Historical Markers and War Memorials in Platteville, Wisconsin

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Platteville, Wisconsin

1 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — Beebe-Johnson House —

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

2 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — C. C. Grindell House —

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m237961) HM

3 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — 276 — First State Normal School —

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

4 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — Lewis & Clark Expedition Member Alexander H. Willard Lived Here —

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

5 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — Main Street Commercial Historic District Platteville —

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

6 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — Major John Roundtree House —

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m238000) HM

7 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — Platteville Armory —

[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

8 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — Platteville Started Here —

(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

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9 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — Ullrich Hall —

This property is listed in the Wisconsin
State Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m237959) HM

10 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — Vietnam War Memorial — University of Wisconsin-Platteville —

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

11 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville — World's Largest M — Symbol of the College of Engineering —

241 Ft High 214 Ft Wide The University of Wisconsin Platteville Begun in 1937 by students of The Wisconsin Mining School — — Map (db m33131) HM

12 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville, Downtown — Civic Memorial Building —

Dedicated to Platteville’s Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Volunteer Firemen — — Map (db m237944) HM WM

13 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville, Downtown — First Congregational Church —

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m237893) HM

14 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville, Downtown — Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech —

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

15 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville, Downtown — Platteville Carnegie Library —

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

16 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville, Downtown — Platteville's First Church Building —

was erected on this site in 1839 by Wisconsin’s First Methodist Episcopal Association (1833) — — Map (db m237899) HM

17 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Platteville, Downtown — The Frank Burg House —

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m237955) HM

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