Arthur Peabody (November 16, 1858 – September 6, 1942) was the campus architect for the

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from 1905 to 1915 and the state architect of

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from 1915 to 1938. Peabody was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1882. He designed or directed a number of Madison landmarks, including the Wisconsin State Office Building and the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. He died in

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on September 6, 1942.

Buildings designed or overseen

* University Club, UW-Madison 803 State Street (1905-1906) * Hydraulics Laboratory, UW-Madison, now the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street (1906) * additions to Bascom Hall, UW-Madison, 500 Lincoln Drive (1906-1907, and 1924) * Old Agronomy Building, UW-Madison, now Agricultural Journalism, 440 Henry Mall (1907) * Agricultural Engineering Building, UW-Madison, 460 Henry Mall (1907) *

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, UW-Madison, 1675 Linden Drive (1908) * Litter Shed addition to the Dairy Barn, UW-Madison, 1915 Linden Drive (1908) * Central Heating Station, UW-Madison, now the Service Building Annex, 1225 University Avenue (1908) * Old U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, UW-Madison, now the Materials Science & Engineering Building, 1509 University Avenue (1909) *

Lathrop Hall Lathrop Hall was built in 1908 as a women's gym and union of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1985 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, significant because it is the site of founding of the Athletic ...

, UW-Madison, 1050 University Avenue (1909) * Dairy Annex, UW-Madison, now Hiram Smith Hall and Annex, 1545 Observatory Drive (1909) * Birge Hall, UW-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive (1910) * additions to the Armory, UW-Madison, 716 Langdon Street (1911) * additions to Chamberlin Hall, UW-Madison, 1150 University Avenue (1912) * Home Economics Building, UW-Madison, now the Human Ecology Building, 1300 Linden Drive (1912) * King Hall, UW-Madison, 1525 Observatory Drive * Agricultural Chemistry Building, UW-Madison, now the Biochemistry Building, 420 Henry Mall (general contractor of a Laird and Cret design) (1912) * Barnard Hall, UW-Madison, 970 University Avenue (supervisor of Laird and Cret design) (1912) * additions to

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building, 816 State Street (1912) * Adams County Courthouse, 402 Main Street, Friendship, Wisconsin (1914) * Sterling Hall, UW-Madison, 475 N. Charter Street (1915) * setting for statue of Abraham Lincoln atop

Bascom Hill Bascom Hill is the iconic main quadrangle that forms the historic core of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. It is located on the opposite end of State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol, and is named after John Bascom, former pr ...

, UW–Madison (1916) * Camp Randall Field House, UW-Madison, 1450 Monroe Street (1916-1930) * Infirmary, UW-Madison, now the School of Social Work Building, 1350 University Avenue (with Ferry and Clas) (1918, addition 1930) * Bradley Memorial Hospital, UW-Madison, now the Bradley Memorial Building, 1215 Linden Drive (1918-1920) * additions to North Hall, UW-Madison, 1050 Bascom Mall (1919) *

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, now the UW-Madison Medical Sciences Center, 1300 University Avenue (1924) * Memorial Union, UW-Madison, 800 Langdon Street (1925) * Van Hise Dormitories, UW-Madison: Tripp Hall, Adams Hall, and the Van Hise Refectory, now Carson Gulley Hall; 1510, 1520, and 1515 Tripp Circle (1926) * St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1833 Regent Street (1927) * Mechanical Engineering Building, UW-Madison, 1513 University Avenue (1930-1931) * Wisconsin State Office Building, 1-29 W. Wilson Street (1932) * Urben House,

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(1932) * Carillon Tower, UW-Madison, 1180 Observatory Drive (1934)

Gallery

File:Adams County Wisconsin Courthouse.jpg, Adams County Courthouse File:Agricultural Engineering Hall.jpg, Agricultural Engineering File:Agricultural Chemistry Building, University of Wisconsin.jpg, Biochemistry Building File:Birge Hall.jpg, Birge Hall File:UW Carillon.jpg, Carillon Tower File:Wisconsin Field House.jpg, Field House File:Forest Products Building, U.S. Government, taken from the Lake Drive, Madison, Wisconsin (63064).jpg, Forest Products Laboratory File:Lathrop Hall.jpg, Lathrop Hall File:Old U.S. Forest Products Lab.jpg, Materials Science & Engineering Building File:Memorial Union.jpg, Memorial Union File:Sterling Hall rotated.jpg, Sterling Hall File:Stock pavilion.jpg, Stock Pavilion File:Farwell's Point Mound Group.jpg, Urben House File:State_Office_Building.jpg, Wisconsin State Office Building File:Wisconsin General Hospital, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (63075).jpg, Wisconsin General Hospital

References

External links

*
Biography at National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

Arthur Peabody papers
at the Wisconsin Historical Society * Jim Feldman.
The Buildings of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
'. Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison Archives, 1997. * "A Firm Foundation". ''

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'', September 3, 2000, pp. 1F & 5F. {{DEFAULTSORT:Peabody, Arthur 1858 births 1942 deaths 19th-century American architects People from Eau Claire, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Architects from Wisconsin Peabody family 20th-century American architects