Arthur Peabody

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Arthur Peabody (1858, Eau Claire, Wisconsin- September 6, 1942, Madison, Wisconsin) was campus architect for the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin from 1905-1915. He became state architect of Wisconsin in 1915. He designed or directed a number of Madison landmarks, including the Wisconsin State Office Building and the Memorial Union.

[edit] List of buildings designed or overseen

• Litter Shed addition to the Dairy Barn[1] at the University of Wisconsin (1908)
• University of Wisconsin Agricultural Engineering Building (1907) [2]
• University of Wisconsin Old Agronomy Building (1907) [3]
• University of Wisconsin Biochemistry Builiding (general contractor of a Laird and Cret design) [4] (1912)
• University of Wisconsin Barnard Hall (supervisor of Laird and Cret design) [5] (1912)
• University of Wisconsin Infirmary (with Ferry and Clas) [6] (1912)
• Bradley Memorial Hospital [7] (1918)
• Wisconsin State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson St. (1932)
• University of Wisconsin Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. (1925)
• University of Wisconsin Carillon Tower, 1180 Observatory Drive (1934)[8]
• University of Wisconsin Camp Randall Field House, 1450 Monroe Street (1916-1930)
• Setting for statue of Abraham Lincoln on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin (1916)
• University of Wisconsin Stock Pavillion 1675 Linden Drive (1908)
• University of Wisconsin Stirling Hall [9] (1915) 475 North Charter Street (1916)
• University of Wisconsin Birge Hall (1910)
• Wisconsin Gerneral Hospital, 1215 Linden Drive (1918-1931)
• Bernard Hall (1912)
• Lathrop Hall (1909)
• Mechanical Engineering Building
• Lakeshore Dormitories (1926)
• Home Economics Building (1912)
• Hydraulics Laboratory (1906) [10]
• Central Heating Station (1908) [11]
• St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1833 Regent Street (1927)
• Forest Products Laboratory, 1 Gifford Pinchot Drive (1909)
• 1911 additions to University of Wisconsin Armory
• 1909 additions to Hiram Smith Hall
• 1912 additions to State Historical Society of Wisconsin building
• 1919 additions to North Hall
• additions to Bascom Hall (1906-1907, and 1924)
• additions to Chamberlin Hall (1912)

[edit] References

• "A Firm Foundation," Wisconsin State Journal, Sept. 3, 2000, pp. 1F & 5F.
• "The Buildings of the University of Wisconsin", Jim Feldman (1997, University of Wisconsin Archives) Online version
• American Architects biography

[edit] External links

• University of Wisconsin-Madison Facility Name Registry

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