Kemper Hall

Historical marker location:

6501 3rd Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin

( Marker can be reached from 3rd Avenue, 0.1 miles south of 65th Street.)

Marker installed: 1979

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.