Historical Marker
City Horse Barn
Historical marker location:
202 North Blount Street, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of North Blount Street and East Dayton Street, on the right when traveling south on North Blount Street.)
Marker installed: 1988
Built 1910-1914.
The first European to explore Wisconsin was Jean Nicolet, a French explorer who arrived in 1634. He was looking for a water route to Asia but instead encountered the Menominee Indians near Green Bay.