Sixth Ward Public Library

Historical marker location:

1249 Williamson Street, Madison, Wisconsin

( Marker is at the intersection of Williamson Street and North Baldwin Street, on the right when traveling east on Williamson Street.)

Marker installed: 2011

Claude and Starck, Architects. 1912.

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.