Property Record
320 SEWARD ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | HARWOOD MEMORIAL UNION |
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Other Name: | |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 43597 |
Location (Address): | 320 SEWARD ST |
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County: | Fond du Lac |
City: | Ripon |
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Year Built: | 1944 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 1995 |
Historic Use: | university or college building |
Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
Architect: | AULER, JENSEN, AND BROWN |
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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: | In 1938, Thomas E. Tallmadge, a prominent architect from Chicago who had apprenticed with Daniel Burnham, developed a master plan for the campus that drew on the classically inspired buildings representing the historic development of the college. Although the college never fully implemented Tallmadge’s plan, his vision promoted the architectural coherence of this attractive campus. Tallmadge's influence is best seen in the FD1.5 Harwood Memorial Union Building (northeast corner of Elm and Seward sts.), designed by Auler, Jensen, and Brown and completed in 1944. The Georgian Revival building rambles in a "Y" plan. Between the splayed wings, a colonnaded pavilion rises two stories in height, terminating in a tall square belvedere with a tent-roofed clock tower. A monumental portico with squared columns supports the plain entablature. |
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Bibliographic References: | State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Visual and Sound Archives, (Whi (x3) 2672). Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |