Property Record
1025 W. Johnson Street
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Educational Science Building |
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| Reference Number: | 241096 |
| Location (Address): | 1025 W. Johnson Street |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1971 |
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| Survey Date: | 20192022 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report: The American Indian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was introduced in 1972 to create a Native American studies curriculum and recruit American Indian faculty. The program was originally located at the University of Wisconsin Law School and moved to the School of Education in 1976. In 1977, Ada Deer worked as a senior lecturer in the School of Social Work and the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was known nationally for her groundbreaking classes on Native American issues and pioneering social work training for Native American reservations. Ada Deer was one of fifty-one accomplished educators and practitioners featured in the 2003 book Celebrating Social Work: Faces and Voices in the Formative Years published by the Council on Social Work Education. From 1993 to 1997, Ada Deer was appointed as the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs in the United States Department of the Interior and was the first Native American woman to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She returned to teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work in 1997, and from 2000 to 2007 she was the director of the American Indian Studies Program at the university. She is currently a distinguished lecturer emerita at the university. For more information on the life of Ada Deer, please see the Notable People Chapter. Ada Deer is locally significant in the Native American community in the area of Government, particularly the Federal Government, from 1972 to 1997. Deer taught in the non-extant School of Social Work, which was located at 425 Henry Mall on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus; however, her office was at room 1188 in the Education Sciences Building, located at 1025 W. Johnson Street, which has been the site of Ada Deer’s, and others, work in the field of American Indian Studies. Therefore, the Educational Science Building is the only resource in the City of Madison associated with her significance in the Native American community in the area of Education. |
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| 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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |