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420 N PARK ST, UW-MADISON

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420 N PARK ST, UW-MADISON

Historic Name:
Chadbourne Hall

Other Name:
Chadbourne Hall (UW#0557)

Reference Number:
109677

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Property Location

Location (Address)

420 N PARK ST, UW-MADISON

County

Dane

City/Village

Madison

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1959

Additions

Survey Date

1973,2022,2025

Historic Use

university or college building

Architectural Style

Contemporary

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Roger C. Kirchhoff (State Architect, Madison),Stanley Nerdrum

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

University of Wisconsin-Madison Tour Guide: South Campus: Named for Paul Chadbourne - U.W. President 1867-70 2025; Angularly blocked Y-shaped footprint consisting of three wings; single cladding polychrome yellow brick; lines of inset ribbon windows in a vertical tripartite division, intercepted by green precast paneling and privacy film at each floor; flat roof; minimal if any exterior ornamentation. An example of postwar Late-Modern housing complex; retains large scale, exaggerated massing, bold shape, sharp corners, original single cladding brick material, and ribbon windows. Connected to Barnard Hall by the Central Kitchen addition (non-contributing).

Bibliographic References

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. Feldman, Jim. “Buildings of the University of Wisconsin.” Madison, WI : UW Madison, Archives and Records Management Service, 2006. Originally published 1997. http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=7134919. Accessed: February 2012. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Office of Public Information, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tour Guide: South Campus, 1989.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

university or college building Contemporary

Dane
County

Madison
Community

1950-1959
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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