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National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Barron County, Wisconsin
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Barron County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Barron County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.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. There are 10 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed. Current listings Former listings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Map Of Wisconsin Highlighting Barron County
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes. Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although most commonly used to depict geography, maps may represent any space, real or fictional, without regard to context or scale, such as in brain mapping, DNA mapping, or computer network topology mapping. The space being mapped may be two dimensional, such as the surface of the earth, three dimensional, such as the interior of the earth, or even more abstract spaces of any dimension, such as arise in modeling phenomena having many independent variables. Although the earliest maps known are of the heavens, geographic maps of territory have a very long tradition and exist from ancient times. The word "map" comes from the , wherein ''mappa'' meant 'napkin' or 'cloth' and ''mundi'' 'the world'. Thus, "map" became a shortened term referring to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Burnett County, Wisconsin
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Burnett County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Burnett County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.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. There are 9 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Current listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin * National Regis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Wisconsin
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin. There are over 2,500 listed sites in Wisconsin. Each of the state's 72 counties has at least one listing on the National Register. __NOTOC__ Numbers of properties and districts There are approximately 2,300 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin. The numbers of properties and districts in the state or in any of its 72 counties are not directly reported by the National Register. Following are approximate tallies of current listings from lists of the specific properties and districts.The approximate counts are the best available. There are frequent additions to the listings, and occasional delistings, and the counts here may not be perfectly updated. Also, not counted are most boundary increase listings, which increase the area covered by a historic district and which carry a separate National Register reference number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of National Historic Landmarks In Wisconsin
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 44 National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin. Current landmarks See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin * List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state References External links National Register Information System National Park Service. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of National Historic Landmarks In Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ... National Historic Landmarks National His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brownstone
Brownstone is a brown Triassic–Jurassic sandstone that was historically a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States and Canada to refer to a townhouse clad in this or any other aesthetically similar material. Types Apostle Island brownstone In the 19th century, Basswood Island, Wisconsin was the site of a quarry run by the Bass Island Brownstone Company which operated from 1868 into the 1890s. The brownstone from this and other quarries in the Apostle Islands was in great demand, with brownstone from Basswood Island being used in the construction of the first Milwaukee County Courthouse in the 1860s. Hummelstown brownstone Hummelstown brownstone is extremely popular along the East Coast of the United States, with numerous government buildings throughout West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and Delaware being faced entirely with the stone, which comes from the Hummelstown Quarry in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, a small town outside of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoclassical Architecture
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing styles of architecture in most of Europe for the previous two centuries, Renaissance architecture and Baroque architecture, already represented partial revivals of the Classical architecture of ancient Rome and (much less) ancient Greek architecture, but the Neoclassical movement aimed to strip away the excesses of Late Baroque and return to a purer and more authentic classical style, adapted to modern purposes. The development of archaeology and published accurate records of surviving classical buildings was crucial in the emergence of Neoclassical architecture. In many countries, there was an initial wave essentially drawing on Roman architecture, followed, from about the start of the 19th century, by a second wave of Greek Revival architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Fraternal Life Association
The Western Fraternal Life Association, previously known as ''Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota'' ( en, Western Bohemian Fraternal Association) is a friendly society, fraternal benefit society and financial services organization in the United States. The association has its roots in the Czech Americans, Czechoslovak immigrant community of the 19th century. It was once the second largest Czech-American freethought fraternity in the United States. History The association was established in 1897 in Omaha, Nebraska by immigrants from Bohemia, as the Western Bohemian Fraternal Association ( cs, Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota; ZCBJ). The aim of the association, like other friendly society, fraternal benefit societies, was to provide insurance and financial security for people from a similar demographic, in this case Czech immigrants to the United States, as well as protecting and promoting the Czech heritage of the members. The organization was a western offshoot of the Czech-Slovak Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haugen, Wisconsin
Haugen ( ) is a village in Barron County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 287 at the 2010 census. History Haugen was named in 1886 after the Norwegian settler Nils P. Haugen who emigrated from Buskerud, Norway in 1854, a local landowner, lawyer and congressman. A post office called Haugen has been in operation since 1889. The ZCBJ Hall in Haugen, a historical meeting place for Czech-Americans, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Haugen is located at (45.608497, -91.777379). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and is water. Haugen is along U.S. Highway 53; and also County Road SS, and County Road V. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 287 people, 128 households, and 72 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 143 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 94.1% W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Revival
Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover— George I, George II, George III, and George IV—who reigned in continuous succession from August 1714 to June 1830. The so-called great Georgian cities of the British Isles were Edinburgh, Bath, pre-independence Dublin, and London, and to a lesser extent York and Bristol. The style was revived in the late 19th century in the United States as Colonial Revival architecture and in the early 20th century in Great Britain as Neo-Georgian architecture; in both it is also called Georgian Revival architecture. In the United States the term "Georgian" is generally used to describe all buildings from the period, regardless of style; in Britain it is generally restricted to buildings that are "architectural in intention", and have stylistic characteristics that are typical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barron, Wisconsin
Barron is a city in Barron County (of which it is the county seat), in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,423 at the 2010 census. The city is surrounded by the Town of Barron. History Originally named Quaderer's Camp after local lumber foreman John Quaderer, the name was changed to Barron in honor of Henry D. Barron after the location became the county seat of Barron County, besting Rice Lake. Geography Barron is located at (45.400527, -91.847948). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Barron is along U.S. Highway 8 and Wisconsin Highway 25. Demographics 2010 census At the 2010 census, there were 3,423 people, 1,422 households and 829 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 1,526 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup was 87.2% White, 8.8% African American, 0.8% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.8% from other races, and 1.7% from tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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