Property Record
2500 OVERLOOK TERRACE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Veterans Administration Hospital Complex |
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| Other Name: | VETERANS HOSPITAL COMPLEX |
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| Reference Number: | 127004 |
| Location (Address): | 2500 OVERLOOK TERRACE |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Shorewood Hills |
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| Year Built: | 1951 |
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| Survey Date: | 200220002018 |
| Historic Use: | hospital |
| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Holabird & Root |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| 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. 2018 - VAHC Building No. 5 is a two-story brick veneered building with a rectangular footprint and a flat roof. The primary entrance is located on the south-facing façade. The entrance consists of a modern enclosed metal and glass vestibule that extends from the wall and is topped by a metal clad flat roof similar to those seen on other ancillary buildings within the complex. This entrance was added sometime after 2000. Banks of ribbon windows are framed by concrete on the first story flanking the entry and the entire width of the second story. Based on primary source descriptions it is likely that this was originally the nurses living quarters for the hospital. It currently functions as transitional housing for patients. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Heggland, Tim. "Shorewood Hills Intensive Survey Report." 2000. SHSW: Historic Preservation Division. “Hospital’s Decorating Plan Matches New Homes Beauty,” Wisconsin State Journal, September 16, 1951. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |