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Cardinal Hotel (Palo Alto, California)
The Cardinal Hotel is a railroad hotel built in 1908. It is one-half mile east of the capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. Starting in 1974, under the ownership of Ricardo Gonzalez, the hotel's bar became a hub of Madison's gay and Cuban communities. In 1982, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. History Ernest Eckstedt had the Cardinal Hotel built in 1908 and 1909. Eckstedt had been born to German immigrants in Milwaukee in 1864. He worked in a flour mill and a tannery, then got a job with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, working as a switchman, then other jobs. In 1885, he moved to Madison and settled in the German-heavy Williamson Street neighborhood. In 1902, he built the Atlas Hotel at 221-223 S. Baldwin Street. He sold the Atlas after a few years and ran the Tivoli Gardens at Williamson and Baldwin. With . In 1907, always watching for opportunities, Eckstedt bought two lots at the corner of S. Franklin and E. Wilson, just across Wilson Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-largest in the U.S. The city forms the core of the Madison Metropolitan Area which includes Dane County and neighboring Iowa, Green, and Columbia counties for a population of 680,796. Madison is named for American Founding Father and President James Madison. The city is located on the traditional land of the Ho-Chunk, and the Madison area is known as ''Dejope'', meaning "four lakes", or ''Taychopera'', meaning "land of the four lakes", in the Ho-Chunk language. Located on an isthmus and lands surrounding four lakes—Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Kegonsa and Lake Waubesa—the city is home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Wisconsin State Capitol, the Overture Center for the Arts, and the Henry Vilas Zoo. Madison is ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
