These include Meggers Hall/Ritzinger Hall (administration and classrooms), the Fine Arts Building, library, gymnasium, student center, and physical plant.
[4] [5] The story of UW-Barron County began in the fall of 1963 when the Wisconsin Coordinating Committee for Higher Education (CCHE) recommended that a two-year liberal arts institution be established in Rice Lake.
In April 1964 the Barron County Board of Supervisors undertook the commitment to fund the physical facilities of the 'Branch Campus' with state and federal aid.
Then in November 1965 the Barron County Board of Supervisors authorized the issuance of a $1,500,000 bond issue and tax levy to help finance the institution.
And in February 1966 the 142-acre Johnson-Zimmer tract in the south of the city and abutting the east shore of the Red Cedar River was selected as the site for the new campus.
In September 1967 bricks and mortar rose on the Johnson-Zimmer site and the campus embarked on the second year of liberal arts studies with 201 students, still in the makeshift quarters.
The formal dedication of the Barron County Campus of Stout State University in Rice Lake, Wisconsin was held in September 1968.
The renovation project connected Meggers and Ritzinger Hall and offered state-of-the-art science labs, high-tech classrooms, tutorial facilities, and a comfortable student activity space.