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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML3Y_state-historical-society_Madison-WI.html
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 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR9_paunack-park_Madison-WI.html
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, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKR8_george-kalbfleisch-jr-farm-house_Madison-WI.html
This typical Wisconsin frame farmhouse was built by the son of a German immigrant on a forty-acre parcel. The land was later used as a truck farm and mink ranch. In 1950 an old chicken house on the property was converted to serve as the first Cath…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHZB_site-of-former-greenbush-cemetery-burials_Madison-WI.html
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. Marys Hospital is located today. The cemetery became overcrowded with Mad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHL5_university-of-wisconsin-madison-arboretum_Madison-WI.html
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 183…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGKA_the-nurses-dormitory_Madison-WI.html
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 Sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFQ0_anton-f-and-mary-kubicek-duplex_Madison-WI.html
Anton F. and Mary Kubicek Duplex 1926is listed in the State Register of Historic Places
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDT2_welcome-to-the-edgewood-park-and-pleasure-drive_Madison-WI.html
The Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association, incorporated in 1894, was granted an easement from the Dominican sisters of Sinsinawa for a road connecting Vilas Park with Woodrow Street.
The road was constructed in 1904 to provide a place to …