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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Madison
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Olbrich Park
This park was formerly known as Lake Front Park and remains one of Madison's largest lakefront parks with sixteen acres of land. In 1922, Michael B. Olbrich formed the Madison Parks Foundation to raise money necessary to . . . — — Map (db m144049) HM
Near Atwood Avenue 0.2 miles west of Walter Street, on the right when traveling west.
Welcome. You are entering a garden of enchantment where powerful symbols, exquisite craftsmanship, and lush foliage combine to bring you closer to the culture of Thailand.
Where is Thailand?
[World map showing location of . . . — — Map (db m36960) HM
On East Gilman Street 0.1 miles east of North Pinckney Street, on the left when traveling east.
Constructed of locally quarried sandstone and designed in the Italianate style, this house was originally built for Julius T. White, secretary of the Wisconsin Insurance Company. Governor Jeremiah Rusk acquired the house in 1883 and sold it to the . . . — — Map (db m32459) HM
On Nakoma Road at Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south on Nakoma Road.
This Greek Revival house, also called Gorhams Hotel, was a stagecoach stop on the Madison-Monroe Road for travelers to and from the western part of the state. The brick structure was built for Charles E. Morgan, Madison dry goods merchant. James W. . . . — — Map (db m33617) HM
On West Wilson Street near Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
Olin Terrace honors the memory of John Myers Olin (1851-1924). Mr. Olin was a U.W. law professor and the president of, and driving force behind, the original Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association. He was an energetic fundraiser and for his . . . — — Map (db m37038) HM
This park is named in honor of John Olin (1851-1924) for the instrumental role he played in the purchase of this 28-acre site in 1910. An additional 65 acres was donated to the city, in 1980 by the Turville Point Association. Between 1854 and 1910 . . . — — Map (db m35404) HM
On North Pinckney Street at East Mifflin Street, on the right when traveling north on North Pinckney Street.
This block is comprised of two buildings constructed seven years apart. Although altered, this block is significant as a representative example of the commercial building type and the early history of local commercial architecture. This building . . . — — Map (db m62339) HM
Near North Park Street at State Street Mall, on the left when traveling north.
In 1919, a group of students and professors gathered in the basement of Sterling Hall to transmit some of the earliest educational programming over the airwaves. Their regular broadcasts became the foundation of WHA, one of the oldest radio stations . . . — — Map (db m31987) HM
On State Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Orpheum Theater is significant as the finest locally surviving theater from the movie palace era. Designed by preeminent theater architects Rapp and Rapp of Chicago, it features a distinctive Art Deco style faηade. Its French Renaissance style . . . — — Map (db m50085) HM
On Spaight Street at South Ingersoll Street, on the right when traveling east on Spaight Street.
Originally chosen as the site for the Village of Madison Cemetery in 1846, the fathers of the growing city decided to disinter the bodies buried here a decade later upon acquisition of the Forest Hill site. Named for Supreme Court Justice Harlow S. . . . — — Map (db m32616) HM
On Spaight Street 0.1 miles east of South Ingersoll Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1887 this spot high over Lake Monona became the first Madison park. It is named in honor of Harlow S. Orton (1817-1895), Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, Madison Mayor, Assemblyman, Circuit Court Judge, and University of Wisconsin Law School . . . — — Map (db m32646) HM
Near Wilson Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
This seating area is dedicated to honor the memory of Otis Redding, Jr., who lost his life in a plane crash in Lake Monona on December 10, 1967 while en route to a Madison engagement.
Known as the "King of the Soul Singers," Redding was . . . — — Map (db m35249) HM
On East Washington Avenue at North Pinckney Street, on the right when traveling west on East Washington Avenue.
Located in one of the richest agricultural counties in the country, Madison has always been a market town. But the farming community was out of luck in 1872 when state officials banned the hitching of horses on the interior side of Capitol Square. . . . — — Map (db m33481) HM
On Edgewood Drive 0.1 miles west of Edgewood Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
To the native peoples who lived here, this water spirit represented the god of the underworld and has both spiritual and environmental significance. — — Map (db m33514) HM
On Monroe Street at Regent Street, on the right when traveling south on Monroe Street.
