2441 E HARTFORD AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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2441 E HARTFORD AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
2441 E HARTFORD AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Vogel Hall (Milwaukee-Downer Seminary)
Other Name:UW-Milwaukee, Garland Hall, MIL 1959
Contributing:
Reference Number:117760
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2441 E HARTFORD AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1910
Additions:
Survey Date:19792011
Historic Use:dormitory
Architectural Style:Late Gothic Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Alexander C. Eschweiler
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Brown brick Collegiate Gothic building designed in harmony with the old "Downer Quad" across the street.

Construction date, 1910. (1)

Milwaukee-Downer Seminary, Dorm, Dining Room, Study Hall, 1910-61. (1)

UWM, Classrooms and Offices, 1961-present. (1)


HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The building was originally called Vogel Hall after Louies Pfister Vogel (1857-1948), whose family donated money to the college. UWM re-named the building in 1961 for writer Hamlin Garland (1860-1940), who was born in West Salem, Wisconsin.
Bibliographic References:1. Woods, Donald A., "UWM Buildings", (UWM Library, 2nd ed., 1977), p. 19. http://www4.uwm,edu/map/buildings/vt-gar-prof.cfm (2011)
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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