Property Record
2833 Riverside Drive
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Wisconsin State Reformatory - Administration Building #1 |
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| Other Name: | GREEN BAY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 2133 |
| Location (Address): | 2833 Riverside Drive |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Allouez |
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| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Additions: | 1982 1958C. 1922C. 1903 |
| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | jail/correctional center/prison |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brownstone |
| Architect: | FERRY AND CLAS |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Wisconsin State Reformatory |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/3/1990 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/23/1990 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It is filed under the name "Wisconsin State Reformatory." 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. LARGE ROUGH CUT STONE ADMINISTRATION BLDG. TALL ROUND ARCH WINDOWS. GABLED DORMERS. S## roll negatives filed with State Facility Survey project. Like many late-nineteenth-century prisons, these buildings are cast in the ominous, heavyset Richardsonian Romanesque mode, formally massed in dark gray, quarry-faced granite construction. Above the Administration Building’s entrance, a two-story semicircular arch, flanked by narrow sidelights, reaches toward a triangular parapet, creating a dramatic focal point. The long cell blocks with ribbons of arched windows extend from the Administration Building like long wings. Steel bars on the windows signal the building’s function. Inside the Administration Building is a spectacular two-story rotunda with a grand double staircase and a richly colored terrazzo floor. Colossal columns support the coffered dome above, and the upper walls bear large murals, most of them painted by inmate E. Hubbard in 1924. Perhaps fantasizing about the freedom of open spaces, Hubbard depicted the Wisconsin Dells, the Rocky Mountains, and Mount McKinley. 1989 NR Nom- North cell house #2 (1898-1903) The north call house is the earliest building in the complex. The long two story, rectangular Romanesque Revival style building is directly attached to the main building and has a projecting pavilion as the end of the furthest from the Administration Building. South Cell house #3 (1915-1922) The two story Romanesque Revival Style call house is a mirror image of the North Cell house. Food Services building #4 (1982) - a non-contributing part of the building Vocational School #210 (1958) An irregularly-shaped one-story flat roofed brick building constructed in 1958 with additions in 1970. A non-contributing part of the building |
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| Bibliographic References: | Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |