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425 HENRY MALL | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

425 HENRY MALL

Architecture and History Inventory
425 HENRY MALL | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL
Other Name:Wisconsin High School (UW#0490)
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:30062
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):425 HENRY MALL
County:Dane
City:Madison
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1913
Additions: 1964 1941
Survey Date:1994
Historic Use:school – elem/middle/jr high/high
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:Steel Frame
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: LAIRD AND CRET; State Bureau of Engineering (1964 remodel); Law, Law, Potter, and Nystrom (Madison) (1964 remodel)
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:1993
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Henry Mall Historic District
National Register Listing Date:1/22/1992
State Register Listing Date:11/25/1991
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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. DEMOLISHED 8/17/93 FOR A NEW BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETICS FACILITY. ORIGINAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION WAS $118,200. Replaced by the Genetics-Biotechnology Building (AHI 160501)
Bibliographic References:"A TABULAR HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN", ALDEN AUST, 1937. Wisconsin State Journal 2/13/1990. Wisconsin State Journal 2/16/1990. 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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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