University of Wisconsin Science Hall

Architect: Henry C. Koch
Year: 1887
Style: Romanesque Revival
City: Madison, WI

Science Hall at the University of Wisconsin was completed in 1887 to a design by Henry C. Koch in the Romanesque Revival style. It has since been recognized as a National Historic Landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, and designated an individual Madison Landmark.

the style

Koch worked in the Romanesque Revival idiom, giving the building the heavy massing and ornament typical of the style, still highly visible from the street today.

the architect

Henry C. Koch designed Science Hall, completed in 1887.

significance

Science Hall carries an unusually deep stack of recognitions: National Historic Landmark status, listing on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, and its own individual designation as a Madison Landmark.

nearby

Memorial Union 320 ft · Renaissance Revival
State Historical Society 460 ft · Neoclassical
North Hall 500 ft · Greek Revival · 1851
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium 0.1 mi · Romanesque Revival · 1894
Judge Arthur B. Braley House 0.5 mi · Gothic Revival · 1875
DeLuca Biochemistry Building 0.5 mi · Colonial Revival · 1912

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