Property Record
206 BERNARD CT
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Bernie's Place (UW#1082) |
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| Other Name: | Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) |
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| Reference Number: | 160472 |
| Location (Address): | 206 BERNARD CT |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1911 |
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| Survey Date: | 20192022 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Housed Bernie's Place preschool from 1968 into 2010s. City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report: The Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) was established in 1969 during a series of conferences of the National Chicano Liberation Youth Conference on university campuses across the country. As a national student organization focused on social and economic justice issues facing the Chicano community and later the entire Latino/a community, it grew during the 1970s. MEChA was established at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970 in a direct correlation with the development of the national student organization and the civil rights movement. MEChA grew during the 1970s and 1980s, often as a political organization and encouraged the implementation of Chicano and Latino/a studies in higher education. By the 1990s, MEChA chapters were established on most university campuses across the United States. MEChA is intended to promote higher education and Latino/a culture and history. The organization claims to be grounded in a philosophy, not a nationality and encourages political and educational involvement. To this day, the University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter continues to hold a variety of different activities including El Mes Xicano, a month-long educational program held annually in October. The organization was first located in a non-extant building at 710 University Avenue in room 202 from the 1970s. In 2011, the building was demolished and MEChA was forced to move. The same year, the annual MEChA National Conference was held in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison MEChA organization. The MEChA office on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is currently located in a Front Gabled style house at 206 Bernard Court. The building was originally constructed as a home in 1911. |
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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. University of Wisconsin-Madison: Preliminary Evaluation of Buildings and Structures for Eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. September 2009. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |