Ely House

Historical marker location:

205 North Prospect Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin

( Marker is on North Prospect Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1974

1896. Cobb & Frost.

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The deadliest tornado in Wisconsin's history occurred on May 18, 1883, when a tornado swept through the town of Rochester, killing 117 people and injuring more than 200 others.