Site of Former Greenbush Cemetery Burials

Nineteenth century cemeteries were sometimes relocated as a community expanded. In 1845, land was purchased for a cemetery in the Greenbush neighborhood of Madison where St. Marys Hospital is located today. The cemetery became overcrowded with Madison's German and Irish ...

The Legend of Greenbush

According to legend, in 1869, Father Phillip Colleton was caught at this site by a furious hail and thunderstorm. The frightened priest took refuge under his saddle and vowed that if his life was spared, he would build a church ...

Greenbush

Once a marshy area off the shores of Lake Monona, this triangular shaped neighborhood became a dream for Italian immigrants during the early 1900's.

Greenbush developed into one of America's countless Little Italys, complemented with Jewish, Black and Irish families and ...

Spirit of Greenbush

[South Side:]

Mos na harroni. Do not forget us.

Nina Pecoraro Borgman Carpenter

The best education I ever had was growing up in the Bush.

Billy McDonald

For the Italian girls our parents were too strict. It was school, home, and church.

Victoria Marie Gandolfo Pelliteri ...

The Greenbush

1891 - 1960

This memorial is dedicated to the memory of those immigrants who settled this area at the turn of the twentieth century.

The 'Greenbush' site, known as the Triangle area, was a unique neighborhood composed of fourteen homogeneous ethnic groups. ...