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, WHi-3101
View of Madison, the Capital of the State of Wisconsin 1857, WHi-23149
Bird's Eye View of Madison by A. Ruger 1867 - www.history-map
Bird's Eye View of Madison by A. Ruger 1867, WHi-11430
Bird's Eye View of Madison, Wis. and Its Surroundings 1870ca, WHi-12439
Bird's Eye View of Madison 1885, WHi-11432
Bird's Eye View of Madison 1908, WHi-3160
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 1901, WHi-72486
Topographic map of Turville Point and lands to the South to Nine Springs Creek 1906, WHi-86867
Topographic Map of Turville Estate 1906, WHi-86627
Historical Aerial Photos
Aerial View of Isthmus towards Lake Monona 1928, WHi-31148
Aerial View of Isthmus 1930ca, WHi-34745
Aerial of Dividing Ridge Area and UW Arboretum - 1937
Olin - Turville and Coliseum Areas - 1937
Turville Point, Lake Monona, Aerial View 1930ca, WHi-34724
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, WHi-41484
Monona Bay in Madison 1904ca, WHi-11146
Shacks along Lake Monona 1906ca, WHi-35797
Shacks along Lake Monona 1906ca, WHi-35798
Filling in Brittingham Park 1907, WHi-11142
Madison from Lake Monona Brittingham Park Area 1906ca, WHi-11139
Children at Brittingham Park 1905ca, WHi-11074
Brittingham Park Bathhouse 19xxca, WHi-31865
Brittingham Park Bathhouse 1910ca, WHi-36030
Monona Bay Bathers at Brittingham Park Beach 1918ca, WHi-55264
North Shore of Lake Monona - Law Park and Monona Causeway Areas
Railroad comes to Madison 1854 - Historic Madison Inc
Monona Bay Railroad Causeway 1918ca, WHi-55251
Angleworm Station - Historic Madison Inc
Railroad tracks on Isthmus near Angleworm Station 1873, WHi-11689
Lake Monona and Madison's East Side 1905ca, WHi-84125
State Office Building Construction 1930, WHi-20529
Boats Docked at Lake Monona 1900ca, WHi-47494
Angle Worm Station 1873ca, WHi-11643
Angle Worm Station 1910ca, WHi-31335
Boathouses on Lake Monona 1931, WHi-4713
Boat Houses on Lake Monona 1934ca, WHi-3647
Boathouses on Lake Monona1934, WHi-38627
Monona Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard 1955ca, WHi-39006
Madison Shoreline from Lake Monona, 1955, WHi-6438
Law Park with new road 1957ca, WHi-39058
Law Park Parking Lot image 1 1958, WHi-39063
Law Park Parking Lot image 2 1958, WHi-39066
Olin Terrace 19--ca, WHi-54846
Elevated View of Lake Monona 1959ca, WHi-55343
Law Park and Lake Monona 1959, WHi-55345
Law Park and Lake Monona 1959ca, WHi-55344
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
Fix this link 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, WHi-67966
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, WHi-3102
Madison Skyline from Turville Point 1925, WHi-37377
Waunona Neighborhood
need to fix this link Waunona Neighborhood History
need to fix this link 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.