NEW AGRICULTURAL BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. 7 



Oil the bjiseiiuMit iloor of the octag-on at the rear is located the agri- 

 ciiltui'al library, with acconnnodations for 20,000 volumes, and a large 

 reading room. On the floor al)ove is an auditorium, a galler}' com- 

 nuuiicating with the second floor. This hall has a seating capacity of 

 over TOO and is unobstructed by posts. The octagon form brings the 

 audience as close as possible to the speaker, both on the main floor and 

 in the gallery. 



Plate I shows the })uilding in a somewhat incomplete condition. 

 "When completed there will be a stone railing around the east portico, 

 and an ornate, wide balustrade stairway of cut Bedford stone will 

 furnish the approach up the sloping incline to the front entrance. It 

 will ))e ready for occupanc}' in the early fall. 



For this building the legislature of 11)01 appropriated. $150,000. 

 Architect's fees, grading the grounds, and other initial expenses were 

 not covered by this appropriation. The plans were drawn and the 

 construction supervised by Mr. J. T. W. Jennings, the university 

 architect. The legislature of 1903 made a further appropriation of 

 §25,000 for the necessary furniture and fixtures. 



With the completion of this building the agricultural college will 

 occupy a group of four buildings located at the ^est end of Observa- 

 tor}' Hill. These are all devoted strictly to agricultural instruction 

 and experiment station work, the training which agricultural students 

 receive in science, language, mathematics, mechanics, etc., l)eing given 

 in the other departments of the universit3\ The farm barns are 

 locati^d about 00 rods farther west. 



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