The Second Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House

Historical marker location:

3995 Shawn Trail, Madison, Wisconsin

( Marker is on Shawn Trail, 0.1 miles south of Old Sauk Road, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2003

1944.

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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.