Dane County, Wisconsin
Agricultural Chemistry Building
Agricultural Dean's House
Agricultural Engineering Building
Agricultural Heating station
Agriculture Hall
American Exchange Bank
American Tobacco Company Warehouses Complex
Ames, Francis Marian, Farmstead
Badger State Shoe Company
Bascom Hill Historic District
Bashford, Robert M., House
Baskerville Apartment Building
Bedrud-Olson Farmstead
Belleville Illinois Central Railroad Depot
Bellevue Apartment Building
Belmont Hotel
Bernard-Hoover Boathouse
Biederstaedt Grocery
Bowen, James B., House
Bradley, Harold C., House
Braley, Judge Arthur B., House
Brittingham Park Boathouse
Brown-Sewell House
Cambridge Public School and High School
Camp Randall
Cardinal Hotel
Chase Grain Elevator
City Market
Clarke, Bascom B., House
Cold, Jens and Ingeborg, House
College Hills Historic District
Collins, William, House
Commons, John R., House
Coolidge Street-Myrtle Street Historic District
Crosse, Dr. Charles G., House
Curtis-Kittleson House
Cutter, Judson C., House
Dahle, Henry L. and Sarah, House
Dahle, Herman B. and Anne Marie, House
Dahle, Onon B. and Betsy, House
Dean, Nathaniel W., House
Dick, Christian, Block
Donald, John Sweet, Farmstead
Dowling Apartment Building
Drohman Cabin
Dunlap, Adam, Farmstead
Dunroven House
East Dayton Street Historic District
East End Historic District
East Park Historic District
East Side Historic District
East Wilson Street Historic District
Eggiman, Ernest, House
Elliott, Edward C., House
Ely, Richard T., House
Fess Hotel
Fire Station No. 4
First Church of Christ Scientist
First Lutheran Church
First National Bank
First Unitarian Society Meetinghouse
Forest Products Laboratory
Fourth Lake Ridge Historic District
Fox Hall
Frey School
Fritz, John, Farmstead
Fuhremann Canning Company Factory
Garver's Supply Company Factory and Office
Gilbert, John and Flora, House
Gilmore, Eugene A., House
Grace Episcopal Church
Graves, Sereno W., House
Gray, Philip H. and Margaret, House
Grimm Book Bindery
Haight, Nicholas, Farmstead
Hall, Samuel, House
Hauge Log Church
Heidelberger, Dr. Charles and Judith, House
Heiney's Meat Market
Henry Mall Historic District
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex
Hirsig, Louis, House
Hoff Department Store
Holy Name Seminary
Horticulture and Agricultural Physics and Soil Science Building
Hotel Loraine
Hoyt, Frank W., Park
Hunt,Samuel, House
Hyer's Hotel
Ingebretson, Gaute, Loft House
Iverson-Johnson House
Jackman Building
Jacobs, Herbert A., House
Jacobs, Herbert and Katherine, First House
Jacobs, Herbert and Katherine, Second House
Jacobs, Herbert, Second House
Jenifer-Spaight Historic District
Jensvold, Gulbrand and Bertha, House
Kayser, Adolph H., House
Kehl Winery
Kemp, John and Margarethe, Cabin
King Street Arcade
Klueter and Company Wholesale Grocery Warehouse
Kohlmann, Friederich, House
LaFollette, Robert M., House
Lake View Sanatorium
Lamb Building
Lamp, Robert M., House
Langdon Street Historic District
Larson, August Cornelius, House
Lathrop Hall
Leitch, William T., House
Leonard, William Ellery, House
Library Park
Lie, Aslak, Cabin
Lincoln School
Lincoln Street Historic District
Little Norway
Lockwood Barn
Longfellow School
Lougee, George A., House
Luther Memorial Church
Machinery Row
Madison Brass Works
Madison Candy Company
Madison Gas and Electric Company Powerhouse
Madison Masonic Temple
Madison Vocational School
