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100-foot galvanized steel fire tower built by the Wisconsin Conservation Commission in 1932, when wildfires scorched the cut-over. Lookouts from CCC Camp Riley Creek staffed the tower from around 1935 to 1941 and then the Forest Service until 1957. [6] [7] 3
Later owned by William Weis, who ran a wholesale liquor business in Milwaukee, operated the farm as a dairy with Jersey cattle, and added many of the outbuildings around 1910. Woodrow and Gertrude Wilson bought the farm in 1950 and developed their own line of Holsteins there. [73] [74] [75] 33: Main Street Commercial Historic District
Then-progressive farm built by an experienced farmer during the industrial dairy era, [134] including the 1911 Queen Anne/Colonial Revival-style house, [135] a 1911 Wisconsin Dairy Barn, [136] a 1911 poured concrete silo, [137] and miscellaneous outbuildings. 58: Reynolds and Lois Greenman House: Reynolds and Lois Greenman House: August 23, 2016
Location of Walworth County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Walworth County, Wisconsin.It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
[5] [6] In 1917, when logging waned, the place became a demo farm for Faast's Wisconsin Colonization Company. Now believed to be the oldest surviving structure in Sawyer County. [7] 2: Moody's Camp Lodge: November 7, 2019
The building was originally built in 1902 as a stable for the Gund Brewing Company, designed by C.F. Struck in Romanesque Revival style. Starting in 1921 Gund leased the building to the Wisconsin Army National Guard as its armory. [78] 33: La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy
The photobook company conducted an online survey of 3,000 Americans to establish this list. ... Two Wisconsin spots make list of 100 most breathtaking views in U.S. Show comments. Advertisement.
The Wisconsin Veteran's Home was founded in 1887 by the GAR to house veterans of the Civil War. It was unusual in that it allowed wives to live with the veterans and provided them individual cottages. In 1929 the state took over the home, and to this day it houses veterans of subsequent wars. [48] 24: Veterans Home Chapel: Veterans Home Chapel ...