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Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenosha is a satellite city located roughly 40 miles (64 km) south of Milwaukee and 66 miles (106 km) north of Chicago and has significant cultural and economic connections to both cities. Interstate 94 runs along Kenosha's western border.
Kemper Hall was originally known as Durkee Mansion, the estate of early Kenosha, Wisconsin settler Charles Durkee. The mansion was built in 1861 [4] as Durkee was completing his one term in the United States Senate. In 1865, Senator Durkee's home was donated to the St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, who aimed to convert the house into an all girls ...
Website. www.kenoshacounty.org. Kenosha County is located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 169,151 as of the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous county in Wisconsin. [1][2] The county shares the same name as its county seat, the city of Kenosha, [3] the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. [1]
NRHP reference No. 08000545 [3] Added to NRHP. June 24, 2008. The Kenosha North Pier Light, also known as the Kenosha North Pierhead Light, is a lighthouse located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. "A typical ' Lake Michigan red tower'", [4] it is a sibling to the Milwaukee Pierhead Light. [5] This light was built in 1906 as a replacement of the old ...
Library Park Historic District (ID88002657) NRHP reference No. 00000733 [1] Added to NRHP. June 22, 2000 [2] Library Park, formerly known as The Commons, City Park, and Central Park, is a park in Kenosha, Wisconsin designed by Ossian Cole Simonds. It features a library and war memorial designed by Daniel Burnham and a sculpture by Charles Henry ...
Civic Center Historic District (Kenosha, Wisconsin) / 42.58444°N 87.82194°W / 42.58444; -87.82194. The Civic Center Historic District is a group of six large Neoclassical Revival buildings around Civic Center Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, reflecting the city's history as Kenosha County seat .
Added to NRHP. November 29, 1988. Civil War Memorial in Library Park. The Library Park Historic District is a historic neighborhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding Library Park, which was originally conceived as a New England–style town commons. The district consists of 42 contributing properties built from 1843 to 1930.
Website. kenoshanews.com. Media of the United States. List of newspapers. The Kenosha News is a daily newspaper published in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. The morning paper serves southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois. It was the original and flagship property of United Communications Corporation.