Property Record
525 COLLEGE STREET
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WHITFORD MEMORIAL HALL |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58249 |
| Location (Address): | 525 COLLEGE STREET |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Milton |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 19772012 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | C.C. Chipman |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Milton College Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/27/1980 |
| 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Originally served as a library and a science building for Milton College. It is believed Andrew Carnegie donated $6,500 toward the library that was once housed in this building. The building was named for Milton College president Reverend William Whitford who served from 1856 to 1902. The cost of construction was $30,000. 2012 UPDATE: THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP THAT DONATED FUNDS FOR THIS BUILDING WAS THE WOMAN'S VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT CLUB. FOUNDED IN 1904 SPECIFICALLY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING, THE WOMAN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB BECAME ONE OF MILTON'S MOST PROMINENT WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. |
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| Bibliographic References: | HISTORICAL SITES AND POINTS OF INTEREST IN ROCK COUNTY, WISCONSIN BY THE ROCK COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL, 5/1994. Historic Milton, Wisconsin Tour Guide, Milton Historic Preservation Commission, 2009. "BICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF MILTON," 1976. The Improvement Bulletin 10/1/1904. Milton Historic Preservation Commission, History in Progress: Hiking/Biking Tour of Historic Milton, Wisconsin, n.d. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |