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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLT6_milwaukee-downer-college_Milwaukee-WI.html
On September 14, 1848, Mrs. William L. Parsons, the wife of a Congregational minister, opened the Milwaukee Female Seminary at the corner of Milwaukee and East Wells. Three years later it was chartered by the Legislature, thus placing Wisconsin in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLT5_the-university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee_Milwaukee-WI.html
Milwaukee's State Normal School, which was founded in 1885 on the city's west side to train teachers, relocated in 1909 to this building, Mitchell Hall, then located on 11-1/2 acres. Designed by Van Ryn and de Gelleke, expanded in 1912, and named …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLT3_golda-meir_Milwaukee-WI.html
The UWM Library is named for Golda Meir. Born Goldie Mabowehz in the Ukraine, she migrated to Milwaukee in 1906, was educated at Fourth Street School, North Division High School, and in present Mitchell Hall of Milwaukee Normal School (1916-17). S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLS3_carl-sandburg-hall_Milwaukee-WI.html
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967), poet, balladeer, biographer of Lincoln, soldier in the Spanish-American War, came from Illinois to Wisconsin in December 1907 as a state organizer for the Social-Democratic party in eastern Wisconsin. After marrying Lill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK7B_lueddemanns-on-the-river_Shorewood-WI.html
This park played a key role in Shorewood's development. In 1872, Frederick A. Lueddemann opened Lueddemann's-On-The-River on this site in the Town of Milwaukee. Otto Zwietusch bought the resort in 1876 and renamed it Mineral Springs Park. Envision…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK7A_shorewood-village-hall_Shorewood-WI.html
Shorewood Village Hall was built in 1908 as a four-room school to serve Shorewood, then called East Milwaukee. In 1915 this building became the seat of village government. The building was extensively remodeled in 1937 with Works Progress Administ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK79_shorewood-high-school_Shorewood-WI.html
A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst and Kuenzli, the school includes separate buildings for administration, physica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK78_shorewood-armory_Shorewood-WI.html
The Shorewood Armory, once located near Capitol Drive and Oakland Avenue, was home to the cavalry unit of the Wisconsin National Guard from 1910 to 1930. Originally called the Light Horse Squadron, the cavalry drilled their horses on the thirty-ac…
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