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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.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZUV_university-presbyterian-church-and-student-center_Madison-WI.html
Commonly known as the Pres House, this building is significant as a masterfully executed example of the Gothic Revival style which was locally popular between 1915 and 1945 for the construction of churches. The primary fa?ades are of rock-faced La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZUU_washington-grade-and-orthopedic-school_Madison-WI.html
The Washington School is significant as a Public Works Administration-funded school in the Art Moderne style by architect John Flad. Constructed of red brick with cast stone banding, the building has unornamented wall planes, curved corners and ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZUT_james-doris-farmhouse_Madison-WI.html
This vernacular Greek Revival style, side-gabled house is significant as an example of a style locally popular between 1830 and 1860. One of the few remaining houses of the "stagecoach inn" design characteristically being two bays wide and five ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZTH_willett-s-main-building_Madison-WI.html
Believed to be the oldest commercial building facing Capitol Square, this striking edifice is designed in the Italianate Style by Madison master architect Stephen Shipman. The building was constructed of large sandstone ashlar blocks, and features…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZPC_draper-brothers-block_Madison-WI.html
The Draper Brothers block is significant as one of the few remaining buildings of native sandstone from Madison's earliest era of commercial development and for being associated with Madison's commercial history, having housed a meat market on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBM_east-side-high-school_Madison-WI.html
This school was built during a school board facility expansion initiative beginning in 1920 to serve the growing east side neighborhood. The school has become a neighborhood anchor, uniting the community through ethnic and economic changes. Signif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ6I_fuller-johnson-manufacturing-co-office-building_Madison-WI.html
This building is significant for its association with Madison's industrial history. It is all that remains of the once expansive Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Co., a producer of farm implements and the first major industry in Madison. The buildin…