Historical Info & Images of the Surrounding Area

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Bird's Eye Views of Madison

View of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin 1855, Unique ID W013K87

View of Madison, the Capital of the State of Wisconsin 1857, Unique ID W013ING

Bird's Eye View of Madison by A. Ruger 1867 - www.history-map

Bird's Eye View of Madison by A. Ruger 1867, W014BKG

Bird's Eye View of Madison, Wis. and Its Surroundings 1870ca, Unique ID W014329 

Bird's Eye View of Madison 1885, Unique ID W014GGV 

Bird's Eye View of the University of Wisconsin-Madison - 1907, Unique ID W014ASJ 

Bird's Eye View of Madison 1908, Unique ID W01434P

Plat Maps and Survey Notes

Interior Field Notes 1834 Sketch Map for T7N R9E

UWDC Digital Collections 1834 Plat Map for T7N R9E (original)

1861 Plat Map - Town of Madison - Township 7 North, Range 9 East

1873 Plat Map - Town of Madison - Township 7 North, Range 9 East

1890 Plat Map - Town of Madison - Township 7 North, Range 9 East

1899 Plat Map - Town of Madison - Township 7 North, Range 9 East

1911 Plat Map - Town of Madison - Township 7 North, Range 9 East 

Historical Maps of Madison

Hydrographic Map of Lake Monona 1900, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey

Topographic map of Turville Point and lands to the South to Nine Springs Creek 1906, Unique ID W013DJE

Topographic Map of Turville Estate 1906, Unique ID W01434L

Historical Aerial Photos

Aerial View of Isthmus towards Lake Monona 1928, Unique ID W013TXK

Aerial View of Isthmus 1930ca, Unique ID W011PR6

Aerial of Dividing Ridge Area and UW Arboretum - 1937

Olin - Turville and Coliseum Areas - 1937

Turville Point, Lake Monona, Aerial View 1930ca, Unique ID W011PKL

Turville Farm Aerial Image 1 - 1937   [1]

Turville Farm Aerial Image 2 - 1937

Turville Farm Aerial Image 3 - 1937

Turville Farm Aerial Image 4 - 1937

North Shore of Lake Monona - Brittingham Park Area

Design for a Park Fronting on Lake Monona Bay 1904ca, Unique ID W014DVB

Monona Bay in Madison 1904ca, Unique ID W01279Y

Shacks along Lake Monona 1906ca, Unique ID W0127D4

Shacks along Lake Monona 1906ca, Unique ID W0127E5

Filling in Brittingham Park 1907, Unique ID W0127D4

Madison from Lake Monona Brittingham Park Area 1906ca, Unique ID W0127AS

Children at Brittingham Park 1905ca, Unique ID W0127GL

Brittingham Park Bathhouse 19xxca, Unique ID W013U4L

Brittingham Park Bathhouse 1910ca, Unique ID W0127GJ

Monona Bay Bathers at Brittingham Park Beach 1918ca, Unique ID W0135FQ

North Shore of Lake Monona - Law Park and Monona Causeway Areas

Railroad comes to Madison 1854 - Historic Madison Inc

Monona Bay Railroad Causeway 1918ca, Unique ID W0135GN

Angleworm Station - Historic Madison Inc

Railroad tracks on Isthmus near Angleworm Station 1873, Unique ID W011OPU

Lake Monona and Madison's East Side 1905ca, Unique ID W013789

State Office Building Construction 1930, Unique ID W013AV1

Boats Docked at Lake Monona 1900ca, Unique ID W012DMT

Angle Worm Station 1873ca, Unique ID W011OL2

Angle Worm Station 1910ca, Unique ID W013TYS

Boathouses on Lake Monona 1931, Unique ID W013BTD

Boat Houses on Lake Monona 1934ca, WHi-3647

Boathouses on Lake Monona1934, Unique ID W013UC0

Monona Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard 1955ca, Unique ID W013UAY

Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona, 1955, Unique ID W013BBN

Law Park 1957 ca, Unique ID W013UCF

Law Park with new road 1957, Unique ID W013UBY

Law Park Parking Lot image 1 1958, Unique ID W013UD7

Law Park Parking Lot image 2 1958, Unique ID W013UDU

Olin Terrace 19--ca, Unique ID W0133Y0

Elevated View of Lake Monona 1959ca, Unique ID W013V82

Law Park and Lake Monona 1959, Unique ID W013V8Z

Law Park and Lake Monona 1959ca, Unique ID W013V8I

Past Land Use Proposals for the North Shore of Lake Monona

(This list of links will be expanded in the future to include additional past land use proposals)

"Madison: A Model City" By John Nolen 1911

Wright Proposes Civic Center on Lake Monona WSJ 11-02-1938 page 1

Segoe Plans for North Shore of Lake Monona WSJ 07-30-1939 page 2

Law Park Garage Proposal 1950, Unique ID W0144DE

Monona Basin Plans Revealed CT 12-06-1967 page 1

Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace ... - Google Books

Bay Creek Neighborhood

Bay Creek Neighborhood History

South Madison History WSJ Centennial Edition 09-24-1939 page 9

Street Railroad Car on Lakeside Street 1925ca, Unique ID W013UEN

Madison Skyline from Turville Point 1925, Unique ID W012HGS

Waunona Neighborhood

 Waunona Neighborhood History

Esther Beach and Hollywood on the Beach

Hollywood in Madison - Historic Madison Inc

This database was compiled by Ron Shutvet, Madison WI

[1]  Note: The background of this image shows the center portion of the State Office Building on Wilson Street under construction. Since this portion of the building was completed in 1938, it is believed that the original photograph was taken in early 1937.