Nine-time letterwinner in football, basketball, and baseball Consensus All-America end in 1962 Two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection Nation's leading receiver in 1961 Big Ten's leading receiver in 1961 and 1962 Then Rose Bowl-record 11 . . . — — Map (db m45687) HM
A.O. "Augie" Paunack (1879-1954) was a Madison native, the son of German immigrants. His business career began as a newspaper carrier and ended as the founder and president of the Commercial State Bank of Madison, a founder of radio station WIBA, . . . — — Map (db m31030) HM
On King Street 0.1 miles east of South Webster Street, on the left when traveling east.
Once located here, Peck Cabin -- Madison's first residence, business and post office -- was built by entrepreneurs Ebenezer and Roseline Peck in 1837. Constructing their cabin with adjoining additions near the new territorial capitol site, the Pecks . . . — — Map (db m31701) HM
On East Gorham Street at North Pinckney Street, on the right when traveling west on East Gorham Street.
Designed to preserve part of the original gracious character of the Mansion Hill area, the Period Garden Park incorporated historical elements that complement its two landmark neighbors, the Elisha Keyes House and the Timothy Brown House. The . . . — — Map (db m38707) HM
On Langdon Street at Wisconsin Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Langdon Street.
This house is significant for its association with the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity as well as for its English Tudor revival style design by local master architects Law, Law and Potter. Executed in rusticated local limestone, the fraternity . . . — — Map (db m55465) HM
On East Main Street at South Webster Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street.
The Schoen building is significant as an excellent example of an Italianate style commercial building from Madison's earliest commercial era. Constructed of local sandstone and designed by one of Madison's most influential architects, the building . . . — — Map (db m60551) HM
On East Gilman Street at North Pinckney Street, on the left when traveling west on East Gilman Street.
Built in the early Romanesque Revival style, this Prairie du Chien sandstone house exemplifies the ornate designs of local architects August Kutzbock and Samuel Donnel. In the 1850's and 60's, it was commissioned by Alexander A. McDonnell, . . . — — Map (db m38740) HM
On West Wilson Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., on the left when traveling west on West Wilson Street.
In memory of the
pioneer
men and women
who passed this way
in covered wagons
1830-1930
Erected by
John Bell Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1931 — — Map (db m75656) HM
On Henry Mall at University Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Henry Mall.
Geneticist Joshua Lederberg was the first University of Wisconsin faculty member to receive the Nobel Prize. His discovery of conjugation in bacterial cells was a milestone in biology and ushered in the new field of bacterial genetics. Soon, the . . . — — Map (db m57031) HM
On Henry Mall at University Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Henry Mall.
While a University of Wisconsin genetics professor from 1960 to 1988, Oliver Smithies pioneered the targeted genetic modification of mouse embryonic stem cells. This discovery led to the development of "knockout" mice, which became an indispensable . . . — — Map (db m32580) HM
On Monroe Street at Copeland Street, on the right when traveling south on Monroe Street.
Originally constructed as the stone house of German immigrant August Paunack, the structure was converted to an inn in 1858. It was extended toward the road by a twenty-five foot brick addition in the Greek Revival vernacular. Owned by Englishman . . . — — Map (db m45466) HM
On Linden Drive at Elm Drive, on the right when traveling north on Linden Drive.
In regions distant from oceans, goiter once was a common disease of humans and animals. Goiter, manifested through an enlarged thyroid gland, is caused by a deficiency of iodine in the diet. University of Wisconsin biochemists Edwin B. Hart and . . . — — Map (db m32395) HM
On East Gilman Street at Wisconsin Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Gilman Street.
Designed by Danish-born architect Lawrence Monberg, the Quisling Towers is a striking example of the Art Moderne style. Art Moderne was influenced by the emerging industrial design for ships, airplanes and cars, featuring such aerodynamic properties . . . — — Map (db m40750) HM
Near Observatory Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Born of Norwegian parents in town of Albion, January 12, 1846 Member of the University faculty 1869-1883 United States Minister to Denmark 1885-1889 Died in Madison, Wisconsin, March 2, 1936 First Wisconsin-born professor on the University faculty . . . — — Map (db m32739) HM
University of Wisconsin students traditionally have been active in political and social causes, and that was never more apparent than during the turbulent 1960s. During that time, students frequently led rallies and demonstrations, many of which . . . — — Map (db m31761) HM
On Observatory Drive at Elm Drive, on the right when traveling east on Observatory Drive.
Techniques of assisted reproduction, particularly of cattle, have revolutionized animal breeding practices worldwide. University of Wisconsin biochemists Henry Lardy and Paul Phillips developed methods for dilution and long-term preservation of . . . — — Map (db m57143) HM
On Lakeland Avenue at Maple Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Lakeland Avenue.
This imposing house was the first of many fine Colonial Revival designs by Madison architect Frank Riley. It has the superb details and gracious proportions that were to become hallmarks of Riley's work. He designed this house for his parents, . . . — — Map (db m33470) HM
Near Observatory Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Robert E. Gard (1910-1992) wrote, spoke, taught, and lived the Wisconsin Idea through community arts development. Convinced everyone has a story to tell, he envisioned a Wisconsin in which everyone wrote, painted, danced, acted or sang their story. . . . — — Map (db m32937) HM
Near North Butler Street 0.1 miles north of East Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
This unusual midblock residence was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his boyhood friend, "Robie" Lamp, a realtor and insurance salesman. The simple, boxy shape of the house, with its open floor plan, was very modern for the time. Wright called it . . . — — Map (db m32412) HM
On Jenifer Street 0.1 miles east of Williamson Street, on the right when traveling east.
At the center of the Third Lake Ridge Germanic enclave were the Hannoverian merchant tailor Friedrich Sauthoff and his family. Sauthoff and his neighbor, Michael Zwank, a mason, built this house of molded red brick. Its sturdy vernacular style . . . — — Map (db m32701) HM
On North Park Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on North Park Street.
Madison's oldest towing company, Schmidt's Auto, was founded in 1937 by Norbert and Viola Schmidt. Over the next 65 years, Norbert and his son, Lawrence, operated the business before Norbert's grandsons, Michael and John Schmidt, took over. In 2001, . . . — — Map (db m57032) HM
On West Mifflin Street at North Fairchild Street, on the right when traveling west on West Mifflin Street.
The Schubert Building is significant as a commercial example of the Queen Anne style and was built as a restaurant and saloon at the ground floor and an apartment above. Elements of the commercial Queen Anne style evident here include texture and . . . — — Map (db m78371) HM
On North Park Street at Langdon Street, on the left when traveling north on North Park Street.
Science Hall University of Wisconsin - Madison has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — — Map (db m33931) HM
On Linden Drive 0.1 miles west of Babcock Drive, on the left when traveling west.
In 1893 the College of Agriculture's emerging science-based approach to agriculture was emphatically demonstrated to farmers and Wisconsin citizens by the postmortem verification of a tuberculosis test for cattle. Organized by University of . . . — — Map (db m32260) HM
The Social Security system that became a cornerstone of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal was written by University of Wisconsin economist Edwin Witte, who served as an advisor to Roosevelt. Witte drew from deep Wisconsin roots. He based the new . . . — — Map (db m31953) HM
On Sherman Avenue at North Thornton Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Sherman Avenue.
The original Sherman Avenue crossing over the Yahara River was a wooden bridge built by Leonard Farwell circa 1848. It was replaced in 1874. By 1904 the bridge consisted of steel beams, plates and rivets with a wooden plank deck. There are four . . . — — Map (db m32172) HM
On Spaight Street 0.1 miles west of South Brearly Street, on the left when traveling east.
