Property Record
15 GARFIELD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | UW-EAU CLAIRE HILLTOP CENTER |
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| Other Name: | UW-EAU CLAIRE, HILLTOP CENTER, EAU 0043 |
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| Reference Number: | 220232 |
| Location (Address): | 15 GARFIELD AVE |
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| County: | Eau Claire |
| City: | Eau Claire |
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| Year Built: | 1967 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| Architectural Style: | Brutalism |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Durrent-deininger-dommes-kramer-gordon (Dubuque, Ia) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS BUILDING SERVES AS THE STUDENT UNION AND ACTIVITY CENTER FOR THE CAMPUS HILL PORTION OF THE UW-EAU CLAIRE CAMPUS. IT IS HIGHLY INTACT AND CONTINUES TO SERVE ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE TODAY. THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED BY THE FIRM OF DURRENT-DEININGER-DOMMER-KRAMER-GORDON OF DUBUQUE, IOWA, AND IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1968. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST INTACT STUDENT UNION BUILDINGS ON THE UW-SYSTEM CAMPUSES AND WAS SPECIFALLY DESIGNED TO BRIDGE ITS CHALLENGING HILLTOP SITE. |
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| Bibliographic References: | BLUEPRINTS. UW-SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF CAPITAL PLANNING AND BUDGET, MADISON, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |