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National Register of Historic Places listings in Grant County, Wisconsin

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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grant County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Grant County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.^[1]

Location of Grant County in Wisconsin

There are 39 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.^[2]

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The latitude and longitude information provided is primarily from the National Register Information System, and has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For 1%, the location info may be way off. We seek to correct the coordinate information wherever it is found to be erroneous. Please leave a note in the Discussion page for this article if you believe any specific location is incorrect.

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National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.

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Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.

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The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

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"Agriculture and Manual Arts Bldg/Platteville St. Normal Sch". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

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Lusignan, Paul (1984-11-30). "Agriculture and Manual Arts Building, Platteville State Normal School". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

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"Arthur, L.J., House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

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Wepking, Mary (1985-02-20). "L. J. Arthur House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-14.

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"James Ballantine House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

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Sewell, James A. (1976-04-07). "Ballantine, James, House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

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Hamilton, Joseph S. "An Archaeological and Geomorphological Perspective of the Solverson Site (47VE1252), Vernon County, Wisconsin" (PDF): 430. Retrieved 2016-05-16. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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"John Hawkins Rountree Mansion". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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"William T. Jennings-William H. Williams House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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"Albert Webster House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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"W.N. Smith House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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"L.A. Wills House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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Heggland, Timothy F. (2007-02-19). "Bayley Avenue Historic District". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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"Beebe House (William Homer Beebe)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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Mueller, Patricia (1979-04-02). "Beebe House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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Miller, Elizabeth L. (2007-04-15). "Grand Army of the Republic Hall". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-29.

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"Boscobel High School / Old Rock High School". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-29.

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Glasbrenner, Susan J. (1986-07-02). "Boscobel High School". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-29.

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Heggland, Timothy F. (1995-06-15). "Central House Hotel". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-29.

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"Leonard and Caroline Coates House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-10-09.

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"Wright House Hotel". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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"R. B. Showalter Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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"Reed's Opera House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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"IOOF Hall". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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"First National Bank of Lancaster". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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"Louis Alt Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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Heggland, Timothy F. (2005-08-11). "Courthouse Square Historic District". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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"Edward and Mary Davies House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

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"Denniston House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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Engel, Charlene Stant (1974-07-26). "Old Denniston House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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"Peter Nicklas House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-07.

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"W. J. Robinson House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-07.

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"George Barden House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-07.

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"C. C. Grindell House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-07.

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Heggland, Timothy F. (2007-02-11). "Division Street Historic District". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-07.

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"Jonathan H. Evans House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-07.

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Garfield, Leonard T. (1981-10-14). "Evans, Jonathan H., House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-07.

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Pfefferkorn, Melvin G. (1985-01-15). "First Congregational Church". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-11.

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"German Evangelical Lutheran Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-04-30.

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Dean, Jeff (1978-02-08). "Grant County Courthouse". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-11.

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Heggland, Timothy F. (1988-07-14). "Hazel Green Town Hall". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-16.

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"424 North Fillmore Street". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-08-12.

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Filipowicz, Diane H. (November 1982). "Lancaster Municipal Building". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-16.

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"Lancaster Post Office". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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Causier, Charles W.; Jurkiewicz, Joseph G. (1993-12-29). "Lancaster Post Office". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-26.

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Rausch, Loan (1997-10-21). "Main Street Commercial Historic District". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-26.

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"William Parnell Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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"Hendershot Harness Shop". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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"August J. Kettler Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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"George Wedige Saloon". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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"Dr. and Mrs. Wilson Cunningham House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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"Platteville Carnegie Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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"First National Bank". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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"Platteville Civic and Memorial Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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"Mitchell-Rountree House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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Anderson, Donald N. (1971-08-17). "Mitchell-Rountree House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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"Parker, Dwight T., Public Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-07-01.

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Filipowicz, Diane H.; Cauffman, Betty Lou (Oct 1982). "Parker, Dwight T., Public Library". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-01.

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Holliday, Diane Young (1996-09-23). "Potosi Badger Huts Site". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-01.

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"Potosi Brewery". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-07-05.

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"Rock School". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-06-30.

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"Platteville High School". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-06-30.

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"Rountree Hall". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-07-05.

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Engel, Charlene Stant (1974-06-28). "Rountree Hall". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-05.

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Lusignan, Paul R. (1986-03-25). "J.H.Rountree Mansion". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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Donath, David A. (October 1978). "St. John Mine". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-05.

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"Stonefield (Nelson Dewey Home)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-07-09.

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"Trinity Episcopal Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-06-25.

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"Isaac Hodges House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-07-13.

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^[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[4]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Agriculture and Manual Arts Building/Platteville State Normal School	Agriculture and Manual Arts Building/Platteville State Normal School	March 14, 1985 (#85000578)	Univ. of WI, Platteville 42°44′03″N 90°29′10″W	Platteville	Designed by Van Ryn & DeGelleke in Neoclassical style and built in 1916, this hall contained a forge room, a farm carpentry room, a dairy lab, a stock judging room, a gym, etc. The specialized training it allowed was a milestone in the state normal school system. Now known as Ullrich Hall, oldest remaining academic building at UW-Platteville.^[5]^[6]
2	L. J. Arthur House	L. J. Arthur House	September 5, 1985 (#85001951)	210 N. Jefferson St. 42°50′57″N 90°42′39″W	Lancaster	2-story red brick Victorian home built in 1880 for Arthur, an attorney. Bought in 1889 by local merchant Charles Basford.^[7]^[8]
3	James Ballantine House	James Ballantine House	June 7, 1976 (#76000062)	720 North 4th Street 42°53′16″N 90°55′34″W	Bloomington	1877 brick Italianate house with two 2-story bay windows. After losing a leg, James lent money and raised plants and livestock. His house is little changed, since it stood vacant from the death of his wife Abbie in 1937 until 1975.^[9]^[10]
4	Bass Site (47Gt25)	Bass Site (47Gt25)	September 9, 1982 (#82000669)	Address Restricted	Lancaster	Site on a ridge where Early Archaic people quarried chert and formed it into projectiles.^[11]
5	Bayley Avenue Historic District	Bayley Avenue Historic District	July 19, 2007 (#07000708)	100-400 Bayley Av., 400 Blk. S Court St., 150, 210, 270 Rountree Av. & 65 Mitchell Av. 42°43′52″N 90°28′46″W	Platteville	J.H. Rountree, founder of Platteville, built his Greek Revival home in this district in 1853^[12] and it was the only house until 1890, when he died. Then his heirs subdivided the parcel and it quickly filled in with turn-of-the-century homes, including the 1890 Queen Anne Jenning house,^[13] the 1908 American Foursquare Webster house,^[14] the 1915 Craftsman W.N. Smith house,^[15] and the 1940 Georgian Revival L.A. Wills house.^[16]^[17]
6	Beebe House	Beebe House	August 7, 1979 (#79000078)	390 W. Adams St. 42°44′19″N 90°28′49″W	Platteville	2-story Victorian Gothic home built in 1870, clad with local brick. Captain William Beebe was a New York native, a Civil War vet, a lawyer, mayor of Platteville, and an inventor. By 1877 he had an electrical telephone communicating between Platteville and Lancaster, only a year after Alexander Graham Bell's first long-distance line.^[18]^[19]
