Ullrich Hall

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Agriculture and Manual Arts Building/Platteville State Normal School
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Agriculture and Manual Arts Building/Platteville State Normal School
Location690 W. Pine St.,
Platteville, Wisconsin
Coordinates 42°44′03″N90°29′10″W / 42.73417°N 90.48611°W / 42.73417; -90.48611 (Agriculture and Manual Arts Building/Platteville State Normal School) Coordinates: 42°44′03″N90°29′10″W / 42.73417°N 90.48611°W / 42.73417; -90.48611 (Agriculture and Manual Arts Building/Platteville State Normal School)
Arealess than one acre
Built1916 (1916)
Architect Van Ryn & DeGelleke
Architectural style Neoclassical
NRHP reference No. 85000578 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1985

Ullrich Hall is a historic building on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Platteville in Platteville, Wisconsin.

History

The building was originally built in 1916 as the Agriculture and Manual Arts Building as part of the Platteville State Normal School. The hall contained a forge room, a farm carpentry room, a dairy lab, a stock judging room, a gym, etc. The specialized training it allowed was a milestone in the state normal school system. Now known as Ullrich Hall, it is the oldest remaining academic building of what is now the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Agriculture and Manual Arts Bldg/Platteville St. Normal Sch". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  3. Lusignan, Paul (1984-11-30). "Agriculture and Manual Arts Building, Platteville State Normal School". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.