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Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County.The population was 269,840 as of the 2020 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.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, a number of old houses in the district were demolished to make way for new buildings. In response, residents petitioned the city to have the district designated a landmark and protect its history. The district became a city landmark in 1976, officially becoming Madison's first historic district. [3]
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 Division of Museums and Historic Sites operates the Wisconsin Historical Museum in downtown Madison and 11 historic sites throughout the state. The museum has an archaeology program in collaboration with the Department of Transportation and the Department of Natural Resources that undertakes research, and collects and preserves historical artifacts. [12]
The Sherman Avenue Historic District is a historic neighborhood along Lake Mendota on the east end of the isthmus in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, consisting mostly of middle class houses built from the mid 1890s to the late 1920s.
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 shooting took place at Abundant Life Christian School, a private school in Madison, Wisconsin, with about 420 students from kindergarten through 12th grade.