Property Record
1000 BASCOM MALL
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Education Building |
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| Other Name: | Education Building, Building #36 (UW#0400) |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 100094 |
| Location (Address): | 1000 BASCOM MALL |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Additions: | 1952 1910 1963 |
| Survey Date: | 1974 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | J. T. W. Jennings; Arthur Peabody (1910 wing); Lewis Siberz (Madison) (1952 remodel); State Bureau of Engineering (1963 remodel sculpture lab) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Education Building is contributing to the Bascom Hill Historic District, NR listed 1974, NRIS #: 74000065 A Historic Structure Report of this building can be found in Room 312 at the Wisconsin Historical Society. "This gray-brown brick structure in the Beaux Arts style was designed by J.T.W. Jennings, the supervising architect of the University, and bult in 1901 for the School of Engineering. After 1939 it was gradually taken over by the School of Education. It was renamed and remodeled in 1952 to 1954, though the names of nineteenth-century engineers, physicists, and mathematicians remain in the carved medallions around the second story. The administrative offices of the School of Education are here." University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tour Guide, 1988. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Feldman, Jim. “Buildings of the University of Wisconsin.” Madison, WI : UW Madison, Archives and Records Management Service, 2006. Originally published 1997. http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=7134919. Accessed: February 2012. University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tour Guide, 1988. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |