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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12NL_schmidts-auto-inc_Madison-WI.html
Madison's oldest towing company, Schmidt's Auto, was founded in 1937 by Norbert and Viola Schmidt. Over the next 65 years, Norbert and his son, Lawrence, operated the business before Norbert's grandsons, Michael and John Schmidt, took over. In 200…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12NK_pioneering-bacterial-genetics_Madison-WI.html
Geneticist Joshua Lederberg was the first University of Wisconsin faculty member to receive the Nobel Prize. His discovery of conjugation in bacterial cells was a milestone in biology and ushered in the new field of bacterial genetics. Soon, the g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12N6_first-chemical-synthesis-of-a-gene_Madison-WI.html
Biochemist Har Gobind Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1968 for research that was essential to understanding how DNA is translated into proteins. His work at the Institute for Enzyme Research completed the puzzle of whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120Y_larson-house_Madison-WI.html
The Larson House, attributed to the architectural firm of Claude and Starck, is significant as an exceptional local example of the Prairie Style. The Prairie Style is one of the few indigenous American styles, identifiable by its horizontal emphas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11V5_king-street-arcade_Madison-WI.html
The King Street Arcade is an example of an arcaded block, a distinctive building type popular in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. The exterior is characterized by a series of tall, evenly spaced, arched openings ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11V4_luther-memorial-evangelical-lutheran-church_Madison-WI.html
The Gothic Revival style church by preeminent Madison architects Claude & Starck is a masterwork example of this style. The mid-century Gothic Revival style education building by Reginald Stehr is significant as a contemporary representation of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11M3_elvers-corner_Black-Earth-WI.html
This corner has a colorful background as the site of a saw mill, grist mill, post office, grocery store, hotel, blacksmith shop, dance hall and until 1958 the Town Hall.
In 1847 Samuel Lattimer built a saw mill that operated until 1865 when it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11LV_peculiar-corners_Black-Earth-WI.html
In 1898 at this site a post office named Peculiar was opened in Tom Denny's farmhouse. Many colorful tales are told as to how it got its name.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11IW_phi-gamma-delta-house_Madison-WI.html
This house is significant for its association with the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity as well as for its English Tudor revival style design by local master architects Law, Law and Potter. Executed in rusticated local limestone, the fraternity commissi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM119H_warner-park_Madison-WI.html
This park was dedicated in memory of Ernest N. Warner (1868-1929). An astute politician, state senator, and president of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association from 1912 until his death in 1929. He is credited with making park services an…