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The Hearthstone Historic House Museum is a historic home in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States that has been converted into a museum. On September 30, 1882, it became the first residence in the US powered by a centrally located hydroelectric station using the Edison system.
Detroit Institute of Arts. This list of museums in Michigan encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Appleton: Art Deco-style office tower, built in 1952 for AAL, the world's largest fraternal insurance provider, from a design by Cram and Ferguson Architects of Boston. Their successor firm Hoyle, Doran & Berry designed the 1966 west corner addition. Tallest building in Appleton. [5] 2: Appleton City Park Historic District: Appleton City Park ...
MI 1780 Military Oldest building in Michigan. [100] Hessian Barracks: Frederick: MD c. 1780 Military Possibly dating back to the French and Indian Wars (1754–1763), used as barracks for Hessian mercenaries during the American Revolutionary War. On the grounds of the Maryland School for the Deaf. [101] McGulpin House: Mackinac Island: MI c ...
Oldest courthouse in Michigan. Judge Robert S. Wilson House: Ann Arbor: c. 1839: Residential South Manitou Island Lighthouse: South Manitou Island: 1839-40 Lighthouse President's House, University of Michigan: Ann Arbor: 1840 Residential The oldest building at Michigan's oldest university, the University of Michigan. [5] Old Presque Isle Light ...
The Appleton Historical Society's History Museum and Research Center has occupied 128 N. Durkee St. since 2016. The building will be sold. The Franklin building dates to 1931.
Historic Sites Online – Livingston County. Michigan State Housing Developmental Authority. Michigan State Housing Developmental Authority. Accessed March 30, 2011.
H. J. Rogers' home, which has been converted to be the Hearthstone Historic House Museum, is one of the few surviving examples of wiring and lighting fixtures from the dawn of the electrical age. [7] The Vulcan Street Plant and the Appleton Paper and Pulp Company building burned to the ground in 1891, and the Vulcan Paper Mill was dismantled in ...