Madison ยท Mansion Hill, on Lake Mendota
The Edgewater
The Quisling brothers' 1948 Art Moderne apartment hotel on Lake Mendota; for a historic room, ask for the original Langdon Building.
- Built
- 1948Original Art Moderne tower (now the Langdon Building) built 1946-48 as the Edgewater Apartment and Hotel; a 1972-73 lakefront addition and the 2014 Wisconsin Building tower followed.
- Style
- Streamline Moderne
- Architect
- Lawrence Monberg
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Mansion Hill, on Lake Mendota
- Credentials
- Historic Hotels of America member; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The Quisling brothers hired Chicago architect Lawrence Monberg to design an Art Moderne apartment hotel on Lake Mendota, and the Edgewater opened in 1948. Augie Faulkner bought it in 1966, and a five-story lakefront wing was added in 1972; Elvis Presley rented two entire floors in 1977, and guests have included Bob Hope, Bob Marley and the Dalai Lama. New owners completed a major redevelopment in 2014, keeping the original tower as the Langdon Building alongside a new Wisconsin Building. The original building is contributing in the Mansion Hill Historic District, and the hotel joined Historic Hotels of America in 2015.
Good to know
- Pets welcome
- Address: 1001 Wisconsin Place, Madison, WI 53703
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.