Property Record
1101 RESERVE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Stevens Point Normal School, Training School Building |
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| Other Name: | UW - STEVENS POINT: Communications Arts Center, STP 0003 |
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| Reference Number: | 74130 |
| Location (Address): | 1101 RESERVE ST |
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| County: | Portage |
| City: | Stevens Point |
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| Year Built: | 1928 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | STATE ARCHITECT'S OFFICE (ARTHUR PEABODY)/ |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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. The Communication Building was constructed in 1928 (occupied in Jan. 1930) to house the new Teaching Laboratory. It accomodated primary, intermediate, and junior high school grades and provided prospective teachers an opportunity to practice their profession with supervision under normal public school conditions. The building contained regular classrooms, assembly rooms, offices, observation rooms, laboratories, a children's library, and an attached gymnasium. Red brick and limestone; three stories; collegiate kind of Renaissance Revival; projecting entrance bay and end pavilions. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Sanborn Perris Map 1935. (B) Central State Teachers College, Home Economics Bulletin, 1930 (photos - flyleaf). (C) Central State Teachers College Bulletin, Jan-March 1930, p. 11. STEVENS POINT DAILY JOURNAL: APRIL 11, 1928, P. 1. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |