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Frances Willard House (other)
Frances Willard House may refer to: * Frances Willard House (Evanston, Illinois), a U.S. National Historic Landmark in Cook County, Illinois *Frances Willard House (Chattanooga, Tennessee), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Tennessee See also *Frances Willard Schoolhouse The Frances Willard Schoolhouse is a one-room schoolhouse built in 1853 in Janesville, Wisconsin. Prominent Women's suffrage, women's suffragist and social reformer Frances Willard studied and taught there. In 1977 the school was added to the Nati ..., Janesville, Wisconsin, listed on the NRHP in Wisconsin {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Willard House (Evanston, Illinois)
The Frances Willard House is a historic house museum owned by the National WCTU and is a National Historic Landmark at 1730 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, Illinois. Built in 1865, it was the home of Frances Willard (1839-1898) and her family, and was the longtime headquarters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Willard called the house Rest Cottage because it became a place for her to rest in between her tours and WCTU activities. History Frances Willard was born in 1839 in Churchville, New York. When she was two, her family moved to Oberlin, Ohio, a town recently founded by ministers who wanted to build a community with strong Christian morals. When she was 18, Willard moved with her family to Evanston, Illinois, to attend the Northwestern Female College. She spent the next sixteen years of her life as an educator at a variety of institutions across the county. In 1865, her father Josiah, who stayed in Evanston, built a house, which remains as the southern portion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Willard House (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Frances Willard House may refer to: *Frances Willard House (Evanston, Illinois), a U.S. National Historic Landmark in Cook County, Illinois * Frances Willard House (Chattanooga, Tennessee), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Tennessee See also *Frances Willard Schoolhouse The Frances Willard Schoolhouse is a one-room schoolhouse built in 1853 in Janesville, Wisconsin. Prominent Women's suffrage, women's suffragist and social reformer Frances Willard studied and taught there. In 1977 the school was added to the Nati ..., Janesville, Wisconsin, listed on the NRHP in Wisconsin {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Hamilton County, Tennessee
__NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hamilton County, Tennessee. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. There are 108 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including one National Historic Landmark, the Moccasin Bend Archeological District. Another 7 properties were once listed but have been removed. Current listings Former listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Tennessee * National Register of Historic Places listings in Tennessee References {{Hamilton County, Tennessee Hamilton Hamilton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Willard Schoolhouse
The Frances Willard Schoolhouse is a one-room schoolhouse built in 1853 in Janesville, Wisconsin. Prominent Women's suffrage, women's suffragist and social reformer Frances Willard studied and taught there. In 1977 the school was added to the National Register of Historic Places. History In 1846 Josiah Willard and his family came to Rock County from New York, bringing along 7-year-old daughter Frances. Josiah was a progressive farmer who helped found the ''Rock County Agricultural and Mechanics' Association'' and promoted the first Wisconsin State Fair, which was held in Janesville. He also co-wrote the 1856 ''History of Rock County''. With . In 1853 Josiah, David Inman, and other neighbors built the school that is the subject of this article, a one-room frame building with the low-pitched roof, frieze boards, and Cornice#Cornice_return, cornice returns - all hallmarks of the Greek Revival architectural style that was popular at that time. It was initially called the "little brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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