First occupied by railroad contractor D. B. Shipley, this brick house draws stylistically from both the Greek Revival and the Italianate. In the 1880's the dwelling was owned and occupied by the family of Territorial Secretary William B. Slaughter. . . . — — Map (db m32969) HM
On Speedway Road 0.1 miles east of Hillcrest Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Nineteenth century cemeteries were sometimes relocated as a community expanded. In 1845, land was purchased for a cemetery in the Greenbush neighborhood of Madison where St. Mary's Hospital is located today. The cemetery became overcrowded with . . . — — Map (db m144093) HM
On Williamson Street at North Baldwin Street, on the right when traveling east on Williamson Street.
The Sixth Ward Public Library was funded by a grant from Andrew Carnegie and is the oldest existing Carnegie library building in Madison. It is significant as the work of architects Claude and Starck, and is designed in the Collegiate Gothic style . . . — — Map (db m50054) HM
On South Hamilton Street at West Main Street, on the left when traveling north on South Hamilton Street.
Designed by David R. Jones[,] one of Madison's early prominent architects, the Smith and Lamb Block is an example of the Gothic Revival style and the only known commercial building of that style in the city. Executed in red and cream brick and . . . — — Map (db m77958) HM
On Kendall Avenue at North Prospect Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Kendall Avenue.
One of the first houses in University Heights, this imposing house was built for Charles Forster Smith, a professor of Greek and Classical Philology. In 1917 Smith sold the house to Emma and Frederick Ogg, a professor who is generally considered to . . . — — Map (db m45689) HM
On Regent Street at North Murray Street, on the right when traveling west on Regent Street.
[South Side:] Mos na harroni. Do not forget us. Nina Pecoraro Borgman Carpenter The best education I ever had was growing up in the Bush. Billy McDonald For the Italian girls our parents were too strict. It was school, home, and . . . — — Map (db m42112) HM
On Atwood Avenue at Corry Street, on the left when traveling east on Atwood Avenue.
Since it was founded in 1907, St. Bernard's Parish has been a religious and social focus of neighborhood life on the East side. This imposing church building was erected during a decade of heavy construction activity among Madison's religious . . . — — Map (db m40825) HM
On East Main Street at South Hancock Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Designed in a late Nineteenth Century eclectic style by Madison civil engineer and architect, John Nader, this church is the third oldest Catholic parish in the City. It was dedicated on St. Patrick's Day in 1889, Archbishop Heiss of Milwaukee in . . . — — Map (db m40207) HM
Near Milwaukee Street at Wirth Court, on the left when traveling west.
This simple brick dwelling was built for Frederick Stang, a Bavarian immigrant and market gardener. His house is one of the last vestiges of these early-day fruit and vegetable farms on the fringes of the city. In 1883, a later owner, Jacob Wirth, . . . — — Map (db m41397) HM
Near Atwood Avenue 0.2 miles west of Walter Street, on the right when traveling west.
The first plan for a sewage system in Madison was adopted in 1885. The system first pumped untreated human waste directly into the lakes.
It wasn't until 1901 that a sewage treatment facility was built. By then Lake Monona and the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m39102) HM
Dedicated to the conservation, advancement and dissemination of the American heritage, the Society was founded in 1846, chartered in 1853. Legislative support, the first bestowed in any state, began in 1854; the Society became a state agency in . . . — — Map (db m31582) HM
On West Wilson Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west on West Wilson Street.
Designed by State Architect Arthur Peabody, the Wilson Street Office Building is an extraordinary representation of the Art Deco Style of architecture. Built in three separate stages, 1930, 1938 and 1959, the symmetrically massed structure has a . . . — — Map (db m39919) HM
On East Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Washington Avenue.
The Steensland Bridge was named after Norwegian Consul Halle Steensland who donated $10,000 in 1904 for construction of a stone bridge over the Yahara River. The bridge was widened in 1950 reusing the original stone facing. The bridge was replaced . . . — — Map (db m39087) HM
On East Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Washington Avenue.
The Steensland Bridge was named after Norwegian Consul Halle Steensland who donated $10,000 in 1904 for construction of a stone bridge over the Yahara River. The bridge was widened in 1950 reusing the original stone facing. The bridge was replaced . . . — — Map (db m39088) HM
Near East Gorham Street 0.1 miles west of Wisconsin Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Built in a late Nineteenth Century eclectic style for Halle Steensland, Madison banker, philanthropist, and Vice Consul for Norway and Sweden, this house was designed by the architectural firm of J.O. Gordon and F.W. Paunack. It incorporates . . . — — Map (db m40859) HM
On Waubesa Street at LaFollette Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Waubesa Street.
The Steinle Turret Machine Co. building represents Madison's early industrial heritage. This building is significant as a manufacturing type known as a production shed. It is characterized by its one-story brick construction of considerable length, . . . — — Map (db m54618) HM
On East Main Street at King Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street.
The Suhr Bank Building is an elegant example of the Italianate style applied to a commercial building. Designed by influential Madison architect John Nader, the building is of regularly coarse sandstone with a projecting cornice featuring pairs of . . . — — Map (db m50132) HM
Near Langdon Street 0.1 miles east of North Henry Street, on the right when traveling east.
This house was built in a late Second French Empire style with ornate detailing in the manner of the Aesthetic style. Its owner, John J. Suhr, was the founder of the German American Bank. The architect, John Nader, was primarily employed as a civil . . . — — Map (db m40761) HM
On Sherman Avenue at Marston Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Sherman Avenue.
Designed by O.C. Simonds, the founder of the Prairie School of landscape architecture, Madison's first city park emphasizes naturalistic placement of native plant species. The design created lagoons to symbolize prairie rivers and meadows to . . . — — Map (db m50062) HM
Near North Thornton Avenue at East Johnson Street, on the right when traveling south.
This park was named for its principle benefactor, Daniel Kent Tenney (1834 - 1915), an attorney, who purchased a portion of this marshland in 1899 and donated it to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association to be developed and maintained as an . . . — — Map (db m50087) HM
On Sherman Avenue at North Thornton Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Sherman Avenue.
In 1846 Wisconsin's territorial legislature approved incorporation of Madison Village and construction of a dam at Lake Mendota's outlet with a canal for navigation between Lakes Mendota and Monona.
The first dam was built of earth in 1847 by . . . — — Map (db m33652) HM
On Hoyt Street at North Breese Terrace, on the right when traveling east on Hoyt Street.
Terrace Homes apartments is the first documented example of cooperative home ownership in Madison. Popular in larger cities, the cooperative movement was the precursor of condominium ownership. This imposing and substantial Tudor Revival style . . . — — Map (db m41241) HM
At the end of the nineteenth century, one of the most popular classes at the University of Wisconsin was Frederick Jackson Turner's course on the American frontier. In those lectures, Turner shared beliefs about our nation's history that would help . . . — — Map (db m31989) HM
On West Wilson Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west on West Wilson Street.
1846---1925 This land was the site of the Fairchild home Jairus Cassius Fairchild State Treasurer, Wisconsin, 1848-1852 First Mayor of Madison, 1856 Lucius Fairchild Lt. Col. 2nd Regt. Wis. Inf. 1861 Colonel 2nd Regt. Wis. Inf. 1862 Brig. . . . — — Map (db m40271) HM
When the University of Wisconsin started the country's first college dance program in 1926, the goal was to teach more than dance. The program's founder, Margaret H'Doubler, wanted the women's physical education program to be "worth a college . . . — — Map (db m37730) HM
On South Park Street at Regent Street, on the right when traveling north on South Park Street.
This memorial is dedicated to the memory of those immigrants who settled this area at the turn of the twentieth century. The 'Greenbush' site, known as the Triangle area, was a unique neighborhood composed of fourteen homogeneous ethnic groups. The . . . — — Map (db m41636) HM
On Linden Drive at Babcock Drive, on the right when traveling west on Linden Drive.
