MONONA LAKE ASSEMBLY

MONONA LAKE ASSEMBLY
NORMAL HALL
D. R. JONES, ARCHITECT
1884
THIS PAVILION WAS BUILT AS A 450-SEAT LECTURE HALL
FOR THE MONONA LAKE ASSEMBLY. ESTABLISHED TO
PROVIDE INSTRUCTION FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS. IT
SOON BECAME A POPULAR SUMMER CAMP FOR TOURISTS
FROM THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST. AS MANY AS 15.000
CAME EACH YEAR FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, ENTER-
TAINMENT, RECREATION, AND LECTURES BY SUCH NOTABLES
AS WILLIAM MCKINLEY AND "FIGHTING BOB" LA FOLLETTE
THE HALL IS ONE OF THE LAST BUILDINGS REMAINING FROM
MADISON'S HEYDAY AS A RESORT COMMUNITY.
DESIGNATED MARCH 21. 1988
MADISON LANDMARKS COMMISSION

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