CA. 800 W MAIN ST, AT S WHITON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

CA. 800 W MAIN ST, AT S WHITON ST

Architecture and History Inventory
CA. 800 W MAIN ST, AT S WHITON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Whitewater Normal School/Teachers' College Lawn and Gateway
Other Name:UW-Whitewater, Lawn and Gateway
Contributing:
Reference Number:168281
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):CA. 800 W MAIN ST, AT S WHITON ST
County:Walworth
City:Whitewater
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1934
Additions:
Survey Date:20102011
Historic Use:
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
Structural System:
Wall Material:Fieldstone
Architect: Wayne Millard (Gateway)
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:Designed campus landscape centered on the north side of the West Main Street/South Whiton Street intersection. Includes three contributing sites, two contributing structures, and two contributing objects. The sites are the Lawn as a whole (established 1868), the Salisbury Arboretum (begun in 1886), and the Chopp Arboretum (begun c. 1937; dedicated in 1975). The two structures and the two objects form the Gateway (1934): the two fieldstone walls are the structures, while the flanking, free-standing, fieldstone piers are the objects. The designed landscape has evolved over the past 140 years to include cultural, structural, and natural resources associated with the history of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. These features collectively delineate the entrance and center of the campus during its historic period (1868-1960).
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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