Then and Now: Babcock Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison

From Retiring Guy's postcard collection

A more recent view from a different perspective

Photo by Retiring Guy

Babcock Hall was built in 1951 and enlarged in 1990.  It is currently undergoing a major renovation and expansion.

Retiring Guy attended Jefferson Elementary School in Warren PA from 1957 to 1962.  The school replaced an older biulding on the same site in the early 1950s.  Note the similar use of red brick and glass blocks, the horizontal lines.

Photo by Retiring Guy (2012)

In a building consolidation move to save money, all elementeary school in Warrebn closed in the late 1990s.    Jefferson remain vacant and is now in a state of disrepair.  The view below is from my bedroom window during the time I attended Jefferson.

Photo by Retiring Guy (2018)

Related reading:

Former Jefferson St. School sold to Tom, Sally Pellegrino.  (Warren Times Observer, 8/14/2013)

According to court documents, Thomas and Sally Pellegrino of Warren purchased the property on July 26 for the price of $102,000, from Goshen Choi and Juyoung Joanna Choi representing the New York Seokwang Korean Presbyterian Church of Sunnyside, N.Y. The church acquired the property in January 2008 with the goal of setting up a seminary. Neighbors report that the building was used as a seminary for “five days.”