Historical Marker
Cold Spring Road
Historical marker location:
Greenfield, Wisconsin
( Marker is on Cold Spring Road, 0.1 miles east of South 108th Street (Wisconsin Highway 100), on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2008
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.