Bird's-eye view map of Madison, Wisconsin, published by Norris, Wellge &
Co. in 1885, reprint. Madison was selected as the capitol of the newly
created Wisconsin Territory in November, 1836, when the city was still
in the planning stages. Former federal judge James Duane Doty purchased
the land earlier that year, and platted two cities on the more than one
thousand acre parcel he had purchased. While Doty lobbied aggressively
to have his new city selected as the capitol of the territory, it was
the location of the proposed city that brought about the decision, being
halfway between Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien, and central to
northeastern Green Bay and the lead mining regions in the southwest. He
named one of the platted cities Madison, after President James Madison
who had only recently died, on June 28, 1836. He also gave the streets
of Madison the names of the other 39 signers of the constitution.
The first capitol building was built in 1837. When Wisconsin became
a state in 1848, Madison remained its capitol. The original capitol
building was replaced in 1863. The University of Wisconsin-Madison was
established in 1849. The railroad arrived in 1854, beginning with the
Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, later known as the Milwaukee Railroad.
"Union Corners", the intersection of Milwaukee, East Washington,
Winnebago and North streets, was the site of a tavern that was the last
stop before Union troops left Madison to join the fight during the Civil
War.
Features numbered & lettered references to
the following locations:
A. Baptist
Church.
B. Methodist Church.
C. Congregational
Church.
D. Presbyterian Church.
E. Grace Episcopal
Church.
F. German Catholic Church.
G. St. Raphael
Catholic Church.
H. German Evangelical Church.
J.
German Methodist Church.
K. German Presbyterian Church.
L. German Lutheran Church.
M. Norwegian Lutheran Church.
N. Jewish Synagogue.
1. State Capitol.
2. State
University Buildings.
3. Norwegian Lutheran College.
4. County Court House and Jail.
5. U. S. Court House and Post
Office.
6. City Hall.
7. City Water Works.
8. Turner Hall.
9. Opera House, G. B. Burrow's.
10. High
School.
12. First Ward School.
13. Second Ward School.
14.
Third Ward School.
15. Fourth Ward School.
16. Fifth Ward School.
17. St. Raphael School.
18. First National Bank, N. B. Van Slyke,
President. Wayne Ramsey, Cashier.
19. Capital City Bank, Wm. Jacobs,
President. J. W. Hobbins, Cashier.
20. German Bank of J. J. Suhr.
21. State Bank.
22. Park Hotel, J. Van Etta, Proprietor.
23.
Pioneer Hotel, J. Van Etta, Proprietor.
24. Capital House.
25.
Railroad Hotel.
26. East Madison House, John B. Drives, Proprietor.
27. Germania House, Schoen & Luckensmeyer, Proprietors.
28. Simon
Hotel, John Simon, Proprietor.
29. Lake City Tool Works, F. D.
Winkley, Secretary.
30. Madison Manufacturing Company.
31. Foundry
and Machine Works, Ball Brothers.
32. Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing
Company.
33. Corset Factory, M. K. Bortree & Co.
34. Cracker
Factory, F. H. Grube.
35. Planing Mill, Sash Door and Blind Factory,
Fredrickson & Fish.
36. Planing Mill, Sash, Door and Blind Factory,
John H. Starck.
37. Planing Mill, Sash, Door and Blind Factory,
Silbernagel & Dean.
38. Planing Mill, Sash, Door and Blind Factory,
Warner & Swenson.
39. Wagon and Carriage Factory, August Schmidt &
Ct.
40. Wagon and Carriage Factory, James Lepwith.
41. Wagon and
Carriage Factory, Geiger & Hessing.
42. Capital Brewery, Jos.
Hausmann, Proprietor.
43. Breckheimer's Brewery, M. Breckheimer,
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