1535 OBSERVATORY DR, UNIV. OF WI

1535 OBSERVATORY DR, UNIV. OF WI

Dane

Madison

1901

1998

university or college building

Romanesque Revival

Brick

John T. W. Jennings

No

A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. See Nomination File for photo codes. ORIGINAL COST OF BUILDING WAS $95,000. [A]. 1988- "At the southwest corner of the soils building is a small two-story building with a large vine-covered smoke stack. Opened in 1901 as the College of Agriculture heating plant. It heated the agricultural buildings until 1909-10. From 1937 to 1985, publications distribution facilities of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and Cooperative Extension Programs were here."

[A]. ORIGINAL COST FOUND IN "A TABULAR HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN" ALDEN AUST 1937. 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.

Agricultural Heating station

Mar 14, 1985

Jan 01, 1989