- Bascom Hill
Infobox_nrhp | name =Bascom Hill Historic District
nrhp_type =hd
caption =Bascom Hall, at the top of Bascom Hill
location= Bounded by Observatory Dr., University Ave., and N. Park, Langdon, and State Sts.Madison, Wisconsin
area =
built =1851
architecture= Gothic, Other, Romanesque
added =September 12 ,1974
governing_body = State
refnum=74000065 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]Bascom Hill is the main quadrangle that forms the symbolic core of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. It is located on the opposite end of State Street from theWisconsin State Capitol , and is named afterJohn Bascom , former president of the University of Wisconsin. The hill itself is adrumlin , [ [http://www.news.wisc.edu/5643.html Who knew? (Dec. 12, 2000) ] ] formed by glacial deposits about 18,000 years ago.The first university building, North Hall, was constructed on Bascom Hill in 1851 and is still in use by the Department of
Political Science . The second building, South Hall, was built in 1855 and is also still in use by the administration of the University of Wisconsin College of Letters & Science. The hill is crowned by Bascom Hall, the main administration building for the campus. Near the main entrance to Bascom Hall sits a statue of PresidentAbraham Lincoln . Bascom Hill is also home to Birge Hall, which houses the Department ofBotany ; Music Hall; Science Hall, which houses the Department ofGeography and theGaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies; the Education Building, originally home to the School of Engineering; and theUniversity of Wisconsin Law School .Bascom Hill and some of its buildings are featured in the 1986 movie
Back to School and the 2006 movieThe Last Kiss .References
External links
* [http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/Galleries/Bascom.html Bascom Hill photo gallery] from the Wisconsin Electronic Reader
* [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/001660.asp Bascom Hill Pink Flamingo] from the Wisconsin Historical Society
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