Interactive Timeline

• After the fire they didn't start rebuilding the capitol until 1906.
• The cost of rebuilding the capitol came up to $7.2 million
• The losses of building were close to $1 million
• The building was finshed in 1917
• The capitol is 13 acres, 284.4 feet tall, and the wings are 25 feet wide.

• The fire was cause by a gas jet in a closet.
• February 27, 1904 Madison folks woke up to the smell of smoke.
• Madison firefighter came along with two Milwaukee compaines.
• It took up to 20 hours to put out the fire.

• In 1837 the stone building made from Maple Buff was also made from oak that was harvested.
• The first rebuilding of the Madison capitol was on October 28, 1855.
• The second rebuilding was caused by a fire in 1904.
• In the capitol building is a hall established for the Grand Army Records.

Madison Capitol Fire

The Madison capitol is significant to Wisconsin history because of the fire.

After the fire

During the fire

Histroy before the fire