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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRG0_edward-klief-park_Madison-WI.html
The first parcels of land for this park were acquired by the city of Madison in 1936 to create the "Milton Street Playground." Later, more land was purchased to expand the park.
On March 5, 1969, the playground was renamed in memory of Edward K…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRFW_bowen-house_Madison-WI.html
This Italianate style farmhouse was built for Seth Van Bergen from locally quarried sandstone. It is characterized by ornate wood bracketing and a central cupola. In 1859, Van Bergen sold the house to James B. Bowen, local homeopathic physician, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOPA_indian-mounds_Madison-WI.html
One of the several groups of prehistoric burial, linear and effigy mounds formerly located on the crest of the Monona-Wingra ridge. Several of these were surveyed by Increase A. Lapham, in 1850.
Village site was in the park below.
Marked fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNO0_olin-turville-park_Madison-WI.html
This park is named in honor of John Olin (1851-1924) for the instrumental role he played in the purchase of this 28-acre site in 1910. An additional 65 acres was donated to the city, in 1980 by the Turville Point Association. Between 1854 and 1910…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNNZ_monona-lake-assembly-normal-hall_Madison-WI.html
This pavilion was built as a 450-seat lecture hall for the Monona Lake Assembly. Established to provide instruction for Sunday school teachers, it soon became a popular summer camp for tourists from throughout the Midwest. As many as 15,000 came e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM03_heritage-of-the-hill_Madison-WI.html
Madison developers Delaplaine and Burdick erected the three-story Lakeside Water Cure here in 1854. This unsuccessful venture closed after three years and re-opened in 1866 as a summer resort hotel. Known as the "Newport of the West," it appealed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSN_italian-workmens-club_Madison-WI.html
One of the few buildings remaining from the original Italian community in Greenbush, the Italian Workmen's Club was constructed by volunteer labor in 1922, with a major renovation in 1936. John Icke, local contractor and benefactor of the Italian …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLSJ_greenbush_Madison-WI.html
Once a marshy area off the shores of Lake Monona, this triangular shaped neighborhood became a dream for Italian immigrants during the early 1900's.
Greenbush developed into one of America's countless Little Italys, complemented with Jewish, Bl…