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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXSI_sixth-ward-public-library_Madison-WI.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXK9_longfellow-school_Madison-WI.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX96_badger-state-shoe-factory_Madison-WI.html
Albert and Henry Atkins founded the Badger State Shoe Factory in Milwaukee in 1893. They expanded production to Madison in 1900 and in 1910 constructed this building to consolidate manufacturing operations. Significant for its association with tur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX8X_anna-and-cornelius-collins-residence_Madison-WI.html
This house, designed by Madison's premier architectural firm of Claude and Starck in 1908, incorporates an eclectic mix of popular styles of the era and includes Prairie, Tudor and Craftsman features. Windows take center stage at the front fa?ade:…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX8W_irene-and-robert-connor-residence_Madison-WI.html
This Colonial Revival house was built for Robert and Irene Connor, daughter of lumber magnates Anna and Cornelius Collins who lived next door. Irene took over the position of vice-president of the family firm. The house is significant for its asso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX7K_nichols-station_Madison-WI.html
Nichols Station is significant for its role in the advancement of water works technology and the public works history of Madison. The design introduced a steam operated pumping system, a turning point in water works technology which replaced the a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWK1_hotel-loraine_Madison-WI.html
This building was designed by Herbert W. Tullgren, an architect nationally known for his design of hotels and apartment buildings in period revival styles. Hotel Loraine, having elements of both the Tudor and Mediterranean revival styles was the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWJN_la-follette-house_Madison-WI.html
"Fighting Bob" La Follette and his wife Belle Case La Follette moved into this dignified old residence in 1881. Both graduated from the UW Law School, Belle being the first woman to do so. Both became preeminent state and national political figure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWG9_howard-m-temin_Madison-WI.html
This path is dedicated to the memory of Howard M. Temin1934-1994 Distinguished Professor of Oncology (1960-1994)Eminent Virologist at the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer ResearchUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWAP_dick-eddy-buildings_Madison-WI.html
The imposing Dick Building is a flat-iron building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, a style in which the local architects, Conover and Porter, were particularly adept. The Dick block was built in part to house Christian Dick's wine and liquo…
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