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The house's grout construction inspired Orson Squire Fowler, an advocate of octagonal homes, to recommend the use of grout in such buildings. Behind the house is the Goodrich Cabin, which was built in 1837 and brought to the site in 1839; it was one of two cabins in which Goodrich lived when he first settled in Milton. [6]
In the late 1980s Audrey Laatsch, a local resident, noticed the run-down cabin while canoeing on Mirror Lake and became interested in the structure. Upon discovering its origin, she spearheaded a grass-roots campaign among local residents and Wright-aficionados to restore the cottage.
Rural historic district settled by French-speaking Belgian farmers, consisting of 261 buildings built between 1871 and 1930, [66] including farmsteads, homes, the 1891 St. Mary of the Snows Catholic Church, the 1910 Fairland School, and the 1916 William Struck store. [67] 48: Alexander Noble House: Alexander Noble House: February 23, 1996 : ...
A small warehouse remains from that complex of buildings and today is part of the Madeline Island Museum. [21] Cothren House Mineral Point: Blue River: c. 1835: Residential 1.5-story wooden cabin originally located in Blue River, Wisconsin. Moved to Mineral Point in the 1970s. [15] [22] Gratiot House: Shullsburg: 1835 Residential
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. National Historic Landmarks are designated by the U.S. National Park Service, which recognizes buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites which satisfy certain criteria for historic significance. There are 45 National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin.
Built in 1640, C. A. Nothnagle Log House, located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is likely the oldest log cabin in the United States. A conjectural replica of the log cabin in which U.S. president Abraham Lincoln was born, now at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Mortonson–Van Leer Log Cabin in New Sweden Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey A replica log cabin at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania A log house ...
Delavan's old downtown, including the 1871 Italianate-styled Hollister Block, [23] the 1898 Italianate Mullins Brothers Saloon, [24] the 1908 Neoclassical Aram Public Library designed by Claude and Starck, [25] the 1908 20th-Century Commercial-style Bolver and Lackney Building, [26] and the 1916 Mediterranean Revival Knights of Pythias Building.
The Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm is a historic farm on Levee Road in rural Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States.The property was acquired in the 1930s as a family summer retreat by the noted conservationist and writer Aldo Leopold and is the landscape that inspired his conservation ethic and the writing of his best-known work, A Sand County Almanac.