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Wisconsin Building

A two-story classical mansion with paired-column porticos; after the fair it was barged to Marin County.

A crowd at the door of the Wisconsin Building, 1915
A crowd at the door of the Wisconsin Building, 1915University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives (image S06257), CC BY 2.0 · Restored

Wisconsin's building, by R. A. Messmer & Brother of Milwaukee, was a two-story classical mansion in "travertine", about 46 by 133 feet. The state arms were over a broad paired-column portico on the south, and there were more porticos to east and west. The Official Guide calls it Colonial. Inside were a hall with an open fire, rest rooms, the Commission's offices, and the ruins of a clock made by John Muir.

Wisconsin Day was August 9, 1915. After the fair the building was one of several barged across the bay to Santa Venetia in Marin County (Todd names Virginia's Mount Vernon as another). Their later fate is not recorded in the sources consulted.

At a glance

  • About 46 by 133 feet; cost about $20,000; appropriation $75,000.
  • Dedicated March 8, 1915.
  • Main entrance on the south side.

Afterward

Went across the Bay "to become a part of Santa Venetia, in Marin County" (Todd vol. 5, p. 246); its later fate is not recorded in the sources consulted.

Where it stood

The Wisconsin Building stood at about 37.80520 N, 122.45106 W on today's map. The whole fairground over the city →

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