Van Slyke House

Historical marker location:

510 North Carroll Street, Madison, Wisconsin

( Marker is on North Carroll Street, 0.1 miles north of East Gorham Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1972

1859.

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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.