Veterans Cottages Historic District

	Veterans Cottages Historic District The Veterans Cottages Historic District is located in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. History The cottages were built after the Grand Army of the Republic decided to make homes where war veterans and their wives could live together, an unusual step for the time, now known as the Wisconsin Veterans Home. In 1929, the state took control of the site and has since continued to use it for veterans' housing. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Commandant's Residence Home The Commandant's Residence Home is located in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. History The construction of the house was commissioned by the Grand Army of the Republic to house veterans. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ... and the Veterans Home Chapel are located in the district. References {{reflist Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin King is a census-designated place in Town of Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,750. Before 2010, it was part of the Chain O' Lakes-King, Wisconsin CDP. History In 1887, the area was selected by the Grand Army of the Republic for the site of a veterans' home. The Soldiers' Home was later renamed the Wisconsin Veterans Home. The community is named for General Charles King, a Wisconsin soldier and head of the state's National Guard. Images File:WVH Cottages1.jpg, King water tower overlooking the Veterans Cottages Historic District File:King sign.jpg, Highway sign for King along Wisconsin Highway 22 State Trunk Highway 22 (often called Highway 22, STH-22 or WIS 22) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The route's trajectory is mostly south to north, with the exception of the segment between Shawano and the northern terminus bei ... File:King Fire Department2.jpg, King Fire Department File:WVMC Hill.jpg, Wisco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Grand Army Of The Republic The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. It was founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, and grew to include hundreds of "posts" (local community units) across the North and West. It was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member. According to Stuart McConnell:The Grand Army of the Republic, the largest of all Union Army veterans' organizations, was the most powerful single-issue political lobby of the late nineteenth century, securing massive pensions for veterans and helping to elect five postwar presidents from its own membership. To its members, it was also a secret fraternal order, a source of local charity, a provider of entertainment in small municipalities, and a patriotic organization. Linking men through their experience of the war, the G.A.R. became among the first organized advocacy groups in Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Wisconsin Veterans Home The Wisconsin Veterans' Home, in King Wisconsin, is an old soldiers' home in Waupaca County, Wisconsin on the scenic Chain O' Lakes, Wisconsin. The American Civil War saw significant advances in battlefield medicine. The lower mortality rate of injured soldiers led to the sentiment that the United States should provide care for its surviving injured veterans. The city of Waupaca purchased the land and buildings of the defunct Greenwood Park Hotel and donated the grounds to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) for the site of a veterans' home. Civil War physician and GAR member Dr. Frederick Marden was chosen to head a five-member committee to organize a Wisconsin veterans' home. Among Dr. Marden's innovative ideas put into action was the practice of allowing wives and widows of veterans to live at the home, as well as the idea of allowing members to live semi-independently in cottages. Marden died on September 24, 1887, a year before the site began operation on August 18, 1888. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	National Register Of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners and inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Commandant's Residence Home The Commandant's Residence Home is located in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. History The construction of the house was commissioned by the Grand Army of the Republic to house veterans. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1985 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is located in the Veterans Cottages Historic District. References {{reflist Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Waupaca County, Wisconsin Queen Anne architecture in Wisconsin Houses completed in 1888 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Veterans Home Chapel The Veterans Home Chapel is located in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin on the grounds of the Wisconsin Veterans Home. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. History The chapel was established by the Grand Army of the Republic. It is part of the Wisconsin Veterans Home complex and is in the Veterans Cottages Historic District The Veterans Cottages Historic District is located in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. History The cottages were built after the Grand Army of the Republic decided to make homes where war veterans and their wives could live together, an unusual .... References {{reflist Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Chapels in the United States Queen Anne architecture in Wisconsin Buildings and structures in Waupaca County, Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Waupaca County, Wisconsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Historic Districts On The National Register Of Historic Places In Wisconsin History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]