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2115 OBSERVATORY DR | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

2115 OBSERVATORY DR

Architecture and History Inventory
2115 OBSERVATORY DR | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Biotron
Other Name:Biotron (UW#0045)
Contributing:
Reference Number:160474
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2115 OBSERVATORY DR
County:Dane
City:Madison
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
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Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1966
Additions:
Survey Date:19752022
Historic Use:university or college building
Architectural Style:Contemporary
Structural System:
Wall Material:
Architect: Grassold and Johnson (Milwaukee)
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:1988- The "Biotron was designed to study living organisms in a full range if controlled environmental conditions. Housed in a three-story brick building, the Biotron has 50 controlled environment rooms, including "dew" rooms where temperature and humidity can be manipulated to produce fog, dew, or aridity."
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. 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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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