It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. Here is the second post featuring the growth of Old Main on the UW-Whitewater Campus that burned on February 7, 1970.

This image shows the first addition to Old Main, completed only eight years after the Whitewater Normal School opened. The Second Empire (mansard roof) style addition was designed by noted Madison architect David R. Jones. Jones designed several buildings on the UW-Madison campus and became notable for being one of the most important Welsh-American poets in the United States.

This addition burned in 1891, but was quickly rebuilt along with a new gymnasium addition attached to the west wall.

Join us again next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society.

(1633P, edited, Whitewater Historical Society)