Property Record
303 ELM ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | LANE LIBRARY |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 43595 |
| Location (Address): | 303 ELM ST |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| City: | Ripon |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | library |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | ROGER SUTHERLAND |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Ripon College Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/2/1995 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/20/1995 |
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| Additional Information: | Lane Library, designed by Ripon College alumnus Roger Sutherland and completed in 1931. This Beaux-Arts Classical building, dominated by a colossal Ionic portico, consists of a two-story central block flanked by wings. French entry doors are framed by fluted pilasters, an elegant fanlight, and a plain entablature with the inscription "He That Doeth Truth Cometh to the Light." Opposite the library is a sculpture, "Genesis," created by Ripon alumnus Clarence Shaler and presented to the college in 1936. The bronze female face and arm emerging from a block of rough-hewn granite symbolizes the emergence of form from chaos “in the beginning.” |
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| Bibliographic References: | Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |