contacted TDS due to our reputation for working with historically sensitive homes.

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Historic Restoration Front Exterior

Tenney-Lapham Historic Restoration

This handsome brick home, a City of Madison Historic Landmark, received many restoration and upgrades after a chronic case of “deferred maintenance”. A historically sensitive, single-story addition, with an exposed basement, was added to increase living space while maximizing lake views. An additional half-bathroom was added over the new foundation, utilizing salvaged brick to maintain the historical essence of the home. Select interior walls were also removed for better flow and views.

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Interior of the recreated sun porch from an old photo for the historic renovation of a 1922 Frank Riley Colonial Revival home on the Isthmus in Madison, Wisconsin.

Isthmus Whole Home Remodel

With preservation in mind, a living space was converted back to the original garage, the three-story spiral staircase was refinished, and the birds-eye maple, Brazilian cherry, and black walnut inlay floors were refinished. Updated bathrooms throughout and a new kitchen brought this home up to date without sacrificing its historic appeal.

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Unique historic preservation of a 1880's Second Empire Victorian home in Portage, WI by TDS Design Build.

Portage Historic Preservation

We embarked on the restoration of the third floor of this 1880’s Second Empire Victorian home. Originally the house had 10 dormers; a previous re-roofing had eliminated them altogether. We fully recreated 9 dormers guided by the evidence of the original framing found within the roof structure.

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