Historical Markers and War Memorials in Platteville, Wisconsin
Lancaster is the county seat for Grant County
Platteville is in Grant County
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On Maria Place just north of West Adams Street (State Highway 81), on the left when traveling north.
The Beebe-Johnson in Platteville, Wisconsin is listed in the National Register of Historic Places August 7, 1979 The State Historical Society of Wisconsin in association with the U.S. . . . — — Map (db m237970) HM
On Main Street at Elm Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Wisconsin's first college devoted wholly to training teachers, the Platteville Normal School, opened here on October 9, 1866, in Rountree Hall, which since 1853 has housed its predecessor, the Platteville Academy. The Academy (1842-1866) had . . . — — Map (db m33681) HM
On West Main Street (County Road B) 0.1 miles west of North Elm Street, on the right when traveling west.
Willard was 26 when he volunteered to join the Lewis & Clark expedition. He served primarily as a blacksmith and hunter and knew some carpentry and gun repair; all skills called upon during the Corps of Discovery's journey. Alexander, wife . . . — — Map (db m237900) HM
On W. Irving Place at Court Street, on the left when traveling east on W. Irving Place.
Settled in response to the discovery of lead ore in the area, the original Village of Platteville was platted in 1835. Designed around existing miners' diggings, and lead ore smelters, Platteville was patterned after English villages with narrow . . . — — Map (db m33132) HM
On North Water Street just north of Stevens Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
[right panel]This armory is dedicated by the City of Platteville to those heroic soldier-sons who serve their country in the Wisconsin National Guard and the Army of the United States ☆ Ralph M. Immell . . . — — Map (db m237989) HM WM
On E. Pine St. at Lilly St., on the right on E. Pine St..
(from the memoirs of John H. Rountree): "During the fall of 1827 my partner and myself purchased a mineral prospect that had been discovered, by finding small pieces of lead mineral in the litter piles of dirt scratched out by the badger to make . . . — — Map (db m33280) HM
Near West Pine Street just west of South Hickory Street.
In memory of all who attended The University of Wisconsin-Platteville and sacrificed their lives during the Vietnam War Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ronald R. Blohm, Army • Sergeant Edwin F. Brown, Army • Second Lieutenant Vasilios Demetris, Marine . . . — — Map (db m238057) WM
On North Bonson Street just north of West Irving Place, on the right when traveling north.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or . . . — — Map (db m237883) HM
On Market Street just east of North Chestnut Street (State Highway 81), on the left when traveling east.
This building was built using a $12,500 Carnegie Foundation grant to the Platteville Library Board. The project was approved in 1914 and built in 1915. It was designed by the architectural firm of Miller, Fullenwider and Dowling from Chicago with . . . — — Map (db m234577) HM
