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The Durand and Hill Block at 246 Main St. was built around 1849. It was designed by Lucas Bradley, Racine's first architect, and may have originally been Greek Revival-styled. But it was damaged in the fire of 1882 and probably restyled as then-modern Italianate when it was repaired.
Racine (/ r ə ˈ s iː n, r eɪ-/ ⓘ rə-SEEN, ray-) [8] is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River , situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and 60 miles (97 km) north of Chicago . [ 9 ]
The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map. [1] There are 57 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 31, 2025. [2]
Map of the United States with Wisconsin highlighted. ... City County(ies) Population (2010 Census) ... Racine Walworth: 10,464 11,047 3rd 1900 Cedarburg:
Racine County comprises the Racine metropolitan statistical area. This area is part of the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha combined statistical area . [ 3 ] According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has an area of 792 square miles (2,050 km 2 ), of which 333 square miles (860 km 2 ) is land and 460 square miles (1,200 km 2 ) (58%) is water. [ 4 ]
[12] [2] This Universalist congregation was founded in 1842, the third church in Port Gilbert/Racine. Prominent members included Gilbert Knapp (founder of Racine) and J.I. Case. P.T. Barnum donated/lent the congregation $500 to buy the lot for their first church on Monument Square in 1851.
Alexander McClurg, president of the City Bank of Racine and railroad entrepreneur, bought it in 1854. Jerome I. Case bought the house in 1887 to give to his daughter and her husband Henry M. Wallis, who eventually became president of the Case Plow Works. The Wallises probably remodeled the house in 1895. It later housed a VFW clubhouse. [4] [3]
The 66th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. [1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises the southeast corner of Racine County, including the south side of the city of Racine, most of the village of Mount Pleasant, and the villages of Sturtevant and Elmwood Park.