In the early twentieth century, Johnson Controls would send postcards to potential customers, featuring prominent buildings installed with the Johnson System of Temperature Regulation (such as the Wisconsin Historical Society, in Madison, Wisconsin, USA).
On July 29, 1898, the Johnson Electric Service Company (now Johnson Controls) signed a contract with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin amounting to US$ 3,175 for a system of temperature regulation in the new ‘historical library’, which was being built on the University of Wisconsin campus, located in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Johnson System of Temperature Regulation
The Wisconsin Historical Society was founded in 1846, two years before Wisconsin’s statehood
The Wisconsin Historical Society was founded in 1846, two years before Wisconsin’s statehood. By the late 1890s, the Society’s collections had outgrown its storage space, and the University’s library was in a similar predicament.
The solution proposed by the University of Wisconsin’s President and the Society’s Director was a single building serving both. The state legislature approved the proposal and construction began on the University’s lower campus.
The Wisconsin Historical Society
Built in the neoclassical revival architectural style, a design strongly associated with civic buildings, the Wisconsin Historical Society’s headquarters was completed and dedicated in the fall of 1900.
The building continues today to house the headquarters of the Wisconsin Historical Society and its extensive collections.