7	Bode-Wad-Mi Rockshelter	Bode-Wad-Mi Rockshelter	June 23, 1995 (#95000760)	Address Restricted	Castle Rock
8	Boscobel Grand Army of the Republic Hall	Boscobel Grand Army of the Republic Hall	December 27, 2007 (#07001329)	102 Mary Street 43°07′55″N 90°42′23″W	Boscobel	Originally a Baptist church built in 1879, the building was bought by the GAR in 1896 and remodeled as a meeting hall.^[20] Still in use as a meeting hall and museum.
9	Boscobel High School	Boscobel High School	December 30, 1986 (#86003518)	207 Buchanan Street 43°07′59″N 90°42′11″W	Boscobel	3-story Romanesque Revival building clad in local limestone, with a 4-story tower, designed by Van Ryn & DeGelleke and built in 1898. Now called Rock School.^[21]^[22]
10	Central House Hotel	Central House Hotel	November 27, 1996 (#96001361)	1005 Wisconsin Avenue 43°08′04″N 90°42′20″W	Boscobel	3-story Italianate-styled hotel built of limestone from 1865 to 1873. The Gideons (which places Bibles in hotel rooms) was conceived here in 1898 when two businessmen shared room 19.^[23]
11	Leonard and Caroline Coates House	Upload image	October 4, 2021 (#100007031)	250 Southwest Rd. 42°41′48″N 90°30′14″W	Platteville	Brick Italianate-style house built in 1868 by Coates, a miner from Yorkshire who moved into the lead smelting business and served Platteville as mayor and by helping bring the railroad.^[24]
12	Courthouse Square Historical District	Courthouse Square Historical District	April 7, 2006 (#06000233)	Cherry, Jefferson, Madison, and Maple Sts. 42°50′51″N 90°42′36″W	Lancaster	Intact historic downtown centered around the courthouse, including the 1868 Commercial Vernacular-styled Wright House Hotel,^[25] the 1888 Italianate Showalter Building,^[26] the 1894 Romanesque Revival Reed Opera House,^[27] the 1901 Richardsonian Romanesque I.O.O.F. Hall (pictured),^[28] the 1903 Neoclassical First National Bank of Lancaster,^[29] and the 1904 Queen Anne Louis Alt Building.^[30]^[31]
13	Edward and Mary Davies House	Edward and Mary Davies House	June 6, 2023 (#100009038)	315 North 2nd St. 42°44′11″N 90°28′34″W	Platteville	Modest 2-story brick house with the massing and simple window trim of Greek Revival style, built in 1864 for Welsh immigrant blacksmith Edward Davies, and little changed since then.^[32]
14	Denniston House	Denniston House	February 20, 1975 (#75000213)	117 E. Front St 42°42′45″N 90°59′25″W	Cassville	Brick hotel built in 1836 in hopes that Cassville would become the capital of Wisconsin Territory. Wisconsin's first governor Nelson Dewey lived here and died in 1889, after his financial ruin.^[33]^[34]
15	Division Street Historic District	Division Street Historic District More images	July 19, 2007 (#07000709)	200-300 Blk. Division St., 145, 170, 175, 190, 195, 220 S Chestnut St. 42°43′57″N 90°28′54″W	Platteville	Small residential historic district, including the 1895 Gabled Ell Nicklas house,^[35] 1906 Queen Anne Robinson house,^[36] the 1908 Queen Anne/American Foursquare Barden house,^[37] and the 1905 American Foursquare Grindell house.^[38]^[39]
16	Eagle Valley Mound District	Eagle Valley Mound District	July 11, 2001 (#01000736)	Address Restricted	Glen Haven
17	Jonathan H. Evans House	Jonathan H. Evans House	June 1, 1982 (#82000670)	440 W. Adams St. 42°44′20″N 90°28′53″W	Platteville	1870 home which mixes elements of Italianate design with Queen Anne. Evans was a school teacher, storekeeper, civic leader, bank organizer, and an early shaper of Wisconsin's normal school system.^[40]^[41]
18	First Congregational Church	First Congregational Church	June 19, 1985 (#85001359)	80 Market 42°44′09″N 90°28′42″W	Platteville	Red-brick Romanesque Revival church built in 1869 and expanded in 1895 by Platteville's Congregationals.^[42]
