Pinckney Street, in about 1859, looking west from the corner of Main and Pinckney streets. The large building on the corner of Pinckney and East Washington Avenue is Bruen's Block, constructed in 1853 and home of the Wisconsin State Journal. The white building across East Washington Ave. is the American House Hotel, the site where the Wisconsin Legislature first met in Madison.
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The first capitol building in Madison. Construction began in June, 1837, and workmen laid the cornerstone on July 4, 1837. Completed in 1844, it proved inadequate and was replaced in 1857 by the second Capitol. A fire in 1904 destroyed a large part of that building, necessitating construction of the current Capitol building in 1906.
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James Duane Doty, territorial governor of Wisconsin 1841-44, was born in New York and came to Wisconsin Territory in the late 1830s. Doty was instrumental in getting Madison approved as the state capital in 1836.
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American House, the first hotel in Madison, built in 1838 at 1 North Pinckney Street.
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Outside the Wisconsin State Journal office on East Washington Avenue, circa 1881. David Atwood, second from left with white beard, and a partner created the paper after buying the former Madison Express.
“The columns of the Express will be open to the discussion of all fair and proper subjects which will have the tendency of promoting the public good. We shall expose tyranny wherever it may exist, fearless of consequences, and shall also endeavor to expose any infringement which may be made, by men in power, upon the rights of the people.’’
Madison's first home, the log cabin of Eben and Roseline Peck, which stood on what is now S. Butler St.
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HOME SWEET HOME Madison’s first home, the log cabin of Eben and Roseline Peck, on what is now South Butler Street.
Pinckney Street, in about 1859, looking west from the corner of Main and Pinckney streets. The large building on the corner of Pinckney and East Washington Avenue is Bruen's Block, constructed in 1853 and home of the Wisconsin State Journal. The white building across East Washington Ave. is the American House Hotel, the site where the Wisconsin Legislature first met in Madison.
The first capitol building in Madison. Construction began in June, 1837, and workmen laid the cornerstone on July 4, 1837. Completed in 1844, it proved inadequate and was replaced in 1857 by the second Capitol. A fire in 1904 destroyed a large part of that building, necessitating construction of the current Capitol building in 1906.
Madison's first home, the log cabin of Eben and Roseline Peck, which stood on what is now S. Butler St.
Wisconsin Historical SocietyWISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HOME SWEET HOME Madison’s first home, the log cabin of Eben and Roseline Peck, on what is now South Butler Street.
James Duane Doty, territorial governor of Wisconsin 1841-44, was born in New York and came to Wisconsin Territory in the late 1830s. Doty was instrumental in getting Madison approved as the state capital in 1836.
Outside the Wisconsin State Journal office on East Washington Avenue, circa 1881. David Atwood, second from left with white beard, and a partner created the paper after buying the former Madison Express.
