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Photo Gallery: Building Photos
Law classes were first held in the Capitol building (seen here in 1868).
The original Law Building (seen here, looking down Bascom Hill towards the Capitol) first opened in 1893.
This colorized postcard showcases the original Law Building’s red sandstone exterior.
Administrators unveil the plans for a 1960 addition to the Law Library.
The original building was torn down in the spring of 1963 to make way for new construction.
Students study in the original Law Library’s second-floor main room in 1914.
John Steuart Curry’s 1942 “Freeing of the Slaves” mural (currently located in the Quarles & Brady Reading Room) overlooks students studying in the Law Library.
A single chair sits amidst the rubble of the 1963 demolition of the original Law Building.
The exterior of the Law Building viewed from the South in 1963.
An exterior view of the south side of the 1963 Law building in the spring.
A north-side view of the 1963 Law building, as seen looking down Bascom Hill.
Look closely in this shot of the 1963 building’s courtyard, and you’ll see the Law School’s symbol and mascot: a stone gargoyle from the original 1893 building.
Autumnal colors on Bascom Hill brighten the current Law Library’s Habush, Habush & Rottier Reading Room.
A new Law Building, as seen in this exterior plan, was proposed in the mid-1990s.
A proposed drawing of one of the Law School’s new lecture halls (circa mid-1990s).
Construction of the current Law Library begins to take shape in 1995.
Students study in the Law Library, as others gather in the Foley & Lardner Courtroom below, as seen from Bascom Hill, in 1997.
Pedestrians walk past the Law Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during spring on May 12, 2009.
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Photo by: Jeff Miller
Date: 05/09 File#: NIKON D3 digital frame 449
The exterior of the Law Building viewed from Bascom Hill in 2014.
Photo by: Andy Manis
