Everett J. Erstad interview conducted by James Patrick Leary, 2011-07-...
Interview with ironworker Everett J. Erstad at his home in Oregon, Wisconsin. The audio is in 2 parts: Part 1 (sr01) includes the bulk of the interview with Everett Erstad and his experiences as an ironworker w... More
Trouting on the Brulé River, or, Lawyers' summer-wayfaring in the nor...
Trouting on the Brule River is a literary account of genteel sportsmen's fishing expeditions during the summers of 1875 and 1877. Originally published in the Chicago Sunday Times and the Chicago Sunday Tribune,... More
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ho...
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Kuenzi Barn, County Trunk EM, Watertown, Jefferson County, WI
Significance: This barn is one of few remaining examples of farm outbuildings built of German half-timber (Fachwerkbau) construction. The barn was built ca. 1850 of native white oak timbers held by mortise and ... More
Roosevelt Drive Bridge, Spanning Menomonee River at Roosevelt Road, Me...
Significance: The Roosevelt Drive Bridge is a two-arch, limestone structure that was completed in 1899. It is significant as the only example of a late nineteenth century, stone-arch bridge in the historic por... More
Bird's eye view of Cameron, Wis.
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Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1042, North side of Tenth Avenue, Block 10,...
Significance: Building T-1042 is a Combination Standard Hospital Ward, Type W-2, with a 26 bed capacity (original). This type of ward provided for the seriously ill, and isolation of these patients, as compare... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-635, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-635 is of interest historically as a nearly unaltered example of a mess hall at Fort McCoy. One of 172 such buildings erected at the cantonment, the 635 hall illustrates the setting in... More
Fort McCoy, Buidling No. T-2017, Northwest Corner of Intersection of S...
Significance: Building T-2017 is significant as an intact, essentially unaltered example of a 700 Series, Type TH-4, Theatre, with seating for 602 people. Although there were four additional theatres construct... More
Third Street Historic District, Gensmann Building, 225-227 Third Stree...
Significance: Part of the Third Street Historic District. Jacob Gensmann operated a clothing, boot and shoe store here in the late nineteenth century. These businesses remained the same until the late 1960s. ... More
Dunnville Bridge, Spanning Red Cedar River at County Trunk Highway Y, ...
Significance: The Dunnville Bridge is an excellent example of a steel, Warren overhead truss with verticals. It is among the earliest examples of the Wisconsin Highway Department's use of this design; previous... More
Al. Ringling Theatre, 136 Fourth Street, Baraboo, Sauk County, WI
Significance: The Al. Ringling Theatre is one of the first example of palatial design applied to the moving picture theatre in this country. A touch of France in the Midwest, it was listed on the National Regi... More
Racine Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Jefferson, Jefferson County...
Significance: The Racine Street Bridge is an 11-span deck truss bridge built by the Milwaukee Bridge Company from Wisconsin State Highway Commission plans. With three Warren deck truss spans that equal more tha... More
Racine Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Jefferson, Jefferson County...
Significance: The Racine Street Bridge is an 11-span deck truss bridge built by the Milwaukee Bridge Company from Wisconsin State Highway Commission plans. With three Warren deck truss spans that equal more tha... More
Racine Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Jefferson, Jefferson County...
Significance: The Racine Street Bridge is an 11-span deck truss bridge built by the Milwaukee Bridge Company from Wisconsin State Highway Commission plans. With three Warren deck truss spans that equal more tha... More
Ableman's Narrows - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
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Fifth District School, 8405 West National Avenue, West Allis, Milwauke...
1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Architecturally the building is significant because the four classroom building represents the transition from the simple one room log cabin type school house... More
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Fairmont Dairy Complex, 154-216 North Broadway Street, Green Bay, Brow...
Significance: The Fairmont Dairy forms an industrial complex located within the Broadway Historic District, which is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Dairying has been the pr... More
Fairmont Dairy Complex, 154-216 North Broadway Street, Green Bay, Brow...
Significance: The Fairmont Dairy forms an industrial complex located within the Broadway Historic District, which is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Dairying has been the pr... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2115, Midway between South Seventh & South ...
Significance: Building T-2115 is significant as a standing example of a large mobilization maintenance shed, adapted by the area engineer from both 700 and 800 Series drawings. The construction of Building T-2... More
Wisconsin Cheese Producers Federation Warehouse, 801 East Second Stree...
