National Register of Historic Places - Wisconsin (WI), Dane County

Dane County Wisconsin (Page 6) has 27 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include University of Wisconsin Arboretum, University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium, University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn, University of Wisconsin Science Hall and Vilas Circle Bear Effigy Mound and the Curtis Mounds.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Effigy Mound Tradition and Late Woodland Stage dating back to 500.

Several famous people are associated with these Dane County historic places including Charles R. Van Hise, Black Hawk, Rasmus B. Anderson and Joel Stebbins.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Dane County places including Allan Conover, J.T.W. Jennings, Lew Porter, Arthur Peabody, Henry C. Koch, David R. Jones, Frost & Granger, Claude and Starck, Louis A. Harrison and Charles S. Frost. Prominent architectural styles found in Dane Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Italianate and Tudor Revival.

University of Wisconsin Arboretum (added 2019 - - #16000518)

Also known as University of Wisconsin Forest Preserve, Arboretum,, and Wild Life Refuge

Address Restricted, Madison

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Area of Significance:

Conservation, Education, Architecture

University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium (added 1993 - - #93001618)

Also known as Red Gym;Old Red

716 Langdon St. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Arms Storage, Meeting Hall, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

College, Sport Facility

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University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn (added 2002 - - #02000600)

1915 Linden Dr. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Science

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

Research Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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University of Wisconsin Field House (added 1998 - - #98000829)

1450 Monroe St. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Christenson, William, Peabody, Arthur

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Sport Facility

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Sport Facility

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University of Wisconsin Memorial Union (added 2015 - - #15000255)

Madison, Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architectural Style:

Renaissance, Modern Movement

Historic Person:

Butts, Porter

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1974 AD

University of Wisconsin Science Hall (added 1993 - - #93001616)

550 N. Park St. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Hise,Charles R. Van

Significant Year:

1903, 1910, 1888

Area of Significance:

Science, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Research Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College, Research Facility

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Vilas Circle Bear Effigy Mound and the Curtis Mounds (added 1974 - - #74000078)

Also known as Da-185;Da-181

Address Restricted , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Native American, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Effigy Mound Tradition

Period of Significance:

1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Vilas Park Mound Group (added 1991 - - #91000357)

Also known as 47 DA 148;BDA 270

Address Restricted , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Late Woodland Stage

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Funerary, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Park

Wakeley--Giles Commercial Building (added 1988 - - #88000081)

117--119 E. Mifflin St. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event

Historic Person:

Anderson,Rasmus B.

Significant Year:

1869

Area of Significance:

European

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Professional

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Professional

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Washburn Observatory and Observatory Director's Residence (added 1985 - - #85000575)

Also known as Washburn Observatory and the Observatory Office Building

1401 and 1225 Observatory Dr., Univ. of WI , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jones,David R.

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Stebbins,Joel,et al.

Significant Year:

1882, 1854

Area of Significance:

Science, Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Research Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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Waubesa School (added 1997 - - #97000806)

Also known as Joint School District Number 6

3579 Sigglekow Rd. , Blooming Grove Township

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Harrison, Louis A.

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Waunakee Railroad Depot (added 1978 - - #78000092)

South and Main Sts. , Waunakee

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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West Lawn Heights Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000223)

Roughly bounded by Virginia Ter., Regent St., S. Spooner Ave., and Illinois Central Railroad , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Homer, Philip M., Law, Law and Potter

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Prairie School

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church School, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

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West Madison Depot, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway (added 1985 - - #85003679)

Also known as Milwaukee Road Depot

640 W. Washington Ave. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Frost & Granger

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related

West Madison Depot, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway (added 1985 - - #85000990)

Also known as Milwaukee Road Depot

640 W. Washington Ave. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Frost,Charles S., Frost & Granger

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Rail-Related

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West Main Street Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000914)

Roughly bounded by S. Fairchild St., W. Main St., S. Carroll St., and W. Doty St. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jones, David, Claude and Starck

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant

West School (added 1992 - - #91001992)

404 Garfield St. , Stoughton

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

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Wiedenbeck--Dobelin Warehouse (added 1986 - - #86003473)

619 W. Mifflin St. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Claude & Starck

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Warehouse

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Willow Drive Mounds and Habitation Site Complex (added 2025 - - #16000430)

Also known as Creek Group, Willow Drive Creek Group, 47DA11, Willow Drive Mounds, 47DA124

N. end of Willow Dr., Madison

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Area of Significance:

Religion, Art, Archeology-Prehistoric

Wingra Park Historic District (added 1999 - - #99001257)

Roughly bounded by Monroe St., Garfield St., Chandler St., S. Randall Ave., Drake St., Vilas Ave., and Edgewood Ave. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Wisconsin Heights Battlefield (added 2002 - - #01001553)

Also known as 47Da1161

.4 mi SE of Jcto of Co. Rd. Y and WI 78. , Sauk City

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Information Potential

Historic Person:

Black Hawk

Significant Year:

1832

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Historic - Aboriginal, Native American

Cultural Affiliation:

Sac And Fox, Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private, State

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation

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Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls (added 1991 - - #91001391)

Also known as Oakhill Correctional Institution

5212 WI M , Fitchburg

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Correctional Facility

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Wisconsin Memorial Hospital Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002183)

Also known as Mendota Mental Health Istitute;Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

816 Troy Dr. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Health Care, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Hospital

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Wisconsin State Capitol (added 1970 - - #70000031)

Capitol Sq. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Art, Invention, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Capitol, Government Office

Current Function:

Education, Government

Current Sub-function:

Capitol, Government Office, Library

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Wisconsin Wagon Company Factory (added 2002 - - #02001343)

Also known as Madison Gas & Electric Company Annex 3

602 Railroad St. , Madison

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

More Information:

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