821 UNIVERSITY AVE, UW-MADISON

821 UNIVERSITY AVE, UW-MADISON

Dane

Madison

1972

1998,2021,2022,2025

university or college building

Brutalism

Brick

Flad and Associates (Madison)

No

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. University of Wisconsin-Madison Tour Guide: South Campus: Vilas Hall is named for Col. William F. Vilas, an 1858 graduate, faculty member, Regent, and benefactor, who left his estate totaling more than $30 million to the University. The Hall was built from 1969 to 1972 at a cost of $13.5 million. 2021 - Resurveyed. Multi-story Brutalist-style building, irregular footprint and massing, heavy juxtaposed concrete and brick forms, large spans of aluminum-frame windows, multiple plazas and exterior staircases.

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Update to the Preliminary Evaluation of Buildings and Structures for Eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places, June 13, 2023. University of Wisconsin-Madison: Preliminary Evaluation of Buildings and Structures for Eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. September 2009. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Office of Public Information, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tour Guide: South Campus, 1989.

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