Survey number: HABS WI-351 Public domain photograph - historical image of Wisconsin, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lila Farm, House, E808 State Highway 54, Plover, Portage County, WI
Significance: In 1898, Frank Lila acquired the land upon which the subject house was built. It has been suggested that the original house on the property burned down and that the present house, which was built... More
Lila Farm, House, E808 State Highway 54, Plover, Portage County, WI
Significance: In 1898, Frank Lila acquired the land upon which the subject house was built. It has been suggested that the original house on the property burned down and that the present house, which was built... More
M. M. Secor Trunk Company, Industrial Building, 427 Lake Avenue, Racin...
Significance: By the most conservative account, the M.M. Secor Trunk Company was one of the largest trunk and traveling bag manufacturers in Southeastern Wisconsin. It was possibly one of the largest in the co... More
Gipfel Brewery, 423-427 West Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Count...
Significance: The structure has both architectural and historical importance: an early-day Milwaukee brewery, it is one of the city's older extant buildings, and one of the few remaining examples of the Federal... More
Sawyer Avenue Bridge, Spanning Black River, Medford, Taylor County, WI
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Medford Soo Line Depot, 109 West State Street, Medford, Taylor County,...
Significance: This depot is the only remaining railroad station in Taylor County, and the third station to stand on the same site in the City of Medford. It was built by the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2112, South Side of South Eighth Avenue, Ap...
Significance: Building T-2112 is the only example of an Ice Storage Building, Type IS-30 located at Fort McCoy. Based on a comparison of field observations and the drawings on file at the installation that wer... More
Albert & Lavinia Austin House, 308 North Pinckney Street, Madison, Dan...
Significance: This two-and-one-half-story frame Queen Anne residence was built in 1901 for Albert E. Austin and his family. Austin moved to Madison from rural Hazel Green, Wisconsin in 1901 to enter the employ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-901, 125' South of Intersection of East "S"...
Significance: Building T-901 is significant as a relatively unaltered representative of a Type RCQ-1, Regimental Commander's Quarters. This building is one of nine examples of this building type constructed at... More
Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, At 23-mile marker on Lower Fox River, Rock...
Significance: The Little Kaukauna Lock and Dam Complex allows passage for watercraft around the rapids present in the Lower Fox River at Little Kaukauna. Survey number: HAER WI-89 Building/structure dates: 18... More
Bowen Mill Bridge, Spanning Pine River on County Trunk Highway AA, Ric...
Significance: The Bowen Mill Bridge is a Pratt through truss. It was erected in 1907, and re-erected at its present location in 1966. Of the thirty-two Pratt through truss bridges identified by the Wisconsin ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1088, Intersection of South Ninth & South E...
Significance: Building T-1088 is a Hospital Barracks, Type HB-54, with accommodations for 54 enlisted men. According to the 1942 Annual Report to the Surgeon General, there were 621 enlisted personnel at the h... More
Cedars Lock & Dam, Lockkeeper's Residence, Approximately 50 feet North...
Significance: The Lockkeeper's house served as an on-site headquarters for the lockkeeper responsible for operating the locks. In addition, the house served as a residence for the lockkeeper's family. The res... More
Seventh Street Bridge, Spanning Chicago, St.Paul, Minneapolis,Omaha Ra...
Significance: The 7th Street Bridge was one of two remaining Howe truss bridges in Wisconsin identified in a 1981 survey. The other example was the Old Wells Road Bridge, which was also built by the Chicago, S... More
Seventh Street Bridge, Spanning Chicago, St.Paul, Minneapolis,Omaha Ra...
Significance: The 7th Street Bridge was one of two remaining Howe truss bridges in Wisconsin identified in a 1981 survey. The other example was the Old Wells Road Bridge, which was also built by the Chicago, S... More
Conrad Fox, Jr. House, 3500 Rapids Court, Mount Pleasant, Racine Count...
Significance: The Conrad Fox, Junior, House is architecturally significant as a good and intact local example of a Queen Anne style residence and for its construction of cream brick, an historic material indige... More
Ferndale Road Bridge, Spanning Peshtigo River between Lake & Grover, W...
Significance: The Ferndale Road Bridge is one of the State's longest remaining examples of a Pratt overhead truss bridge. It was built shortly before the advent of the standardized construction methods of the ... More
First Presbyterian Church, Seventh Street & College Avenue, Racine, Ra...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS WI-28-8 Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Yellow River Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River on County Trunk T, Arthur...
