Property Record
ARBOR DR AND MONROE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Kenneth Jensen Wheeler Council Ring (Arboretum) |
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| Other Name: | |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 82029 |
| Location (Address): | ARBOR DR AND MONROE ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Madison |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 7 |
| Range: | 9 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 28 |
| Quarter Section: | |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: |
| Year Built: | 1938 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19972014 |
| Historic Use: | designed landscape feature |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | Jens Jensen |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | University of Wisconsin Arboretum |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/28/2019 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/20/2015 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Wheeler, who died prematurely, was a student in the Landscape Architecture program at the University of Wisconsin and was the nephew of Jens Jensen. Another photo of the Wheeler Council Ring appears in AHI #124606. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |