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The Potosi Badger Huts Site is located in Potosi, Wisconsin. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1] It was listed for its potential to yield information in the future. [3] It is an archeological site which includes the remnants of two structures, plus 100 "diggings", shafts, and a possible adit. The site ...
The St. John Mine is located in Potosi, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] History. Once a natural cave, ...
Potosi is the home of the Potosi Brewing Company. The Potosi Brewery in the village operated from 1852 to 1972, and reopened in 2008 following a restoration project which converted the facility into a museum and brew pub. [10] In 2015, the business opened a new production facility in Potosi. [11]
Potosi Badger Huts Site: December 27, 1996 .5 mi. SW of jct. of WI 133 and WI U: 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.
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. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025.
Remaining building of a lead mining and smelting camp organized by Henry Dodge, who would go on to become the first governor of the Wisconsin Territory and first U.S. senator from the state of Wisconsin. Lead mining was one of the major industries in Wisconsin's early history. [13] Astor Fur Warehouse: Prairie du Chien: 1828 Fur trade
3-story Romanesque Revival commercial building built in 1895, during the railroad boom. After Luther Lindauer lost a hand in a planing mill accident, he drove horses, worked on the canal, ran a quarry, an ice business, a fuel business, a brickyard, and served as mayor of Kaukauna for 3 terms. His building later housed the Elks Club for many ...
Fairly-intact fragment of Janesville's old downtown where small buildings predominated, [196] including the 1851 Italianate-style Peter Myers Pork Plant, [197] the small 1855 Greek Revival building at 21 1/2 N Main, [198] the 1866 Italianate Odd Fellows meeting hall, [199] and the 1936 Art Deco Salvation Army building. [200] 94: Sterling North ...