J. T. W. Jennings Explained

John Thompson Williams Jennings (May 5, 1856 – July 9, 1944) was an American architect from Brooklyn.^[1] He was the Milwaukee Railroad's architect from 1885–93 and was part-time supervising architect for the University of Wisconsin from 1899 to 1906. He contributed to many prominent campus buildings.

List of buildings designed or overseen

• Milwaukee Road depot (1889), Darlington, Wisconsin^[2]
• Milwaukee Road Railway depot http://ydna.livejournal.com/2003/06/04/ (1890), Whitewater, Wisconsin
• University of Wisconsin–Madison King Hall, 1525 Observatory Drive, built in two stages as an expandable design (1894 and 1896)^[3]
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Dairy Barnhttps://web.archive.org/web/20060217194857/http://www.madisontrust.org/news/dairybarn_central.html (1897), 1915 Linden Dr. Madison, Wisconsin
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Agricultural Bulletin Building (1899) https://www2.fpm.wisc.edu/ppnew/featurebldg/pdf/Agbull.pdf
• Janesville Public Library http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=div&did=WI.0315.1604.0005&isize=text http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20010822/ai_n10728762 (1902), S. Main Street, Janesville, Wisconsin
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Agriculture Hall https://www2.fpm.wisc.edu/ppnew/featurebldg/pdf/aghall.pdf (1903)
• University of Wisconsin–Madison Engineering Building (Old Education) https://www2.fpm.wisc.edu/ppnew/featurebldg/pdf/EDUCATIO.pdf
• Dunn County Training and Agricultural School (with Claude and Starck) Menomonie, Wisconsin
• Delafield Fish Hatchery, Main St., Delafield, Wisconsin

References

• Feldman, Jim. The Buildings of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison Archives, 1997.
• University of Wisconsin–Madison. "The Agricultural District" in Perspectives of a University: A Survey of the Campus Architectural, Historical, Archaeological and Memorial Resources, and Recommendations for Preservation. Madison: Author, 1978, pp. 46–51.

External links

• University of Wisconsin–Madison Facility Name Registry

Notes and References

1. Web site: archINFORM. International Architecture Database. https://www.archinform.net/index.htm. 1 August 2019. 1 August 2019.
2. Hannah . Kent . The 2018 RSHS Madison, WI Convention Part II . The Bulletin: The Railroad Station Historical Society . March–April 2019 . 52-2 . 18 .
3. Book: Jim Feldman . The Buildings of the University of Wisconsin . Madison . Author . 1997 . 73–74 .