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Seven commercial buildings built from 1845 to 1887 in Italianate and Romanesque Revival styles. Simeon Mills built a log store and saloon in this area in 1837 - the first store in Madison. That log store is gone, but the structure at 121-123 E. Main still probably contains framing from 1847 - the oldest in Madison. 119: Hiram Smith Hall and Annex
The Henry Mall Historic District is a landscaped mall and the surrounding academic agriculture buildings on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, roughly laid out by architects Warren Laird and Paul Cret from 1906 to 1908, with buildings constructed from 1903 to 1961. [2]
The Simeon Mills Historic District is a group of seven historic commercial buildings two blocks west of the capitol square in Madison, Wisconsin, constructed from around 1845 to 1887. In 1987 the district was added to the National Register of Historic Places [ 2 ] - considered significant for its concentration of 19th century commercial ...
The earliest known mechanical mill is the Hierapolis sawmill, a Roman water-powered stone mill at Hierapolis, Asia Minor dating back to the 3rd century AD. Other water-powered mills followed and by the 11th century they were widespread in Spain and North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, and in the next few centuries, spread across Europe.
In 1985 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and is now part of the Henry Mall Historic District. [1] [2] The UW's College of Agriculture was founded in 1889, focusing in its first decades on research and sharing practical applications of that research with the state's farmers.
West Towne Mall is a shopping mall located in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., owned by CBL Properties.It was the first enclosed shopping center within 70 miles (110 km) of Madison with its grand opening on October 15, 1970.
The site has components located on either side of the Hammonasset River, which provided power for the mill's operation and serves as the town boundary between Madison and Killingworth. Surviving elements of the mill complex include the partial remains of a stone dam on the east side, and the stone mill foundation and raceways on the west side.
The mall opened for business October 14, 1971 with a small ribbon cutting ceremony, a year after West Towne Mall, opened on the west side of Madison.At the time it was constructed, East Towne was Madison's largest enclosed mall, and had four large anchor stores, Sears, J. C. Penney, H. C. Prange Co., and Gimbel's. [1]