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Location of Rock County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rock County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Rock County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the ...
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 September 13, 2024.[1]
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Rock County, Wisconsin" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Website. www.co.rock.wi.us. Rock County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 163,687. [1] Its county seat is Janesville. [2] Rock County comprises the Janesville- Beloit, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Madison -Janesville-Beloit, WI Combined Statistical Area.
Silver Mound. Silver Mound is in the town of Hixton, Jackson County, Wisconsin. Its sandstone was laid down long ago in the Cambrian Period, [4] like many other bluffs in the area. But in this sandstone a layer of very hard stone called silicated quartzite or orthoquartzite formed. Stone like this is fairly uncommon.
The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1970. [2] It received a Preservation Award from the Victorian Society in America in 1995. [10] It is now owned by the city of Janesville. Operated by the Rock County Historical Society [8] as a museum, it depicts upper class life in the latter half of the 19th ...
Old Fourth Ward Historic District. The Old Fourth Ward Historic District in Janesville, Wisconsin is a large old working-class neighborhood southwest of the downtown, comprising about 1100 contributing structures built from the 1840s to 1930. [2] In 1990 the district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Attractions include the stone Viking boathouse and other structures including a historic water tower built by inventor Chester H. Thordarson in what is now known as the Thordarson Estate Historic District, Native American artifacts, as well as Pottawatomie Light, which is Wisconsin's oldest lighthouse. [5]