On August 24, 1989, Mead Hall -- the 1832 Greek Revival mansion that pre-dates the University in the Forest on this site-- caught fire. What started as a "reported small fire in the wall of Mead Hall" (http://www.rosenet.org/gov/fire/History5.htm History of the Madison Fire Department ) burned for 23 hours and took fire companies from 13 towns to quell.
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