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Memorial Union

Memorial Union | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
Memorial Union from across Langdon Street on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Projected drawing of the Union at its completion. Included is a few paragraphs that give basic information, which can be read in the notes section lower on this page.
DESCRIPTION
Memorial Union from across Langdon Street on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Projected drawing of the Union at its completion. Included is a few paragraphs that give basic information, which can be read in the notes section lower on this page.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:57995
Creation Date: 1921
Creator Name:Peabody, Arthur
City:Madison
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Place File*
Genre:Print
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:PF Madison UW.451
Original Dimensions:7 x 3 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It reads "The Memorial Union stands close to the center of the university community, occupying all the lake shore space between Park Street and the Y.M.C.A. and fronting on Langdon Street, one of the main university thoroughfares. It is a building 320 feet long-100 feet longer than the Historical Library-and is separated into three units, the forms of which correspond to their functions. On the left is the theater unit, in the center the Union of clubhouse unit, and on the right the commons or hotel and dining room unit. Designed in the architectural style of the Northern Italian Renaissance, the Union is in harmony with the general university building scheme and a fit companion for the beautiful Historical Library. It is the first step in the comprehensive development of the lower campus which is projected. The Union is built of buff Madison stone trimmed with gray Bedford stone. A low roof of green tile, projecting pylons, a great curving bay, and the broken outlines of its three units make the building ideally suited for its site among the elm trees of the bending lake shore. The flagstone terrace stretching to the miniature lake harbor will be one of the beauty spots of the campus. The building, entirely completed with cost $1,500,000 and will be the finest and most useful structure the university possesses."
SUBJECTS
Architectural rendering
College buildings
University of Wisconsin
Cities and towns
Student unions
Pedestrians
Roads

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