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🏛️ Town & public services · Library

Memorial Library

● Open National Register Campus Area

A library on State St, in the middle of things: 518 places within a five-minute walk. One of 358 town & public services in Madison.

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On the National Register since 2015

University of Wisconsin Memorial Union

University of Wisconsin Memorial Union

University of Wisconsin Memorial Union was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 2015. It is significant for its education and architecture at the national level.

Memorial Union is an Italianate Renaissance Revival-style complex built in 1926–28 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on the south shore of Lake Mendota as a social and recreational gathering place for all students, designed partly to break down socioeconomic barriers. Before Memorial Union, the UW had no union; at its opening in 1928, then-President Glenn Frank said, "The Union is a living room, which converts …

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518 places within a five-minute walk of Memorial Library.

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728 State St

The nearest neighbor is University of Wisconsin - Madison General Library System, 1 min walk away.

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Address728 State St · 53706-1418
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Address
728 State St
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Phone
(608) 262-3343
Website
https://www.library.wisc.edu/memorial
Status
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.

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