Significance: The Modern Steel Structures Company of Waukesha constructed the Yellow River Bridge across the Chippewa River in 1908. The firm, incorporated in 1900, developed the most modern and complete steel... More
McGilvray Road Bridge No. 4, Van Loon Wildlife Area, La Crosse, La Cro...
See also HAER WI-22 for additional documentation. Significance: In 1897, Charles M. Horton of Minnesota received a patent for an improvement on trusses and bridges. According to Horton, riveted and bolted conn... More
McGilvray Road Bridge No. 4, Van Loon Wildlife Area, La Crosse, La Cro...
See also HAER WI-22 for additional documentation. Significance: In 1897, Charles M. Horton of Minnesota received a patent for an improvement on trusses and bridges. According to Horton, riveted and bolted conn... More
Bridge of Pines, Ermatinger Drive in Irvine Park, Chippewa Falls, Chip...
Significance: In 1906, the city of Chippewa Falls established Irvine Park. The Bridge of Pines represents two phases of the park's development, In 1907 the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company erected a one-span... More
Mueller House, County Trunk AP, Iron Ridge, Dodge County, WI
Significance: The house is a small but typical example of a type of half-timber construction built by early German settlers in Wisconsin prior to the Civil War. The carpenters and joiners who built these were ... More
Moravian Church, Moravian Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS WI-28-3 Building/structure dates: 1852 Initial Construction
St. John Chrysostom Church, Church Street, Delafield, Waukesha County,...
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Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Duncan Creek, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa ...
Significance: The Spring Street Bridge is Wisconsin's only remaining example of the patented Marsh Rainbow Arch bridge design. James Barney Marsh, a native of North Lake, Wisconsin, developed designs for the c... More
Chester Bridge, Spanning Rock River on Old Marsh Road, East Waupun, Do...
Significance: Chester Bridge is considered important in Wisconsin history because it is a type of bridge that is rapidly disappearing in the State, it is a link in the development of truss bridge construction, ... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-2327, WI State Highway No. 21, Sparta, Monr...
Significance: Building T-2327 is significant as a surviving example of a Theater of Operations (T.O.) building type designed as a general purpose warehouse of shop, adapted to meet the unique functional needs a... More
Third Street Historic District, Miller Hotel, 217-221 Third Street, Wa...
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Fort McCoy, Building No. T-1032, North side of South Tenth Avenue, Blo...
Significance: Building T-1032 is a Surgery Hospital, Type C-4B, the only building of this type in the hospital area. All surgery operations scheduled for patients at the McCoy hospital were conducted in this b... More
M. M. SecorTrunk Company, 401,415, & 427 Lake Avenue, Racine, Racine C...
Survey number: HABS WI-304 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction
Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Milwaukee River, Grafton, Ozaukee Count...
Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge is a single span, single lane Pratt through truss that was erected in 1888. Built by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company, it was identified in Cultural Resource Managem... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
Fort McCoy, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Fort McCoy is significant as the location of one of the largest concentrations of 800 Series temporary buildings in the United States. Fort McCoy was built as part of a massive mobilization progr... More
West Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Root River at West Sixth Street & K...
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Fountain Island Bridge, Lakeside Park between Promen Drive & Fountain ...
Significance: The Fountain Island Bridge is one of seven remaining bowstring truss bridges in the State of Wisconsin. Survey number: HAER WI-23 Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Initial Construction Buildin... More
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1046 North Ninth Street, Milwauke...
Significance: Trinity is the mother church or Lutheranism in Milwaukee, its congregation having been organized in 1847. The fabric is a beautifully preserved example of Victorian Gothic design, and the woodwor... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. T-10120, North of South Eighth Avenue, Block ...
Significance: Building T-10120 is a Recreation Building, Type RB-2, which served soldiers who served in the medical corps. Building T-10120 is one of two buildings of this type found at McCoy; the other exampl... More
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...
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Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter at Lock 2, On Northern Embankment, N...
Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. In addition, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelt... More
Peavey Globe Elevator, No. 1 House, West Gate Basin & Howard's Bay, ea...
