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journeys: more about big ideas | national register of historic places
Wisconsin Historical Museum Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters Building Hoards Dairy Farm Italian Community Center SummerFest/Milwaukee Festival Grounds Information
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The National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places is the official federal list of properties significant in American history, architecture, engineering, and archaeology. Click on the links to learn more about these significant buildings in our state.
University
of Wisconsin Dairy Barn The building was erected in three sections. The main part, designed by Jennings to recall historic barns in Normandy, was built in 1897-1898. Decorative features still extant include half-timbering, decorative brickwork and a heavily bracketed entrance porch. Other features, including cupolas, dormer windows and assorted trim, have been lost over time. This section consists of the main barn and silo, two livestock and a classroom/stock-judging arena between the two livestock barns. Several additions came later. In addition to its use as a teaching facility for Wisconsin dairy farmers,
the Dairy Barn was the site of significant scientific experiments. The
most important was the "single-grain experiment." Carried out
from 1907 to 1911, this cattle-feeding study overturned the prevailing
model of evaluating the nutritional value of foods and laid the foundation
for the modern science of nutrition. Other practical scientific techniques
were researched, tested and/or taught at the barn; these included identifying
cattle for selective breeding and the tracking of cattle pedigrees. The
most important health-related application was the demonstration and teaching
of testing techniques for bovine tuberculosis, which led to the eradication
of the disease in Wisconsin. These and other developments were instrumental
to Wisconsin's rapid adoption of dairy farming in the late 19th and early
20th centuries, which resulted in its reputation as America's Dairyland.
Prospect
Farm/ Hoard's Dairyman Farm Hoard was born in Stockbridge, N.Y., in 1836 and migrated to Wisconsin in 1857. After serving in the Civil War, Hoard launched several business ventures, finally settling on newspaper publishing. He began the Jefferson County Union in Lake Mills in 1870. Three years later, he and the newspaper moved to Fort Atkinson. In 1885 he founded Hoard's Dairyman. Hoard was elected governor in 1888 and fought against the adulteration of food. William Hoard died in 1918. His son, Frank Ward Hoard, who became the business manager of their publishing business in 1890, succeeded him in his work. Frank, with the help of his brothers, Halbert and Arthur, built Hoard's Dairyman into a national magazine. The property is not open to the public; please respect the privacy of its owners.
State
Historical Society of Wisconsin By 1896, the Society's collections had grown to the point where a new home was needed. Because the University of Wisconsin's library collection was in a similar condition, the state Legislature decided to house the two institutions in a single new building. A nationwide design competition was held, and the winner was the Milwaukee architectural firm of Ferry and Clas, which had just won a similar competition two years before with their design for the Milwaukee Public Library. Completed in 1900 at a cost of $1 million, the new State Historical Society was the most expensive structure built by the state up to that date. Its colonnaded exterior is clad entirely in carved Bedford limestone. The centerpiece of the interior is the main reading room, a huge space that rises two full stories in height and which is reached by two broad marble staircases at either end of the building. When the university library moved into the new Memorial Library in 1952, the State Historical Society took over the whole building. The building is open to the public Monday through Saturday during scheduled library hours.
John
R. Commons House The house is notable for its association with John Commons (1863-1945). Commons was an architect of progressive social legislation, a pioneer in the fields of labor history and labor relations economics, and an inspirational teacher to a generation of economics students. In 1904 he came to teach at the University of Wisconsin and remained on the faculty for 30 years. Commons' legislative and public policy contributions were the result of the relationship between the university and the Progressive Party administration of Governor Robert La Follette. The house is a private residence and is not open to the public. Please respect the privacy of the owners.
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