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Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.The population was 269,840 as of the 2020 United States census, making it the second-most populous city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, and the 77th-most populous in the United States.
June 19, 1985 (420 Henry Mall, University of Wisconsin campus: Madison: Georgian revival-style building designed by Paul Cret and Warren Laird, built in 1912, where Elmer McCollum discovered vitamins A and B, Harry Steenbock found that vitamin D could be concentrated by irradiating food, Conrad Elvehjem isolated niacin, and Karl Link isolated the anticoagulant dicoumarol.
The Wisconsin State Capitol is the tallest building in Madison, a distinction that has been preserved by legislation that prohibits buildings taller than the 187 feet (57 m) columns surrounding the dome. The Capitol is located at the southwestern end of the Madison Isthmus in downtown Madison, bordered by streets that make up the Capitol Square.
The original Town of Madison encompassed approximately 36 square miles (93 km 2), and was organized on February 2, 1846. [3] [4] In 1856 the Wisconsin Legislature chartered the city of Madison, leaving the remainder as the town. [5]
Order Mayor Sworn In Left Office 1 Jairus C. Fairchild: 1856: 1856 2 Augustus A. Bird: 1857: 1857 3 George Baldwin Smith: 1858: 1860 4 Levi Baker Vilas: 1861
The police chief investigating Monday’s deadly Wisconsin Christian school shooting is adamant that the 15-year-old killer’s gender ... Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on ...
The father of the 15-year-old Madison, Wisconsin, school shooter posted a photo to Facebook of his daughter, Natalie Rupnow, at a shooting range in August.
The first building constructed on the Beloit College campus, Middle College is the oldest academic building still in use in Wisconsin [54] and serves as the college's administrative offices. [55] North Hall: Madison: 1851 Academic Oldest extant building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [56] Pottawatomie Light: Rock Island: 1858 Lighthouse