Adolph H. Kayser

[1] Kayser was born in the village of Frechen, near Cologne, on the Rhine, in the Kingdom of Prussia, on Jan. 28, 1851.

When four years old he came to America with his parents, who settled on a farm near Sauk City.

Kayser was mayor of Madison for one term, from 1914 to 1916, succeeding John B. Heim, who was also his lifetime neighbor on East Gorham Street.

Kayser's home, the Adolph H. Kayser House, constructed in 1902, is at the intersection of East Gorham Street and North Livingston Street in Madison.

It was designed by the architects Claude and Starck and is on the National Register of Historic Places.