Yahara River Parkway Historical Marker
N 43° 05.289 W 089° 21.521
16T E 308018 N 4773304
Yahara River Parkway Historical Marker at the corner of Thorton Ave. And Winnebago Ave. in Madison, WI
Waymark Code: WM205Z
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2007
Views: 29
“In January 1903, the leader of Madison’s park development and president of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association, John M. Olin, presented a grand development plan for the Yahara River to the city leaders. The plan called for deepening, widening and straightening the river between lakes Mendota and Monona and creating a parkway. In only six months and with contributions from many Madison citizens, Olin and the Park and Pleasure Drive Association raised the money and secured the land to begin construction. The Yahara River Parkway was designed by renowned landscape architect Ossian Cole Simonds, who fostered a regional style of landscape architecture known as the “Prairie School.” Using native Midwestern plants such as hawthorne, dogwood, and crabapple, Simonds created a naturalistic landscape for the parkway. As part of the design, several bridges were erected or reconstructed and a lock was built at the Mendota outlet for boat passage between the lakes. The parkway was completed in 1906.
Erected 1996”
County: Dane
Location: Park
MarkerID: 340
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