Property Record
502 STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Bank of Wisconsin Branch Office |
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| Other Name: | Omega School |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 88408 |
| Location (Address): | 502 STATE ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Survey Date: | 19832019 |
| Historic Use: | bank/financial institution |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Law and Law |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | State Street Historic District |
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| Additional Information: | City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report: The Omega School is an alternative school founded in 1972 focused on providing a course to learn English and complete the GED and HSED high school equivalency exams for adult students. The school has also served as a bridge for non-English speaking and particularly Latino/a immigrants to the wider Madison community. Today, the Omega School is managed by the Executive Director, Oscar Mireles, a notable poet and educator in the Madison Latino/a community who has been with the school since 1994. The Omega School is locally significant in the Latino/a community in the area of Education, specifically Secondary Education, from 1972 to the present. During this period, several resources have been associated with it: the 1972 to 1988 location at 254 West Gilman Street overlooking State Street, its 1988 to 1995 location at 949 East Washington Avenue, and its 1995 to the present-day location at 835 West Badger Road, a small contemporary style building constructed in 1988 for Centro Hispano of Dane County. The 949 East Washington Avenue location of the Omega School was not included in the survey as its significance was more closely associated with other resources. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |