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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P2C_burr-jones-field_Madison-WI.html
This park was named in recognition of the Honorable Burr W. Jones (1846-1935) an active member of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association who conveyed property and funds to create and enhance the Madison parks system. Jones, a Wisconsin na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVB_reindahl-memorial-park_Madison-WI.html
This memorial is erected
in the memory of
Amund K. Reindahl
who donated the land
to the Town of Burke
in the year 1946
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM135B_robert-m-la-follette-home_Madison-WI.html
Robert M. La Follette home has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the Un…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10YM_steinle-turret-machine-co_Madison-WI.html
The Steinle Turret Machine Co. building represents Madison's early industrial heritage. This building is significant as a manufacturing type known as a production shed. It is characterized by its one-story brick construction of considerable length…
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/HMUKB_corry-carriage-house_Madison-WI.html
This quaint stone carriage house was built for James and Minnie Corry. Corry, a well-known realtor, helped develop the Fair Oaks plat and was a promoter of the east side. The Corrys' plans to build a house in front of the carriage house were halte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTTT_burrows-park_Madison-WI.html
This land was bequeathed to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association in 1909 by one of its active members, George B. Burrows (1832 - 1909). The lake shore area was filled to its present level by dredging the lake bottom. Until 1913 an on-si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS5B_elmside_Madison-WI.html
This elegant Italian villa style house was constructed of native sandstone on the 191-acre country estate of Simeon and Maria Mills. An early pioneer from Ohio, Mills erected Madison's first store and was a banker, real estate developer and respec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRTM_herman-j-loftsgordon-house_Madison-WI.html
Herman Loftsgordon and his family lived in this house from 1918 until 1946. Loftsgordon was one of five brothers who came to Madison from Mt. Horeb in the early 1900's and settled within blocks of each other in the Elmside plat. The family was pro…