Property Record
1535 OBSERVATORY DR, UNIV. OF WI
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Agricultural Heating Station |
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| Other Name: | Agricultural Bulletin Building, Building #1 (UW#0078) |
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| Reference Number: | 16833 |
| Location (Address): | 1535 OBSERVATORY DR, UNIV. OF WI |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 1998 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | John T. W. Jennings |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Agricultural Heating station |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/14/1985 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | 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." |
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| Bibliographic References: | [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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |