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500 EMERSON ST

Historic Name:
Chamberlin Hall

Other Name:
Science Center

Reference Number:
58034

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Property Location

Location (Address)

500 EMERSON ST

County

Rock

City/Village

Beloit

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1968

Additions

Survey Date

1981

Historic Use

university or college building

Architectural Style

Contemporary

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Harry Weese

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

Yes

Demolished Date

2008

Additional Comments

SEE COUNTY RESOURCE FILE. Four story and basement Contemporary style structure with alternating vertical bays of red brick interspersed with inset window panels; flat roof. Structure runs east and west and has entrances on the first and second floors, at east and west ends and at the southwest corner, including through a connecting link on the second floor to Mayer Hall (c.f.). The color, scale and siting of this modern building are compatible with the campus and the Near East Side Historic District. Supplanting Pearsons Hall of Science as thec enter of teaching and laboratory work in the natural sciences, the Beloit Science Center is a complex of two buildsing, connected by an elevated walkway, and a greenhouse, and consists of the Chamberlin Hall of Science, the Mayer Lecture Hall (the Morgan and the Wilson lecture rooms) and teh Kohler Science Library. Ground was broken for the complex on May 15, 1965, but building was delayed through some mixup over governmental funding. The ribbon cutting for opening the building took place on September 30, 1967, and formal dedication was held on May 18, 1968. In addition to the structures mentioned there is an observatory atop Chamberlin Hall. The building contains all facilities for teaching in the sciences and mathematics, and it also houses the computer center. The most modern of laboratory equipment complements the classroom facilities and the seminar rooms provided for each discipline. The landscaping for the complex was deisgned by Franz Lipp.

Bibliographic References

(A) Historical SItes and Points of Interest in Rock County, Wisconsin, Rock County Tourism Council, 5/1994. (B) Robert H. Irrmann, "Data on Beloit College Buildings," on file at RCHS Archives.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Near East Side Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Jan 07, 1983

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

No

university or college building Contemporary

Rock
County

Beloit
Community

1960-1969
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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