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November 21, 1978 (10 S. High St. Janesville: 1930 armory designed by Lt. Colonel Henry C. Hengles in Spanish Revival style, with walls of colored brick and tile roof. . Originally housed the 32nd Tank Company of the Wisconsin National Guard, which helped defend Bataan in 1941-42 and endured the Bataan De
She traded goods from out East for furs from Wisconsin, carried passengers, and had various mishaps. Finally sank in a gale in 1851, and now sits largely intact under 210 feet of water. [18] 10: Green Bay Road Bridge: Green Bay Road Bridge: August 3, 1998 : Mill St. at Manitowoc R.
The Old Fourth Ward Historic District in Janesville, Wisconsin is a large old working-class neighborhood southwest of the downtown, comprising about 1100 contributing structures built from the 1840s to 1930. [2] In 1990 the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [3]
Lake Mills occupies the east shore of Rock Lake. The area was first settled by Captain Joseph Keyes. He called it "Lake Mills", after building a saw mill and grist mill using power from nearby Rock Lake. [5] [6] Lake Mills was chartered in 1836, and the first building was built in 1837.
The Old Rock School in Dodgeville, Wisconsin is a school that was built in 1853 and converted into a private house in 1882. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] [3] It is a two-story building constructed of limestone rubble, with massive blocks of dressed limestone serving as quoins and lintels. It has a ...
The old downtown, including the 1848 Italianate Hill woolen shawl mill, [30] the 1877 frame Queen Anne Martha Whipple Music Store, [31] the 1878 block of Osthelder Saloon, [32] Sully's Dry Goods, [33] Thiemann Grocery and Bryant Drug Store, [34] the 1880 Brickner Woolen Mills, [35] the 1880 Victorian Smith Meat Market and Post Office, [36] the ...
Flour mill powered by the Milwaukee River, built 1865 (or 1843?) by Robert Price and initially called Barton Roller Mill, grinding wheat from local farmers and shipping flour in barrels to larger markets. The mill was operated by the Gadows until 1964, the last mill in Wisconsin to grind wheat flour and one of the last driven by water power ...
Point of Rocks is located along the east side of a curve in US 12, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of its intersection with Wisconsin Highway 159.The outcropping itself is around 4,000 feet (1,200 m) thick and consists of maroon, pink, and purple quartzite, while the surrounding area is covered by trees.