19	German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Peace	Upload image	April 25, 2022 (#100007631)	350 East Furnace St. 42°44′04″N 90°28′21″W	Platteville	Gothic Revival-style red brick church built in 1856 by German Lutherans. Now the oldest surviving church building in Platteville.^[43]
20	Grant County Courthouse	Grant County Courthouse More images	October 19, 1978 (#78000096)	126 W. Main St. 42°50′51″N 90°42′36″W	Lancaster	3-story courthouse with glass and copper dome, designed by Armand D. Koch of Milwaukee in Neoclassical style and built in 1902.^[44]
21	Hazel Green Town Hall	Hazel Green Town Hall	January 26, 1989 (#88003231)	2130 N. Main St. 42°32′00″N 90°26′05″W	Hazel Green	1891 Boomtown-front frame building which originally housed the Town Clerk's office and a civic auditorium which hosted dances, church functions, vaudeville acts, patent medicine peddlers, commencements, movies, and a jail.^[45]
22	Hog Hollow Site	Hog Hollow Site	May 10, 1996 (#96000496)	Address Restricted	Potosi
23	Patrick and Margaret Kinney House	Patrick and Margaret Kinney House	March 6, 2008 (#08000160)	424 N. Fillmore St. 42°51′06″N 90°43′10″W	Lancaster	Limestone clad home built for Patrick Kinney, a successful Lancaster attorney, his wife, Margaret, and their growing family, in 1951-1953 from a design supplied by Frank Lloyd Wright.^[46]
24	Lancaster Municipal Building	Lancaster Municipal Building	March 10, 1983 (#83003397)	206 S. Madison St. 42°50′51″N 90°42′33″W	Lancaster	Brick Prairie School civic building trimmed in terra cotta, designed by Claude & Starck and build in 1923. Originally housed city offices, fire department, and 800-seat theater.^[47]
25	Lancaster Post Office	Lancaster Post Office	October 24, 2000 (#00001245)	236 W. Maple St. 42°50′52″N 90°42′43″W	Lancaster	Simplified Art Moderne post office built in 1938, containing a mural "Farm Yard" painted by Tom Rost in 1940 and supported by the New Deal Public Works of Art Project.^[48]^[49]
26	Main Street Commercial Historic District	Main Street Commercial Historic District More images	March 9, 1990 (#90000377)	Roughly bounded by Chestnut, Furnace, Bonson, Mineral, Oak, and Pine 42°44′04″N 90°28′42″W	Platteville	Includes the area of Platteville's early business districts on Second Street and Main, platted like an English village with narrow streets, narrow lots, and a village green.^[50] Includes the 1847 Federal-styled Parnell Building (pictured),^[51] the 1853 Hendershot Harness Shop,^[52] the 1876 Italianate Kettler building,^[53] the 1906 Italianate Wedige Saloon,^[54] the 1906 Queen Anne Dr. Cunningham house,^[55] the 1914 Tudor Revival Carnegie Library,^[56] the 1924 Neoclassical First National Bank,^[57] and the 1938 Art Deco Municipal Building.^[58]
27	Mitchell-Rountree House	Mitchell-Rountree House More images	February 23, 1972 (#72000052)	Jewett and Lancaster Sts. 42°44′29″N 90°28′57″W	Platteville	Early 1.5-story cottage built of carefully fit dolomite for Rev. Samuel Mitchell in a style from his native Virginia. Mitchell had served in the Revolutionary War. John Rountree, founder of Platteville, married Mitchell's daughter, probably built the house, and Rountrees lived there for many years.^[59]^[60]
28	Dwight T. Parker Public Library	Dwight T. Parker Public Library More images	March 10, 1983 (#83003398)	925 Lincoln Ave. 42°59′00″N 90°39′18″W	Fennimore	1923 library building donated by local banker Parker and designed by Claude & Starck with Prairie Style massing, but a NeoClassical entrance and a Mediterranean Revival roof.^[61]^[62]
29	Potosi Badger Huts Site	Potosi Badger Huts Site	December 27, 1996 (#96001532)	.5 mi. SW of jct. of WI 133 and WI U 42°41′10″N 90°42′45″W	Potosi	Lead-mining site on a ridge from at least 1833, consisting of the remains of two structures, over 100 test pits, and a possible adit. Possibly the only site of its kind remaining from the era.^[63]
