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Monona Terrace (officially the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center) is a
Madison struggles with Wright choice for Center
August 12, 1992. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
Madison Votes Lean Toward Approval
November 4, 1992. Retrieved 2011-04-21. Additionally, the site of the land stands on historic Ho-Chunk Nation burial mounds. The proposed construction was approved by a public referendum in 1992, and construction began on January 25, 1995. The building was constructed by J.H. Findorff and Son Inc., a southern Wisconsin contractor. Although the exterior design is Wright's, the interior as executed was designed by former Wright apprentice Anthony Puttnam of
Monona Terrace is located two blocks from the Wisconsin State Capitol building in downtown Madison. From the roof of Monona Terrace, one can see downtown Madison, including the Capitol and Lake Monona.
The facility hosts over 600 conventions, meetings and weddings each year that result in an average of $52 million in economic activity for the region. Monona Terrace also runs free community programs that serve approximately 56,000 people each year. Monona Terrace also offers guided tours, a gift shop, a rooftop cafe (warm weather months only), and serves as the home for some of the community's events including the national radio variety show Michael Feldman's ''Whad'Ya Know?'', Dane Dances, Ironman Wisconsin, and US Bank Eve.
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convention center
A convention center (American and British English spelling differences, American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a Convention (meeting), convention, where individuals and groups ...
on the shores of Lake Monona
Lake Monona ( ) is a freshwater drainage lake in Dane County, Wisconsin, surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and on the south east side by the city of Monona, Wisconsin. It is the second-largest of a chain of four lakes ...
in Madison, Wisconsin
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. Initially proposed by famed architect and Wisconsin native Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed List of Frank Lloyd Wright works, more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key ...
in 1938, the building opened in 1997 and attracts nearly 400,000 visitors annually.
History
Monona Terrace was originally designed and proposed byFrank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed List of Frank Lloyd Wright works, more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key ...
in 1938, but rejected by the Dane County, Wisconsin
Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin after Milwaukee County. Dane County is the fastest growing county in Wisconsin. ...
development board by one vote. Wright would continue to seek support for the plan and alter its design until his death in 1959. For the next four decades, various proposals for a convention center on the Monona Terrace land would be considered and rejected. Several times, it appeared that supporters of the project would be able to secure the public financing to complete the project, but various forces (such as the start of World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
) inevitably sidelined the plan.
In 1990, Madison mayor Paul Soglin
Paul R. Soglin (born April 22, 1945) is an American politician and former three-time Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, having served a total of 22 years in that office 1973-79, 1989-1997, and 2011-19. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a candida ...
resurrected Wright's proposal. Among the arguments against its construction, opponents argued that it was not a genuine Wright building, that the costs were too steep for the taxpayers to bear and that the construction would adversely affect the environment, specifically destroying the view of Lake Monona from street level on the south side of the Capitol Square.Milwaukee Sentinel
The ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper and also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely read. It was purchased by the ...
Madison struggles with Wright choice for Center
August 12, 1992. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
Milwaukee Sentinel
The ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper and also the largest newspaper in the state of Wisconsin, where it is widely read. It was purchased by the ...
Madison Votes Lean Toward Approval
November 4, 1992. Retrieved 2011-04-21. Additionally, the site of the land stands on historic Ho-Chunk Nation burial mounds. The proposed construction was approved by a public referendum in 1992, and construction began on January 25, 1995. The building was constructed by J.H. Findorff and Son Inc., a southern Wisconsin contractor. Although the exterior design is Wright's, the interior as executed was designed by former Wright apprentice Anthony Puttnam of
Taliesin Associated Architects
Taliesin Associated Architects was an architectural firm founded by apprentices of Frank Lloyd Wright to carry on his architectural vision after his death in 1959. The firm disbanded in 2003.
It was headquartered at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, ...
. Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center opened on July 18, 1997, nearly 60 years after the design was first proposed by Wright.
Facilities
Monona Terrace is located two blocks from the Wisconsin State Capitol building in downtown Madison. From the roof of Monona Terrace, one can see downtown Madison, including the Capitol and Lake Monona.
The facility hosts over 600 conventions, meetings and weddings each year that result in an average of $52 million in economic activity for the region. Monona Terrace also runs free community programs that serve approximately 56,000 people each year. Monona Terrace also offers guided tours, a gift shop, a rooftop cafe (warm weather months only), and serves as the home for some of the community's events including the national radio variety show Michael Feldman's ''Whad'Ya Know?'', Dane Dances, Ironman Wisconsin, and US Bank Eve.
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See also
*List of Frank Lloyd Wright works
Frank Lloyd Wright designed 1,141 houses, commercial buildings and other works throughout his lifetime, including 532 that were eventually built. , there were 409 extant structures designed by Wright. Over one-third of the extant structures are on ...
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*Photographed in HDR
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