Madison Waterworks
Main Street Historic District
Mann, John, House
Mansion Hill Historic District
Maple Bluff Boy Scout Cabin
Marquette Bungalows Historic District
Mazomanie Downtown Historic District
Mazomanie Town Hall
McCarthy, Timothy C. and Katherine, House
McCormick-International Harvester Company Branch House
McCoy Farmhouse
McFarland House
Middleton Depot, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad
Miller House
Mills, Simeon, House
Mount Horeb Public School
Mt. Horeb Opera Block
Naeset, Jens, House
Nakoma Historic District
North Hall, University of Wisconsin
Northwest Side Historic District
Old Executive Mansion
Old Spring Tavern
Old Synagogue
Old U.S. Forest Products Laboratory
Oregon High School
Oregon Masonic Lodge
Oregon Water Tower and Pump House
Orpheum Theater
Orton Park
Orton Park Historic District
Ott, John George, House
Outlet Mound
Paoli Mills
Pierce, Carrie, House
Plough Inn
Pond, Daniel, Farmhouse
Quisling Towers Apartments
Roe, Ole K., House
Rowley, Dr. Newman C., House
Rutland United Brethren in Christ Meeting House and Cemetery
Schumann, Frederick, Farmstead
Sherman Avenue Historic District
Shorewood Historic District
Simeon Mills Historic District
Skindrud, Eric and Jerome, Farm
Smith, Adam and Mary, House
South Main Street Historic District
South School
Southwest Side Historic District
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
State Office Building
Steensland, Halle, House
Steinle Turret Machine Company
Stevens, Breese, Municipal Athletic Field
Stock Pavilion
Stoner, Joseph J., House
Stoughton High School
Stoughton Main Street Commercial Historic District
Stoughton Main Street Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Stoughton Universalist Church
Suhr, John J., House
Sun Prairie Downtown Historic District
Sun Prairie Water Tower
Sunset Hills Historic District
Sylvan Avenue - Ridge Road Historic District
Tenney Building
Tenney Park-Yahara River Parkway
Thompson's Block
Thorstrand
Tompkins-Brindler Mound Group
United States Post Office and Federal Courthouse
University Heights Historic District
University Hill Farms Historic District
University of Wisconsin Arboretum
University of Wisconsin Arboretum
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium
University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn
University of Wisconsin Field House
University of Wisconsin Memorial Union
University of Wisconsin Science Hall
University Presbyterian Church and Student Center
Wakeley-Giles Commercial Building
Washburn Observatory and Observatory Director's Residence
Waubesa School
Waunakee Railroad Depot
West Lawn Heights Historic District
West Madison Depot, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway
West School
Wiedenbeck-Dobelin Warehouse
Wingra Park Historic District
Wisconsin Heights Battlefield
Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls
Wisconsin Memorial Hospital Historic District
Wisconsin State Capitol
Wisconsin Wagon Company Factory
9XM - WHA
A Grand Experiment
A Living Room for Campus
A Stage for All
Adolf H. Kayser House
Albion Academy
Aldo Leopold House
Alexander Smith House
All about nets
American Exchange Bank
American House
American Tobacco Co. Warehouses
Andreas Dahl
Anna and Cornelius Collins Residence
Anton F. and Mary Kubicek Duplex
Armory & Gymnasium
B. B. Clarke House
B.B. Clarke
Badger State Shoe Factory
Barry Alvarez
Bashford House
