Property Record
900 WOOD RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | LIBRARY LEARNING CENTER |
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| Other Name: | UW-PARKSIDE/ WYLLIE HALL/ PKS 3023 |
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| Reference Number: | 9416 |
| Location (Address): | 900 WOOD RD |
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| County: | Kenosha |
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| Township/Village: | Somers |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 2 |
| Range: | 22 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 12 |
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| Year Built: | 1972 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19752020 |
| Historic Use: | library |
| Architectural Style: | Brutalism |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (Hok) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS BUILDING IS ONE OF FIVE INTERCONNECTED BUILDINGS THAT FORM THE ACADEMIC CORE OF THE UW-PARKSIDE CAMPUS. THIS WAS THE SECOND OF THE FIVE BUILDINGS TO BE BUILT AND IT WAS DESIGNED BY HELMUTH, OBATA + KASSABAUM (HOK), ST. LOUIS, MO., WHO ALSO DESIGNED THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN AND THE ADJACENT, INTERCONNECTED GREENQUIST HALL (AHI# 242735), THE FIRST CAMPUS BUILDING TO BE BUILT. THE BUILDING WAS RENAMED THE WYLLIE LIBRARY LEARNING CENTER IN 1975 AND IT IS NOW CALLED WYLLIE HALL. |
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| Bibliographic References: | KENOSHA NEWS: OCTOBER 17, 1969, P. 1. KENOSHA NEWS: JANUARY 27, 1970, UW-PARKSIDE SPECIAL ISSUE, PP. 7-8 (ILLUSTRATED). WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL: JUNE 25, 1970, P. 50 (INVITATION TO BID). KENOSHA NEWS: NOV. 23, 1974, P. 28. KENOSHA NEWS: OCTOBER 22, 1976, P. 10 (ILLUSTRATED). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |