Property Record
610 PROSPECT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | LAURA ALDRICH NEESE THEATRE |
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| Other Name: | NEESE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 58041 |
| Location (Address): | 610 PROSPECT ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Beloit |
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| Year Built: | 1974 |
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| Survey Date: | 1977 |
| Historic Use: | theater/opera house/concert hall |
| Architectural Style: | Brutalism |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | William Wenzler |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Multi-level red brick and reinforced concrete structure which houses a main auditorium, a small experimental theatre, faculty offices, practice rooms, etc. Although contemporary in spirit and design, the materials, scale and siting are such as to make the structure contributing to the campus. The building was dedicated on June 21, 1975, and opened with the production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Historical Sites and Points of Interest in Rock County, Wisconsin, Rock County Tourism Council, 5/1994. (B) Robert H. Irrmann, "Data on Beloit College Buildings," on file at RCHS Archives. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |