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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML3Z_north-hall_Madison-WI.html
The first building erected by the University of Wisconsin-Madison was North Hall, opened as North Dormitory for men on September 17, 1851. It was built of Madison sandstone at a cost of $19,000. Initially, the first three floors housed from 50 to …
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/HMKR7_otto-schroeder-house_Monona-WI.html
Designed by Madison architect Frank Riley for a prominent undertaker, this Tudor-style house was built on an old cobblestone foundation. Painter Aaron Bohrod purchased it in 1959 and added a studio designed by Herb Fritz. Bohrod, artist in residen…
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/HMHRS_dogtown-fish-hatchery-school_Fitchburg-WI.html
Originally at the NW corner of Fish Hatchery and Lacy Roads, the Dogtown School was later relocated ½ mile north and called the Fish Hatchery School. In 1919 a new building was built at the original site. This building burned in 1937. A third…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHRP_dogtown-fish-hatchery-school_Fitchburg-WI.html
Originally at the NW corner of Fish Hatchery and Lacy Roads, the Dogtown School was later relocated ½ mile north and called the Fish Hatchery School. The Gorman Family relocated and restored the one room schoolhouse on this site in 1989.
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…