30	Potosi Brewery	Potosi Brewery	November 19, 1980 (#80000138)	Main St. 42°40′37″N 90°43′32″W	Potosi	Limestone brewing plant begun by Gabriel Hail in 1852, and expanded over the years by the Schumachers. Once the 5th largest brewery in Wisconsin. Now a museum.^[64]
31	Rock School and Hanmer Robbins School Complex	Upload image	June 28, 2023 (#100009102)	405 East Main St. 42°43′58″N 90°28′22″W	Platteville	The Rock School was built 1858-63, a 2-story structure with walls of coursed limestone and roof and window treatments in Greek Revival style.^[65] The Hanmer Robbins School is a 2-story Richardsonian Romanesque high school built around 1905. Both are now part of a museum complex.^[66]
32	Rountree Hall	Rountree Hall	December 17, 1974 (#74000091)	30 North Elm St. 42°44′07″N 90°28′53″W	Platteville	Greek Revival-styled hall begun in 1853 to house the Platteville Academy, one of Wisconsin's earliest educational institutions. Also housed the state's first normal school in 1866. Wings and cupola were added in subsequent years. Now part of UW-Platteville.^[67]^[68]
33	J. H. Rountree Mansion	J. H. Rountree Mansion	June 13, 1986 (#86001307)	150 Rountree Ave. 42°43′56″N 90°28′41″W	Platteville	2-story brick mansion built in Greek Revival style in 1854, with a 2-story porch that gives it a southern flavor. Rountree was born in Kentucky, came to Wisconsin in 1827 prospecting for lead, opened the first store and lead-smelting furnace in 1828, served in the Black Hawk War, platted Platteville, and did much to develop the area. Now owned by UW-Platteville.^[12]^[69]
34	St. John Mine	St. John Mine	June 4, 1979 (#79000079)	WI 133 42°41′10″N 90°42′56″W	Potosi	Natural cave where Native Americans and the French dug galena as early as 1700. Around 1828 Willis St. John began mining the veins that ran back into the hillside. He was broke by 1848 and sold the mine to Nelson Dewey and Henry Massey, who closed it, exhausted, in 1870.^[70]
35	Stonefield	Stonefield More images	May 19, 1970 (#70000034)	2.5 mi. W of Cassville, on CR VV 42°44′03″N 91°01′18″W	Cassville	Farm/estate on a hillside above the Mississippi, started by Nelson Dewey in the 1860s after he was Wisconsin's first governor, with original Gothic Revival outbuildings. Now a museum, with agricultural museum and recreated farming village.^[71]^[72]
36	Trinity Episcopal Church	Upload image	June 20, 2023 (#100009063)	250 Market St. 42°44′09″N 90°28′48″W	Platteville	Very-intact brick church designed by Garry Nettleton in Gothic Revival style and built in 1864, with a square tower, buttresses, and rose window. Has served its Episcopal congregation continuously ever since.^[73]
37	West Main Street Historic District	West Main Street Historic District	July 19, 2007 (#07000710)	Roughly bounded by N & S Elm, W Pine, N & S Hickory & W Mineral Sts. 42°44′06″N 90°28′55″W	Platteville	Old residential district, including the 1847 Greek Revival Lewis house,^[74] the Second Empire Pickard house,^[75] the 1859 Italianate Hodges house,^[76] the 1909 Queen Anne Burg Sr. house,^[77] the 1915 Arts and Crafts Kelley house,^[78] and the 1922 Dutch Colonial Revival Burg Jr house.^[79]^[80]
38	Wyalusing State Park Mounds Archeological District	Wyalusing State Park Mounds Archeological District More images	September 21, 1999 (#99001175)	13342 Cty. Hwy. C 42°58′52″N 91°06′42″W	Bagley	Conical, linear and effigy mounds, many arranged in lines, on bluffs above the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers, built by Middle and Late Woodland people.^[81]^[82]
39	John Young House	John Young House	September 26, 1994 (#94001157)	323 S. Wisconsin Ave. 43°10′57″N 90°26′35″W	Muscoda	2.5 story Queen Anne-styled house built in 1900 by John and Charles Wade for Young, a German immigrant, Civil War veteran, and Muscoda lumber dealer.^[83]^[84]

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Grant County, Wisconsin

Current listings

See also

References

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