Baskerville Apartments
Battle of Wisconsin Heights
Bear
Bear and Lynx Effigy Mounds
Beecroft House
Bellevue Apartments
Belmont Hotel
Bernard - Hoover Boat House
Bernie's Beach
Biederstaedt – Breitenbach Grocery
Bird Effigy
Bird Effigy Mound
Black Bridge
Black Hawk
Black Hawk
Blackhawk Country Club Mound Group
Blue Mounds Fort
Born in Madison, the Wisconsin Idea changed the nation
Boutell House
Bovre Congregation
Bowen House
Bradley-Sigma Phi House
Braley House
Breese J. Stevens House
Breese Stevens Field
Brigham Park
Brittingham Boat House
Buell House
Bungalowen
Burr Jones Field
Burrows Park
Camp Randall
Capitol Square has long been the heart of the city
Cardinal Hotel
Carp for sale
Ceramic Arts Studio of Madison
Chamberlin Rock
Charles Butz Store
Chi Phi Fraternity
Chi Psi Lodge
City Horse Barn
City Market
Collins House
Conical Mound
Controlling Blood Clotting
Corry Carriage House
Crescent Street Factories, Mazomanie Blacksmiths, Coal Buildings
Curtis-Kittleson House
Cutter House
Dane County Home
David James Schaefer
De Forest Centennial
Dean House / Nathaniel Dean
Delta Upsilon Fraternity House
Derrick C. Bush House
Dick-Eddy Buildings
Discovering Vitamins and Trace Minerals
Discovery of Vitamins A and B
Disease-Resistant Plants
Dogtown - Fish Hatchery School
Dogtown - Fish Hatchery School
Donald Park
Doty School
Dowling Apartments
Dr. Robert Fassnacht
Draper Brothers Block
Drohman Farm
Eagle Effigy
Early Belleville / Library Park
Early Social Whirl
East Park Historic District
East Side High School
Eben and Rosaline Peck
Edgewood
Edna Taylor Conservation Park
Edward Klief Park
Eggiman House
Eliminating Pellagra
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Elliott House
Elvers Corner
Elvis Presley Fight Scene
Ely House
Emily Thompson House
Ernie's Trading Post
Father Adalbert Inama -- St. Norbert House
Fess Hotel
Festge Park
Fire Station #4
First Chemical Synthesis of a Gene
First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Reliable Test of Milk Quality
First Rural Free Delivery in Wisconsin
Fish Camp Launch
Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery & Effigy Mound Group
Forest Hill Soldiers' Lot
Forging Agrarian Democracy
Frank G. Brown House
Frank J. Hess and Sons Cooperage / Frank J. Hess, Cooper
Fuller & Johnson Manufacturing Co. Office Building
Gates of Heaven Synagogue
Gay Liberation Sculpture
Genetically Superior Crops
George Kalbfleisch, Jr. Farm House
George Nichols Home - Circa 1878
George Soelch Investment House
Georgia O'Keeffe
German Valley
Gilmore House
Gisholt Machine Company Manufacturing Complex
Glenwood Children's Park
Global Vision
Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church
Goose Lake
Governor Leonard Farwell lived here, in his octagonal mansion
Grace Episcopal Church
Greenbush
Grimm Book Bindery
Haney's Tavern
Hans Christian Heg
Harvey Hospital
Hauge Log Church - 1852
Here was MadisonÂ’s first African-American neighborhood
Heritage of the Hill
Herman J. Loftsgordon House
Hickory Hill House
Hiestand Park
Hiestand School
Hirsig House
Hocheera
Hoffman - Kennedy Dairy Horse Barn
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Holy Redeemer School Building
Hotel Loraine
How to catch 30,000 carp
Howard M. Temin
Howard M. Temin
Hoyt Park
Hyer - Jaquish Hotel
Illinois Central Depot / Fitchburg
In Memory of Our Beloved Sons
In Memory of Rev. Adalbert Inama, O. Praem.
