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Lightkeeper's quarters with integrated lighthouse tower built in 1866 to mark the entrance to Racine's harbor. In 1903 a separate life-saving station was added, from which a team from the Life-Saving Service launched search-and-rescue operations on Lake Michigan. 41: Racine Public Library: Racine Public Library
The museum was organized in 1982, [4] and the main building, also known as the Wisconsin Land and Lumber Company Office, was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973 [3] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
In the United States of America, state library agencies established in each state have long been a catalyst for a great deal of the motivation for public library cooperation. This has been since the founding of the movement, starting in 1890 when Massachusetts created a state Board of Library Commissioners charged to help communities establish ...
The Edward E. Hartwick Memorial Building is a 1-1/2 story rustic log structure built entirely of Michigan pine, and is one of the few remaining examples of the rustic log architecture used in the 1920s and 1930s by the Michigan State Park system. 3: M-72–Au Sable River Bridge: M-72–Au Sable River Bridge: December 9, 1999
The Common School Fund is the sole source of funding for more than 90% of public school libraries in the state. The fund was created from the sale of federal land granted to Wisconsin. The fund ...
One of thousands of public libraries that 19th-century industrialist Andrew Carnegie financed is listed for sale in Middletown for $124,900. Between 1886 and 1920, Carnegie donated more than $55 ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Wisconsin provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Wisconsin, where 63 public libraries were built from 60 grants (totaling $1,047,762) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1915. In addition, academic libraries were built for 2 institutions (totaling ...
The White Pigeon land office's location on the Chicago Road , which linked Chicago and Detroit was chosen as it was the largest village west of Jackson, MI. . The first settler in Kent County, Michigan bought land from the office was Louis Campau in October 1833. [4] The U.S. started issuing land in Michigan after the 1821 Treaty of Chicago, in ...