Historical Marker
Longfellow School
Historical marker location:
210 South Brooks Street, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker is at the intersection of Mound Street and South Brooks Street, on the right when traveling east on Mound Street.)
Marker installed: 2011
Law, Law and Potter, Architects. 1918, 1924 and 1938.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is the oldest and largest public university in the state, and is often referred to as the "Harvard of the Midwest." It was founded in 1848, just two months after Wisconsin became a state.