Indian Bird Effigy Mound
Indian Lake
Indian Lake Passage
Indian Mounds
Irene and Robert Connor Residence
Italian Workmen's Club
Jackman Building
Jacobs House I
James and Bridget Casserly House
James Doris Farmhouse
James Mears House
Johann and Elsbeth Reiner Tree
John A. Johnson made Madison's Factory District Flourish
John A. Urich
John F. Appleby
John George Ott House
John M. Olin
John M. Olin
John Mann House
John Nolen Causeway
Joseph Stoner House
Keenan House
Kendall House
Kerl School
Kessenich's Building
Keyes House
Keystone House
King Street Arcade
Kircher House
Klose Cottage
Koshkonong
La Follette House
Lake Harriet School
Lake View School
Lamb Building
Larson House
Law Park
Leaders in Science
Leitch House
Lincoln in Wisconsin
Lincoln School
Lincoln Statue
Lizard Effigy Mound
Longfellow School
Lougee House
Lt. Gerald Stull USAF
Luther Memorial Chapel
Luther Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lynch and Walker Flouring Mill
Machinery Row
Madison Candy Company
Madison Catholic Clubhouse
Madison Club
Madison Gas & Electric Company Powerhouse
Madison Hotel
Madison is an Indian mound capital
Madison Masonic Temple
Madison Park & Pleasure Drive Association
Maeder Building / Ellsworth Block
Main Street Historic District
Mansion Hill Historic District
Marshall Academy and High School
Mass Production of Penicillin
Mattermore - Malaney House
Maureen Mengelt Memorial
Mazomanie
Mazomanie Community Building
Mazomanie Electric Power Plant
Mazomanie Sand Barrens
Mendota
Middleton's Beginning
Miller House
Mills Brothers Commercial Building
Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad Depot
Milwaukee Road Depot
Mohr / Christoffer Block
Monona Lake Assembly Normal Hall
MononaÂ’s Birthplace / Monona's History
Morehouse House
Mound City
Nakoma
Nathan Dane
Nathan Dane
Nathaniel Dean Farmhouse
Natural Wonders
Nelson House
Nichols Station
North Hall
Olbrich Park
Olbrich Park / Michael B. Olbrich
Olbrich's Thai Pavilion and Gardens
Old Governor's Mansion
Old Halfway Prairie
Old Military Road - 100 Mile Point
Old Spring Hotel
Old Spring Tavern
Old Town
Olin Terrace
Olin-Turville Park
Olson and Veerhusen Building / Hobbins Block
On the Air
Orpheum Theater
Orton Park
Orton Park
Otis Redding
Otto Schroeder House
Our Bell
Outdoor markets are a Madison tradition
Panther Mound
Paoli
Pat Richter
Patrons' Mercantile Co-op
Paunack Park
Peck Cabin
Peculiar Corners
Period Garden Park
Pheasant Branch Encampment
Phi Gamma Delta House
Philip Schoen Building
Pierce House
Pioneer Men and Women
Pioneer Scottish Settlement
Pioneering Bacterial Genetics
Pioneering Human Genetics
Plough Inn
Preventing Endemic Goiter
Primrose Lutheran Church
Quisling Towers Apartments
Rasmus Björn Anderson
Reform and Revolt
Reindahl Memorial Park
Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionizing Animal Reproduction
Riley House
Robert E. Gard Memorial Storyteller's Circle
Robert Lamp House
Robert M. La Follette Home
Robert M. La Follette: The Early Years
Robert Marion La Follette, Sr.
Rockdale Mill
Royal Airport / Charles Lindbergh
Sauthoff House
Schmidt's Auto, Inc.
Schubert Building
Schumacher Farm
Science Hall
Scientific Approach to Agriculture
Seasons of Fish Camp
Securing the Future
Sheepskin School
Sherman Avenue Crossing
Shipley-Shuttleworth House
Site of Blue Mounds Fort
Site of Former Greenbush Cemetery Burials
Site of the First Well in DeForest
Sixth Ward Public Library
Smith and Lamb Block
Smith-Ogg House
Spirit of Greenbush
Springdale Lutheran Church
Springhaven Pagoda
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
St. Mary of the Oaks
St. Patrick's Church
St. Raphael's Frenchtown Cemetery
Stang-Wirth House
Starkweather's Harried History
State Historical Society
State Office Building
Steensland Bridge
Steensland Bridge
Steensland House
Steinle Turret Machine Co.
Stephen Moulton Babcock
Sterling North
Stoughton
Suhr Bank Building
Suhr House
Swan Pond
Tenney Park
Tenney Park
Tenney Park Lock and Dam
Terrace Homes Apartments
The American Character
The Big Church on the Hillside
The Branch Line
The De Forest Depot
The Fairchild Home
The First Dance
The Flag on the Bluff
The Greenbush
The Land Ethic
The Lemcke Farm House
The Lewis Nine Springs E-Way / Philip and Elizabeth Lewis
The Matz Farmstead
The Mazomanie Depot
The Mazomanie Downtown Historic District
The McCoy Farmhouse
The Monona Mound
The Nurses Dormitory
The Outlet Mound
The Plain Good Building of Cross Plains
The Power of Ideas
The Railroad in Mazomanie
The Ringling Brothers
The School of Pharmacy
The Second Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House
The Stamm House
The Story of the Pink Elephant
The Temperance Movement Battled Madison''s Breweries
The Train Wreck of 1906
The Turntable, The Engine House, The Water Tower
The Wisconsin Granger Movement
Third Lake
Third Lake Passage
This Cabin... / Esta Cabaña...
