Property Record
1805 LINDEN DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Animal Research Laboratory - Muscle Biology Laboratory |
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| Other Name: | Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory (UW#0123) |
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| Reference Number: | 160465 |
| Location (Address): | 1805 LINDEN DR |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1931 |
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| Additions: | 1958 1969 |
| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Arthur Peabody; Department of Agricultural Engineering (1958 addition); Bureau of Engineering (Madison) (1969 addition) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 1988- "Built in 1929, and added to in 1960 and 1970, it includes a killing floor, and chilling and freezing rooms which are used for teaching meat quality and training meat judging teams. Working in the basement of this building in the 1930s, the future University President Conrad Elvehjem conducted his work on the Vitamin B complex. His isolation of nicotinic acid as the causative agent of Black Tongue disease in dogs led directly to a cure for human pellagra." |
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| Bibliographic References: | 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. 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 |