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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10OZ_timothy-and-katherine-mccarthy-house_Madison-WI.html
This home is an exceptional example of the Free-Classic subtype of the Queen Anne style which was at the height of local popularity between 1880 and 1910. The Queen Anne style was derived from England and architects' interpretation of early Englis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10OU_mattermore-malaney-house_Madison-WI.html
This vernacular house is significant as a surviving example from Madison's earliest residential era and as an increasingly rare, intact, gable-front type house with wood clapboard siding. The elements which define this folk form are evident on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NO_miller-house_Madison-WI.html
The earliest known Black-owned building remaining in Madison, this unassuming house has been the residence of two generations of the Miller family. From the time of William Miller's arrival here from Kentucky in 1901 members of the Miller family h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10NL_thomas-hill-grocery-and-residence_Madison-WI.html
These vernacular buildings are significant for their association with, and are among the last vestiges of, Madison's first African-American community. Both were moved to the site by African-American civic leader, John Turner. The two-story, gable-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM105A_gloria-dei-evangelical-lutheran-church_Madison-WI.html
The Gloria Dei Church is a striking example of the Gothic Revival style, which was locally popular between 1915 and 1945 for the design of religious buildings. The fa?ade is of brick and limestone. Decorative elements include Gothic-arched door an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZZ5_womans-building_Madison-WI.html
This building, built for the Woman's Club of Madison, is significant for its association with the national Woman's Club movement and to the cultural and social history of Madison. Participation in Woman's Clubs was a catalyst for influencing civic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZV2_doty-school_Madison-WI.html
Built during a population boom in Madison, Doty School replaced the smaller Fourth Ward School built on this site in 1866. When it opened, the new school was renamed for Madison's founder, James Duane Doty, the person responsible for Madison's sel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZV1_american-tobacco-co-warehouses_Madison-WI.html
These two buildings are the most substantial warehouses built in Madison to house the processing of leaf tobacco. From the Civil War until the 1940s, leaf tobacco was among Dane County's most lucrative crops. The tobacco grown in Wisconsin was typ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZV0_wiedenbeck-dobelin-warehouse_Madison-WI.html
The Wiedenbeck-Dobelin Co., founded in 1894 by T.E. Wiedenbeck and C.W. Dobelin, provided blacksmithing and wagon making supplies to local industry. This warehouse represents an important era of early industrial development, and is significant for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZUZ_milwaukee-road-depot_Madison-WI.html
The Neoclassical Revival style former depot was designed by Frost and Granger of Chicago, regionally prominent designers of train depots. It is locally significant, representing the national dominance of rail for the transport of goods and people.…
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