The ideas of University of Wisconsin ecologist Aldo Leopold provided the intellectual and philosophical foundation for the discipline of wildlife ecology. His 1948 book of essays, A Sand County Almanac, gave form and voice to the land ethic that . . . — — Map (db m32397) HM
On University Avenue near North Randall Avenue, on the right.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, established in 1924, is the oldest collegiate nursing program in the state. Nursing students lived in the dormitory from 1946 until 1960. The Nurses Dormitory building remained home to the . . . — — Map (db m24944) HM
As president of the University of Wisconsin from 1903 to 1918, Charles Van Hise championed a mission of public service that became known as the Wisconsin Idea. Calling for professors to share the wealth of their teaching and research, Van Hise . . . — — Map (db m32505) HM
The School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, which began on this site in 1883, pioneered in America the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy as a professional degree (first awarded 1895) and the Doctor of Philosophy in pharmaceutical specialties as a . . . — — Map (db m31949) HM
On Shawn Trail 0.1 miles south of Old Sauk Road, on the left when traveling south.
The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs second house possesses national significance as the first house to be built under architect Frank Lloyd Wright's concept of the "Solar Hemicycle". Based on arcs, radii, and circles, the house's design includes a . . . — — Map (db m38517) HM
On West Gorham Street at State Street, on the left when traveling west on West Gorham Street.
Owning a State Street beer establishment wasnt easy in the early 1900s. As the temperance movement gathered momentum throughout the country, increasing numbers of Americans wanted alcohol consumption outlawed. Founded in 1863, Hausmanns Capital . . . — — Map (db m33967) HM
Near Wilson Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
During Madison's first two decades, this body of water was named Third Lake. Lake Kegonsa, the first lake surveyed in 1834, was called First Lake. The city later created a new name for Third Lake: Monona, mistakenly thought to be an . . . — — Map (db m35433) HM
On July 20th, during the Black Hawk War of 1832, Black Hawk led about 700 Sac, Fox and Kickapoo Indians past this point and through the “Third Lake Passage,” the juncture of the Yahara River and Lake Monona. By sunset, the military also . . . — — Map (db m31777) HM
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard 0.1 miles south of West Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
It was future Wisconsin Governor James Doty who first envisioned a city on this site, after passing through the area and glimpsing its potential in 1829. In April 1836, Doty purchased land on this isthmus between two lakes. That November, he . . . — — Map (db m32909) HM
On East Dayton Street at North Blount Street on East Dayton Street.
These vernacular buildings are significant for their association with, and are among the last vestiges of, Madison's first African-American community. Both were moved to the site by African-American civic leader, John Turner. The two-story, . . . — — Map (db m54181) HM
Near Thorstrand Road 0.2 miles north of University Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
These two Mediterranean Revival mansions were designed for Magnus and Annie Swenson and their daughter Mary North by Madison architects Law and Law. Swenson was a Norwegian immigrant who became an internationally famous inventor and humanitarian. . . . — — Map (db m46031) HM
On Jenifer Street at South Paterson Street, on the right when traveling west on Jenifer Street.
This home is an exceptional example of the Free-Classic subtype of the Queen Anne style which was at the height of local popularity between 1880 and 1910. The Queen Anne style was derived from England and architects' interpretation of early English . . . — — Map (db m54232) HM
Near East Gorham Street 0.1 miles west of North Butler Street, on the right when traveling west.
This Italianate brick house was constructed for Timothy Brown of New York State, a real estate speculator, founder of the First National Bank, and an official of the Madison Gas Light and Coke Company. Brown was induced to come to Madison in 1855 by . . . — — Map (db m38710) HM
On Williamson Street at South Few Street on Williamson Street.
Toward Revolution
In the 70s Williamson Street Was primarily a working class industrial area. Artists, activists, poets, musicians, and theater folks found cheap rent here and minimal restriction on out artistic and political . . . — — Map (db m105520) HM
On East Wilson Street at South Franklin Street, on the right when traveling east on East Wilson Street.
On July 21, 1832, during the Black Hawk War, the U.S. Militia "passed through the narrows of the four lakes," Madison's Isthmus, in pursuit of Sac Indian leader Black Hawk and his band. Near this location, the Militia shot and scalped an old Sac . . . — — Map (db m31700) HM
On Henry Mall at University Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Henry Mall.
