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Bascom Hill Historic District
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Bascom Hall atop Bascom Hill
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Location |
Bounded by Observatory Dr., University Ave., and N. Park, Langdon, and State Sts. Madison, Wisconsin |
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Built |
1849 |
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Architectural style |
Gothic, Romanesque |
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NRHP reference No. |
74000065 |
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Added to NRHP |
September 12, 1974 |
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Bascom Hill is the main quadrangle that forms the symbolic 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 president of the University of Wisconsin. The hill itself is a drumlin, formed by glacial deposits about 18,000 years ago.
The hill is crowned by Bascom Hall, the main administration building for the campus. Near the main entrance to Bascom Hall sits a statue of President Abraham Lincoln. The first university building, North Hall, was constructed on Bascom Hill in 1851 and is still in use by the Department of Political Science. The second building, South Hall, was built in 1855 and is now used by the administration of the University of Wisconsin College of Letters and Science. The original buildings were designed by the architect John F. Rague.
1885 engraving of UW campus looking up Bascom Hill
Buildings
South side
- South Hall (1855)
- University of Wisconsin Law School
- Music Hall (formerly Assembly Hall and Library) (1879)
North side
- John Muir Park (1964)
- North Hall (1851)
- Education Building
- Science Hall (1888)
Coordinates: 43°04′31″N 89°24′15″W / 43.075342°N 89.404078°W / 43.075342; -89.404078
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Colleges
and schools |
- Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Business
- Education
- Engineering
- Human Ecology
- International Studies
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- Law
- Letters and Science
- Library and Information Studies
- Medicine and Public Health
- Music
- Nursing
- Pharmacy
- Public Affairs
- Social Work
- Veterinary Medicine
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Campus |
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Athletics |
- Baseball
- Basketball (M
- W)
- Crew
- Football
- Ice hockey (Men
- Women)
- Men's soccer
- Softball
- Volleyball
- Camp Randall
- Field House
- Kohl Center
- LaBahn Arena
- University Ridge Golf Course
- Bucky Badger
- Grateful Red
- Paul Bunyan's Axe
- Heartland Trophy
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History |
- Camp Randall
- Experimental College
- Past Chancellors
- Sifting and winnowing
- Single-grain experiment
- Slab of Bacon
- Sterling Hall bombing
- Teaching Assistants Association
- WHA
- Wisconsin Idea
- Wisconsin Idea Theatre
- Wisconsin school
- Wisconsin School (diplomatic history)
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Media and
publications |
- The Badger Herald
- The Daily Cardinal
- Scandinavian Studies
- Tandem Press
- UW Press
- The Wisconsin Engineer
- Wisconsin Law Review
- WSUM
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People |
- Alumni, faculty and staff
- Academics
- Athletics
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Research |
- Biotron
- Carbone Cancer Center
- Center for Limnology
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
- Helically Symmetric Experiment
- History of Cartography Project
- IceCube Neutrino Observatory
- Law in Action
- Madison Symmetric Torus
- McArdle Laboratory
- Morgridge Institute for Research
- Pegasus Toroidal Experiment
- UW Hospital & Clinics
- University Research Park
- Viaspan
- WIYN Consortium
- WiCell
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- WISCAPE
- Wisconsin Energy Institute
- Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
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Student life |
- Forensics
- Fundamentally Sound
- Grateful Red
- Hoofers
- Humorology
- Iron Shield Society
- Jump Around
- MadHatters
- Marching Band
- On, Wisconsin!
- Undergraduate Projects Lab
- Varsity
- Wisconsin Film Festival
- Wisconsin Union
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