This city was planned in 1836
Thomas / Hill Grocery and Residence
Thorstrand
Timothy and Katherine McCarthy House
Timothy Brown House
Token Creek
Token Creek Sedge Meadow Trail
Too many carp
Toward Revolution / 1970's Vision
Tragedy of War
Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia
Turtle Effigy
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Understanding Immunity
Unitarian Meeting House
University Creek Group
University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn
University of Wisconsin Field House
University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
University Presbyterian Church and Student Center
Van Slyke House
Vermont Creek
Vietnam War protesters and police clashed here
Vilas
Village of McFarland
Vitamin D Production Ends Rickets
Voluntarios Internacionales de la Libertad
Warner Park
Washington Grade and Orthopedic School
Way of the Cross at Cathedral Place
Welcome to the Edgewood Park and Pleasure Drive
West Koshkonong Lutheran Congregation
What would you have seen here 14,000 years ago?
Wiedenbeck-Dobelin Warehouse
Willett S. Main Building
Winterbotham Building
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Wisconsin Heights Battlefield
Wisconsin State Capitol
Wisconsin Wagon Company Factory
Wollersheim Winery
Woman's Building
Wootton - Mead House
Working at Fish Camp
World-famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright called Madison his hometown
Yahara River
Yahara River Parkway
Yahara River Parkway
"Elmside"
"Let The Great Spirits Soar"
In the early 1800s, European settlers began to arrive in what is now Dane County. The first permanent settlement was established in the present-day city of Madison in 1829 by James Duane Doty, who would later become the first territorial governor of Wisconsin. Doty selected the location for its strategic position between the Four Lakes region and the established lead mining communities to the southwest.
In 1836, the Wisconsin Territory was created, and the territorial capital was moved from Belmont to Madison, making it the center of government for the region. The construction of the Wisconsin State Capitol building began in 1837, solidifying Madison's status as the capital of the newly formed state of Wisconsin in 1848.
Throughout the 19th century, Dane County experienced significant growth and development. The construction of railroads in the mid-1800s brought increased transportation and commerce to the region. Agriculture, particularly dairy farming, became a major industry, and the county became known for its production of milk and cheese.
In the 20th century, Dane County continued to grow as the University of Wisconsin-Madison became a prominent educational institution and the state's flagship university. The county also became a center for government, healthcare, and technology, with the establishment of government agencies, hospitals, and tech companies. Today, Dane County is known for its vibrant culture, beautiful natural landscapes, and thriving economy.
Brief timeline of the history of Dane County, Wisconsin:
- 1836: Dane County is established and named after Nathan Dane, a Massachusetts lawyer.
- 1848: Wisconsin becomes a state, with Madison selected as the capital of both the state and Dane County.
- 1850s: Railroads are built in the county, leading to increased trade and economic growth.
- 1861-1865: Many residents from Dane County serve in the Civil War.
- 1870s: The University of Wisconsin-Madison is established, becoming a major educational institution in the county.
- 1880s: Urbanization and industrialization lead to the growth of Madison's economy.
- 1930s: The Great Depression hits Dane County and the rest of the United States, causing significant economic hardships.
- 1950s-1970s: Urban growth, suburbanization, and the expansion of the University of Wisconsin-Madison contribute to the county's population growth.
- 1992: Construction of the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison is completed.
- 2000s: Dane County experiences steady population growth and becomes known for its vibrant arts, culture, and outdoor recreational opportunities.
This timeline provides a condensed summary of the historical journey of Dane County, Wisconsin.