Old Spring Hotel

Historical marker location:

3706 Nakoma Road, Madison, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Nakoma Road and Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south on Nakoma Road.)

Marker installed: 1972

1854.

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.