Biochemists in the 1920s conducted studies leading to improved understanding of the roles of minerals in animal and human diets. University of Wisconsin biochemists E.B. Hart, C.A. Elvehjem, and Harry Steenbock discovered that copper, in addition to . . . — — Map (db m57046) HM
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at East Doty Street, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
This impressive limestone building with its two-story Ionic colonnade is one of Madison's finest examples of the neo-classical revival style. Wetmore was acting supervising architect for the Department of the Treasury and this and similar designs . . . — — Map (db m40233) HM
On Linden Drive at Observatory Drive, on the right when traveling north on Linden Drive.
In the mid-1940s University of Wisconsin geneticist Ray Owen noticed a surprising fact about non-identical cattle twins. Each twin had two kinds of blood cells, its own and those of its twin. In ordinary transfusions, such mixing of blood cells . . . — — Map (db m32807) HM
On University Bay Drive 0.2 miles north of University Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Unitarian Meeting House has been designated a National Historic LandmarkDesigned by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the First Unitarian Society of Madison, the meeting house is an innovative building that has influenced religious . . . — — Map (db m32413) HM
Near Linden Drive, on the left when traveling west.
This spectacular barn and silo feature design elements of the French Provincial style inspired by the agricultural buildings of northern France. Jennings was the architect for the main 3-story side-gambrel barn, brick silo, and front-gambrel . . . — — Map (db m40972) HM
On Monroe Street at Regent Street, on the right when traveling south on Monroe Street.
The Field House is an exceptional example of the Renaissance Revival style, executed in locally quarried sandstone. The primary facade has monumentally scaled door and window openings with steel sash, and a pedimented gable featuring a cartouche . . . — — Map (db m45688) HM
On Longenecker Drive 0.1 miles east of Arboretum Drive, on the right when traveling east.
The Arboretum consists of 1,200 acres of restored and remnant prairies, savannas, wetlands and woodlands. Each of these plant communities provides a window into the natural heritage of southern Wisconsin before European settlers arrived in the . . . — — Map (db m26489) HM
On East Campus Mall at State Street, on the right when traveling north on East Campus Mall.
Commonly known as the Pres House, this building is significant as a masterfully executed example of the Gothic Revival style which was locally popular between 1915 and 1945 for the construction of churches. The primary faηades are of rock-faced . . . — — Map (db m53066) HM
On North Carroll Street 0.1 miles north of East Gorham Street, on the left when traveling north.
This Italianate sandstone house, originally built for local hardware dealer Samuel Fox, exemplifies a regionally distinctive alternating pattern in its masonry. In 1860, transplanted New Yorker, Napoleon Bonaparte Van Slyke, the cashier of the Dane . . . — — Map (db m32665) HM
On State Street near West Gilman Street, on the right when traveling west.
During the 1960s and early 1970s, many American college campuses smoldered over political issues, especially the draft and the Vietnam War. The University of Wisconsin, however, burst into a full blaze. Groups demonstrated regularly on campus and . . . — — Map (db m37318) HM
Near Vilas Park Drive 0.2 miles east of Vilas Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
This park was a gift to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association to be held in trust for the city of Madison by Colonel William Freeman Vilas and Anna M. Vilas in 1904. At their request, the park was named Henry Vilas Park in memory of their . . . — — Map (db m41556) HM
On Babcock Drive at University Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Babcock Drive.
The discovery of how to produce vitamin D stands as a critical event in the history of vitamin research. In 1924, University of Wisconsin biochemist Harry Steenbock discovered that ultraviolet light converts an inactive material in food to vitamin . . . — — Map (db m57106) HM
On East Gorham Street at North Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling west on East Gorham Street.
This memorial is dedicated to the 45,000 international volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. Among them were 2,800 United States veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, many of whom came from Wisconsin. Their memorable struggle . . . — — Map (db m38715) HM
On Forster Drive 0.1 miles south of Troy Drive, on the left when traveling south.
This park was dedicated in memory of Ernest N. Warner (1868-1929). An astute politician, state senator, and president of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association from 1912 until his death in 1929. He is credited with making park services an . . . — — Map (db m55082) HM
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