Property Record
1525 HOWE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GOLDEN RONDELLE |
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| Other Name: | GOLDEN RONDELLE THEATRE |
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| Reference Number: | 10937 |
| Location (Address): | 1525 HOWE ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1966 |
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| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | theater/opera house/concert hall |
| Architectural Style: | Usonian |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Taliesen Associated Architects |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THE GOLDEN RONDELLE WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A LARGER STRUCTURE BUILT AS THE SC JOHNSON PAVILLION AT THE 1964-65 WORLD'S FAIR IN NEW YORK. LIPPINCOTT AND MARGULIES WERE THE ARCHITECTS OF RECORD FOR THAT BUILDING. AFTER THE FAIR, THE SAUCER PORTION OF THE SC JOHNSON PAVILLION WAS DISASSEMBLED AND MOVED TO RACINE. TALIESIN ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS WERE HIRED TO REDESIGN THE THEATER AND INCORPORATE THE RONDELLE INTO THE FABRIC OF THE EXISTING JOHNSON WAX HEADQUARTERS. THE SAUCER WAS REASSEMBLED IN RACINE IN 1966 AND PLACED ON A CHEROKEE RED BRICK AND PYREX TUBING BASE. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) "The Golden Rondelle Theater," a booklet about the theater published by Johnson Wax [c.1986]. (B) Frank Lloyd Wright and Associates, Guidebook to Preservation-Racine's 1988 Tour of Historic Places. Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, Racine Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Architecture Tour Guide, 1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |