Unofficial 1st Governor's Residence Clymer/E. Doty St
The Doty House on Clymer Street (Now Doty Street) was not an official governor’s residence but
governors lived there. Occupied 1841-1844 by Territorial Governor James Duane Doty and then by
Governor Tallmadge.
Built by Simeon Mills, he sold it to Doty. Barlow Shackelold, Doty's brother-in-law, lived in
it after Tallmadge. Later owned by George Burrows, who owned the Opera House next door, and then
the Williams family. Burrows had the house demolished.
For a picture see
WHS-34825
from the Wisconsin Historical Society collection
“Old Governor's Residence” 130 E. Gilman St. Built 1856
Madison Landmark National Register Victorian/Italianate
Built of sandstone from the quarry in Westport brought across a frozen lake Mendota.
Current Governor's Residence