Significance: The Peavey Globe Elevator was one of several grain elevators built in the first half of the twentieth century on the opposing Lake Superior harbors of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin. ... More
Vanderpool Farmhouse, Prospect, Waukesha County, WI
Survey number: HABS WI-115 Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction
Bridge No. 18, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI
Significance: Bridge No. 18 is significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its relation to the history of transportation in the St. Croix Valley and the history of Hudson, Wisconsin. Surve... More
Bridge No. 18, Spanning Kickapoo River, La Farge, Vernon County, WI
Significance: Bridge No. 18 is significant for its Warren truss design features, as well as for its relation to the history of transportation in the St. Croix Valley and the history of Hudson, Wisconsin. Surve... More
Lowell Damon House, 2107 Wauwatosa Avenue & Rogers Street, Wauwatosa, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS WI-121 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1846 Subsequent Work
Robert Machek House, 1305 North Nineteenth Street, Milwaukee, Milwauke...
Significance: Notable for the charming individuality of its design, the intricacy and fine craftsmanship of its ornament, this small, curious, picturesque house was designed, built, and furnished at the turn of... More
Robert Machek House, 1305 North Nineteenth Street, Milwaukee, Milwauke...
Significance: Notable for the charming individuality of its design, the intricacy and fine craftsmanship of its ornament, this small, curious, picturesque house was designed, built, and furnished at the turn of... More
Louis Gignon Upholstery Shop, 1231-1233 Third Street, Stevens Point, P...
Significance: The building at 1231-1233 was constructed circa 1923 as the Louis Gignon Upholstery Shop which was one of many relatively short term commercial uses over the life of the structure, none of which a... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-801, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building 801 is of interest on a local and regional basis as a nearly unaltered example of a building type that may have been erected only at Camp McCoy the combined company storehouse, administ... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-801, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building 801 is of interest on a local and regional basis as a nearly unaltered example of a building type that may have been erected only at Camp McCoy the combined company storehouse, administ... More
Louis Morgensen-William Rowan Building, 224-226 State Street, Racine, ...
Significance: The Louis Morgensen-William Rowan Building is eligible for HABS recordation and is significant because it contributes to the Old Main Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places hist... More
Wisconsin-Michigan Railroad Bridge, Spanning Menominee River, on Count...
Significance: The Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad Bridge is an example of a pin-connected Pratt through truss, a standard design used during the late 19th century. The bridge is unusual, in that it consists of t... More
Standard atlas of Walworth County, Wisconsin : including a plat book o...
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Standard atlas of Walworth County, Wisconsin : including a plat book o...
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First Unitarian Church, 1009 East Ogden Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee C...
Significance: The work of a distinguished local architectural firm, First Unitarian is a particularly attractive Neo-Gothic church that survives in an excellent state of preservation. It is, further, the oldes... More
Fort McCoy, Building T-1551, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1551 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a base theater. It represents one of four, type TH-1038-S theaters constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. Of these, the re... More
Outer Island Light Station, Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters, La Pointe,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N46 Survey number: HABS WI-318-A
Outer Island Light Station, Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters, La Pointe,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N46 Survey number: HABS WI-318-A
Shaw Farm Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at County Trunk Highway E, I...
Significance: The Shaw Farm Bridge is an excellent example of a steel, rigid-connected, Pratt through truss designed by the Wisconsin State Highway Commission. Built in 1923, it is one of only fourteen remaini... More
Shaw Farm Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at County Trunk Highway E, I...
Significance: The Shaw Farm Bridge is an excellent example of a steel, rigid-connected, Pratt through truss designed by the Wisconsin State Highway Commission. Built in 1923, it is one of only fourteen remaini... More
Wesley Methodist Church, Parsonage, 207 North Fifth Street, Watertown,...
Significance: Association with Wesley Methodist Church. Survey number: HABS WI-279 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction
Chippewa River Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at State Highway 35, Ne...
Significance: The Chippewa River Bridge is a seven-span, Parker truss. It was erected in 1933. According to Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin, there were thirty-six Parker overhead trusses remaining i... More
Chippewa River Bridge, Spanning Chippewa River at State Highway 35, Ne...
Significance: The Chippewa River Bridge is a seven-span, Parker truss. It was erected in 1933. According to Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin, there were thirty-six Parker overhead trusses remaining i... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. 1463, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1463 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a maintenance shop. It represents the only 800 series MRS-1 structure constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The trusses i... More
Fort McCoy, Building No. 1463, Sparta, Monroe County, WI
Significance: Building T-1463 is significant as a relatively unmodified representative of a maintenance shop. It represents the only 800 series MRS-1 structure constructed at Fort McCoy in 1942. The trusses i... More