Last night, Madison’s Landmarks Commission voted to designate a Sherman Avenue property as a historic landmark. In a unanimous vote, the commission recommended the so-called “Filene House” be preserved for […]
Willy Street Development Hits Snag in Landmarks Commission
A city commission tasked with managing Madison’s historic buildings, landmarks, and neighborhoods is holding up a plan to build new apartments on Willy Street. That, in itself, is not entirely […]
Madison Gets Serious About Historic Preservation
Humans have inhabited the area where Madison now sits for at least 12,000 years. Over a thousand years ago, the Woodland Culture people built the highest density of effigy mounds […]
