Property Record
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | WEST SHEEP BARN #73 |
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| Reference Number: | 46055 |
| Location (Address): | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Platteville |
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| Year Built: | 1926 |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | Agricultural - outbuilding |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS ERECTED AS PART OF THE PLATTEVILLE NORMAL SCHOOL'S MODEL FARM DURING THE 1920S. (SEE BIB. NOTE 1) IN 1916, 23 ACRES WERE PURCHASED TO BE USED AS A SCHOOL FARM. IN 1926, THE BOYLE (JONES) FARM OF 102 ACRES WAS ADDED, GIVING THE SCHOOL A FARM OF 125 ACRES. (SEE BIB. NOTE 2) THE PIONEER PRAIRIE FARM HAS LABORATORIES FOR ANIMAL, CROP AND SOIL EXPERIMENTATION. NEW AND MODERN LABORATORIES FOR BEEF, SWINE AND DAIRY PRODUCTION ARE LOCATED AT THE FARM. (SEE BIB. NOTE 3) |
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| Bibliographic References: | NOTE 1: RICHARD GAMBLE, "FROM ACADEMY TO UNIVERSITY: WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY-PLATTEVILLE (1866-1966)", 1968, P. 37. NOTE 2: BULLETIN OF THE STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, PLATTEVILLE, WIS., ANNUAL CATALOG, 1938-1939, APRIL 1938, P. 8. NOTE 3: GENERAL CATALOG (WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY-PLATTEVILLE), 1970-1972, P. 35. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |