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206 BERNARD CT | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

206 BERNARD CT

Architecture and History Inventory
206 BERNARD CT | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Bernie's Place (UW#1082)
Other Name:Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA)
Contributing:
Reference Number:160472
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):206 BERNARD CT
County:Dane
City:Madison
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1911
Additions:
Survey Date:20192022
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect:
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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: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.
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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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