Nathan Zobel, property supervisor at the Solarium in Waterloo, hangs a piece of artwork in preparation for an upcoming exhibit by the Madison Artists Guild. The gallery is inside an event space in the former corporate headquarters building for Perry Judd Printing, once the largest employer in the city. The building has been largely empty since 2010 but is coming back to life with new uses.
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The main lobby and other parts of the Solarium are flooded with natural light. The building, which has office and event space for rent, opened in 1984 in Waterloo.
Workers hang artwork and prepare for an upcoming open house of the Solarium in the former Perry Judd Printing building in Waterloo. A reception is set for 2 to 5 p.m. May 1.
Watercolorist Dave Williams, president of the Madison Artists Guild, helps hang one of his paintings in the Solarium in Waterloo in preparation of an art exhibit that will open May 1 with three other Dane County artists.
A former conference room on the second level of the Solarium is being pegged for a dressing room for brides who have their weddings in the building.
The second-level event space at the Solarium, in the former Perry Judd Printing building in Waterloo, overlooks the Maunesha River.
This door in a basement office is one of the few reminders that the building was home to the corporate office of Perry Judd Printing. The company traces its roots to 1931 in Waterloo.
The 42,000-square-foot Solarium in Waterloo is envisioned as a new site for weddings.
Photos: Former corporate headquarters building in Waterloo to be home to events, an art gallery and office space
Once the largest employer in the city, the office building has been largely empty for the past 12 years but a New York company is hoping to bring back to life.
The main lobby and other parts of the Solarium are flooded with natural light. The building, which has office and event space for rent, opened in 1984 in Waterloo.
Barry Adams covers regional news for the Wisconsin State Journal. Send him ideas for On Wisconsin at 608-252-6148 or by email at badams@madison.com.
