The State Office Building is a 13-story, 177 feet (53.9 m) high-rise building located in downtown Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

. The building was built in three separate stages between 1931 and 1959, with the main section being completed in 1939. It is built in an art deco style, and it is the tallest "regular" building in downtown Madison. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Construction of the building

• The primary facades consist mainly of gray granite masonry cut to size for their particular use.
• The masonry wall construction of the first and main units built lack a water drainage system, albeit typical for their 1930s vintage.