boy. It's one of the two honest buildings in Madison." Old Law Building (1891, replaced) Prior to 1891, the UW's law department was variously located in the state capitol, above a saloon and in Bascom Hall. In 1891 the UW finally built a home for the law school - a Victorian brownstone designed by Charles Sumner Frost between South Hall and Music Hall. In 1939 the UW began adding to the building until in 1963 the last of the 1891 building was taken down, leaving only its cornerstone and a gargoyle near the entrance of the new University of Wisconsin Law School building. The new building is not included in the NRHP's Bascom Hill Historic District. Armory and Gymnasium (1894) The Red Gym isn't on Bascom Hill, but it is a contributing property to the Bascom Hill Historic District, and the NRHP nomination considers it "perhaps the most significant historical site in the District." Combining an armory with a gym may seem a bit odd today, but the UW had a military department in the years after the Civil War, and in 1870 built a wooden structure for military drill and gymnastics practice near where the carillon tower now stands. After it burned in 1891, there was need for a replacement. Meanwhile, some in the state legislature wanted to construct an armory in Madison to be ready in case of civil disturbances like the Haymarket Riot in Chicago less than ten years earlier. Allan Conover and Lew Porter designed a fortress-like structure with turrets and towers with corbels and battlements, in red brick trimmed with sandstone. The first floor initially held the commandant's office, the artillery drill room, bowling alleys and a swimming pool. The second held a large drill hall/basketball court/assembly hall with a 43-foot ceiling. The third held the gymnasium, with a baseball cage, gymnastics equipment, rowing machines, two 160-foot rifle ranges, and a 440-yard track. Over the years the assembly hall hosted William McKinley, William Jennings Bryan, Eugene Debs, and Upton Sinclair, championship basketball games, Pablo Casals, John Philip Souza, and the New York Symphony Orchestra. The Red Gym's primary historical significance came when it hosted the state Republican convention in 1904, in which Robert La Follette's Progressive Republicans took control of the state party from the Stalwart (conservative) Republicans, securing a majority in the state legislature and making way for reforms like the direct primary in