Property Record
520 ELM DR (HERRICK AT ELM DRIVE), UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Horse Barn |
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Other Name: | Horse Barn (UW#0095) |
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Reference Number: | 113935 |
Location (Address): | 520 ELM DR (HERRICK AT ELM DRIVE), UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN |
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County: | Dane |
City: | Madison |
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Year Built: | 1868 |
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Additions: | 1899 |
Survey Date: | 197420092022 |
Historic Use: | university or college building |
Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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Wall Material: | Brick |
Architect: | Daniels; J.T.W. Jennings |
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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, State Historic Preservation Office. Barn, which has a Tudor Revival appearance, was originally built in 1868 and was designed by Daniels. The Horse Barn began as a multipurpose barn in 1884. Fifteen years later, university architect Jennings refashioned it into a medievally-inspired edifice with a Neo-Tudor touch for $12,000. The decorative half-timbered gable end, lit with multi-paned windows, dominates the east facade. A gabled porch, supported by stylistically incongruous Ionic columns and ornamented with a heraldic cartouche, shelters the entrance. Roof dormers and decorative bargeboards along the gable ends are gone. Probably because of the building's earlier function as a multipurpose barn, it differs from most horse barns, which are usually long, narrow one-story structures. This building stabled horses on the second floor in an area ventilated by small hopper windows, which open inward on hinges. You can still see the hayloft door, sheltered by a gabled hood, on the west elevation. |
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Bibliographic References: | University of Wisconsin-Madison: Update to the Preliminary Evaluation of Buildings and Structures for Eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places, June 13, 2023. "A Tabular History of the Buildings of the University of Wisconsin" Alden Aust 1937." University of Wisconsin-Madison: Preliminary Evaluation of Buildings and Structures for Eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. September 2009. 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. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tour Guide: Henry Mall and West Campus, 1988. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |