Platteville in Grant County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Ullrich Hall

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 10, 2023

1. Ullrich Hall Marker

Inscription. This property is listed in the
Wisconsin
State Register of
Historic Places

Erected by The State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Architecture • Education • Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places, and the Wisconsin Historical Society series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1916.

Location. 42° 44.038′ N, 90° 29.174′ W. Marker is in Platteville, Wisconsin, in Grant County. Marker can be reached from University Plaza (West Pine Street), 0.1 miles west of South Hickory Street. The marker is mounted at eye-level, directly on the right side of the Ullrich Hall south entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 690 West Pine Street, Platteville WI 53818, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Lewis & Clark Expedition Member Alexander H. Willard Lived Here (approx. 0.2 miles away); C. C. Grindell House (approx. ¼ mile away); The Frank Burg House (approx. ¼ mile away); First State Normal School (approx.

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¼ mile away); Platteville's First Church Building (approx. 0.4 miles away); Main Street Commercial Historic District Platteville (approx. 0.4 miles away); Platteville Carnegie Library (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Platteville.

More about this marker. Ullrich Hall is a historic building on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Platteville in Platteville, Wisconsin.

Regarding Ullrich Hall. National Register of Historic Places #85000578.

From the National Register Nomination:
A two-and-one-half story structure of cream-colored, vitrified brick, Ullrich Hall represents the growing influence of the Neoclassical style in the community of Platteville, Wisconsin during the early twentieth century. L-shaped in plan, the building is dominated by a flat roof with deeply overhanging eaves and contains entrances on the south, north and west elevations. The main (south) elevation clearly reveals the structure's raised basement area which is capped by a sizable cut stone watertable and punctuated by a number of simple rectangular window openings. The window openings of the upper
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 10, 2023

2. Ullrich Hall Marker
The marker is mounted at eye-level on the right side of the south entrance.
floors are tall, paired and contain simple limestone lug sills and unadorned brick lintels. Built to house the departments of Agriculture and Manual Arts, in addition to a sizable boy's gymnasium, Ullrich Hall remained the home of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Agriculture department for a period of over 68 years. Renamed in honor of Agriculture department director Fred Ullrich (1914-1941) in 1966, the building served as the first permanent home of the department, which played a large and significant role both in the training of qualified teachers in agricultural studies and in the dissemination of information concerning contemporary scientific farming methods in the southwestern region of the state.

Also see . . .
1. Ullrich Hall (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

The building was originally built in 1916 as the Agriculture and Manual Arts Building as part of the Platteville State Normal School. The hall contained a forge room, a farm carpentry room, a dairy lab, a stock judging room, a gym, etc. The specialized training it allowed was a milestone in the state normal school system.

(Submitted on December 19, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Ullrich Hall, University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

Renovated in 2005,
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 10, 2023

3. Marker detail: Ullrich Hall (south elevation)
Looking north from University Plaza.
Ullrich Hall is the oldest building on campus and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Currently, Ullrich is home to classrooms used by accounting, business, computer science, and software engineering as well as lab space for computer science and software engineering.

(Submitted on December 19, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Ullrich Hall (<i>southeast elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 10, 2023

4. Ullrich Hall (southeast elevation)

Looking northwest from University Plaza.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 55 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 19, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.