Property Record
420 HENRY MALL, U.W-MADISON CAMPUS
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Agricultural Chemistry Building |
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| Other Name: | Biochemistry Building, Building #19 (UW#0084) |
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| Reference Number: | 16880 |
| Location (Address): | 420 HENRY MALL, U.W-MADISON CAMPUS |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Additions: | 1957 1941 |
| Survey Date: | 1998 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | W. P. Laird and Cret; Law, Law and Potter; Foeller, Schober, Bernard, Safford and Jahn |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Agricultural Chemistry Building |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/19/1985 |
| 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. This Georgian Revival styled college building was the site of nationally significant research in nutrition. Original cost of the building was $83,363. [A]. It is also a contributing building in the Henry Mall Historic District (listed 1/22/1992). |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A]. ORIGINAL COST WAS FOUND IN "A TABULAR HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON" ALDEN AUST 1937. 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 |