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Related Historical Markers
This is a list of markers regarding the Greenbush neighborhood.
By William J. Toman, April 11, 2011
The Greenbush Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| 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 North Park Street at West Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Park Street. |
| | Once a marshy area off the shores of Lake Monona, this triangular shaped neighborhood became a dream for Italian immigrants during the early 1900's. Greenbush developed into one of America's countless Little Italys, complemented with Jewish, Black . . . — — Map (db m32636) 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 Regent Street at North Park Street, on the right when traveling west on Regent Street. |
| | One of the few buildings remaining from the original Italian community in Greenbush, the Italian Workmen's Club was constructed by volunteer labor in 1922, with a major renovation in 1936. John Icke, local contractor and benefactor of the Italian . . . — — Map (db m32642) 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 Mound Street at South Brooks Street, on the right when traveling east on Mound Street. |
| | The Longfellow School served the ethnically diverse Greenbush neighborhood as a community anchor between 1918 and 1980. Designed by the prominent Madison firm of Law, Law and Potter, the school is an excellent example of the Elizabethan Revival, a . . . — — Map (db m49732) HM |
May. 19, 2024