Historical Marker
Jacobs House I
Historical marker location:
441 Toepfer Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Toepfer Avenue and Birch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1974
1937. Frank Lloyd Wright.
The first European to explore Wisconsin was Jean Nicolet, a French explorer who arrived in 1634. He was looking for a water route to Asia but instead encountered the Menominee Indians near Green Bay.