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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZ5_john-a-johnson-made-madisons-factory-district-flourish_Madison-WI.html
John A. Johnson made a bold move when he co-founded an agricultural implement company in Madison in 1880. Many civic leaders opposed manufacturing, fearing the workers would lower the city's moral and intellectual tone.
But Johnson proved his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZ3_world-famous-architect-frank-lloyd-wright-called-madison-his-hometown_Madison-WI.html
In 1879, the family of young Frank Lloyd Wright bought a house at 802 East Gorham Street, a house that was later demolished.
Wright's years in Madison were formative. As a teenager, he witnessed the tragic collapse of an addition under construc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLZ1_what-would-you-have-seen-here-14-000-years-ago_Madison-WI.html
Sometime between 14,000 and 20,000 years ago, during the Ice Age, an enormous northern glacier invaded Wisconsin. Standing here then, you would have been encased in a solid ocean of ice 160 stories tall.
The glacier bulldozed this area's jagged…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLYW_this-city-was-planned-in-1836_Madison-WI.html
It was future Wisconsin Governor James Doty who first envisioned a city on this site, after passing through the area and glimpsing its potential in 1829.
In April 1836, Doty purchased land on this isthmus between two lakes. That November, he lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLXR_b-b-clarke-house_Madison-WI.html
One of Claude and Starck's earliest designs, this Queen Anne house has a Gothic theme, with pointed-arched windows and steeply pitched roofs. It was designed for B. B. Clarke, who earned a fortune in Indiana by manufacturing threshing machines bef…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLUP_john-nolen-causeway_Madison-WI.html
This causeway overlooking Lake Monona and downtown Madison is named after John Nolen (1869-1937). A nationally known landscape architect, Nolen was retained by the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association to study ways to make the city more fun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLUO_kircher-house_Madison-WI.html
An example of a High Victorian Italianate style pattern book house design, this cream brick dwelling was built by John Kircher, a German carpenter and contractor, in 1892. After a decade of absentee ownership, the house was bought by Adolph Klose …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLU2_sauthoff-house_Madison-WI.html
At the center of the Third Lake Ridge Germanic enclave were the Hannoverian merchant tailor Friedrich Sauthoff and his family. Sauthoff and his neighbor, Michael Zwank, a mason, built this house of molded red brick. Its sturdy vernacular style der…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLU1_john-george-ott-house_Madison-WI.html
The Ott house is one of the finest High Victorian houses in Madison and the grandest remaining 19th century mansion in the Third Lake Ridge Historic District. German craftsmen probably executed the intricate woodwork on porches and bays, detailed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLT8_curtis-kittleson-house_Madison-WI.html
William D. Curtis commissioned the architectural firm of J. O. Gordon and F. W. Paunack to design this imposing brick house with Queen Anne style. Hallmarks of the style include the complex shape, wide veranda and corner tower, highlighted by ecle…