Arthur Peabody, Our State & University Architect in Madison

Arthur Peabody served as the university architect for the University of Wisconsin from 1905 to 1915 and as the state architect of Wisconsin from 1915 to 1938, designing many of the landmark buildings on the UW-Madison campus and throughout downtown Madison. Peabody was also influential in the university's first comprehensive facilities plan in 1908 and again as an updated plan in 1927. This presentation will highlight some of his most important works as well as the campus facilities plans that continue to influence campus planning today.

Carillon Tower (1938): Photo by the Madison Trust

Speaker Gary A. Brown, PLA, FASLA is a retired professional landscape architect who worked at the University of Wisconsin for over 38 years where he served as the director of Campus Planning and Landscape Architecture from 2001 to 2023. He also was the university’s historic preservation officer, environmental affairs officer, and the inaugural director of the university’s 300-acre Lakeshore Nature Preserve. He was inducted as a Fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2004 for his administrative works, serving ASLA on both the state and national level for over 40 years. Since his retirement in early 2023, he has served on the Middleton Hills Neighborhood Association board and on their Architectural Review Committee. He also is a trustee of the Wisconsin Union Association and is working on the history of campus planning at UW-Madison, focusing on the people who created those plans from the 1840s to present day.

Ticket Information

Madison Trust Members: $5.00 | General Public: $10.00 

Members will be asked to provide their Member ID when purchasing a ticket. If you cannot locate your Member ID, please contact us at info@madisonpreservation.org. Click here for more information on membership with the Madison Trust.

Ticket sales close at 5:00pm on March 12.

This is a virtual event on Zoom. Only one ticket is needed per household. Refunds may be requested up to 3 days (March 9) before the event. Fees are nonrefundable.

The event will be recorded and available to ticket holders for a limited time.

The Zoom link will be provided via email the week of the event.

This is the first in our four-program series! Click here to view the other programs.

*You will notice that the booking fee (ticketing site fee) and transaction fee (credit card fee) are included in the ticket price. As a small nonprofit, events such as this are a fundraiser and incorporating in their fees helps us continue these informative and enjoyable presentations.