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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMG9_9xm-wha_Madison-WI.html
On this campus pioneer research and experimentation in "wireless" led to successful transmissions of voice and music in 1917, and the beginning of broadcasting on a scheduled basis in 1919.
Experimental station 9XM transmitted telegraphic sig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMFZ_old-spring-hotel_Madison-WI.html
This Greek Revival house, also called Gorham's 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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMFW_here-was-madisons-first-african-american-neighborhood_Madison-WI.html
John Hill first set eyes on Madison while visiting a relative who was attending the University of Wisconsin. He moved his family here from Atlanta in 1910 to join a modest community of about 140 African Americans.
In 1917, Hill bought a house a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMDX_bird-effigy-mound_Madison-WI.html
This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMDN_edgewood_Madison-WI.html
This marks the site of two structures that together spanned 114 years of Dane County history.
Overlooking Lake Wingra, Edgewood Villa was built in 1855 for New York lawyer, John Ashmead. In 1856, Samuel Marshall, co-founder of the Marshall and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMDI_panther-mound_Madison-WI.html
To the native peoples who lived here, this water spirit represented the god of the underworld and has both spiritual and environmental significance.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMD9_lizard-effigy-mound_Madison-WI.html
These mounds were constructed by a people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMD7_bear-and-lynx-effigy-mounds_Madison-WI.html
These mounds were constructed by a people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMD6_jacobs-house-i_Madison-WI.html
Built for Herbert Jacobs, Madison journalist, this L-plan structure is the first of Wright's Usonian houses designed for middle income families. The horizontal emphasis of the earlier Prairie School style is evident. Innovative construction techni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMD3_let-the-great-spirits-soar_Madison-WI.html
This memorial, carved by Harry R. Whitehorse from a storm-damaged hackberry tree, honors his Indian ancestors and is a tribute to the Effigy Mound Builders.
Sculpture funded byCity of Madison Committee for the ArtsDane County Cultural Affairs C…