101 ROOSEVELT AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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101 ROOSEVELT AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
101 ROOSEVELT AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:UW-EAU CLAIRE, PHILLIPS HALL
Other Name:UW-EAU CLAIRE, PHILLIPS HALL, EAU 0003
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Reference Number:220234
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):101 ROOSEVELT AVE
County:Eau Claire
City:Eau Claire
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1964
Additions: 1967
Survey Date:2011
Historic Use:university or college building
Architectural Style:Contemporary
Structural System:Steel Frame
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: DURRANT & BERGQUIST (DUBUQUE, IA) 1964
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:THIS BUILDING IS THE MOST INTACT OF THE SCIENCE BUILDINGS ON THE UW-SYSTEM'S CAMPUSES AND IT WAS BUILT IN TWO STAGES. THE FIRST PORTION CONSISTED OF THE BRICK-CLAD PAVILION THAT CONTAINS A LECTURE HALL AND THE L. E. PHILLIPS PLANETARIUM. THIS ONE-STORY PAVILION IS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN PORTION OF THE BUILDING BY AN ENCLOSED PEDESTRIAN BRIDE THAT SPANS A SMALL CREEK AND THE MUCH LARGER FOUR-STORY MAIN PORTION, WHICH HAS A BRICK-CLAD FIRST STORY AND UPOPER STORIES THAT ARE CLAD IN PRECAST MASONRY-CLAD PANELS. THE MAIN BUILDING HAS A RECTILINEAR PLAN AND IT SURROUNDS A LARGE INNER COURTYARD. HALF OF THIS MAIN BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1963 ALONG WITH THE PAVILION, AND THE REST OF IT WAS BUILT IN 1969 TO THE SAME DESIGN. THE BUILDING CURRENTLY HOUSES CLASSROOMS AND OFFICE FOR FACULTY WHO TEACH IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ANTHROPOLOGY.
Bibliographic References:BLUEPRINTS. UW-SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF CAPITAL PLANNING AND BUDGET, MADISON, WI.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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