Simonsen Park, Main and 14th Streets, Racine, Racine County 

Extending west from Lake Michigan to Park Avenue and south from Eighth Street to DeKoven Avenue, Racine's Southside Historic District contains one of Wisconsin's highest concentrations of grand historic houses. Dating from 1842 to 1924, the 42-block district displays a variety of Greek Revival, Victorian period, and Prairie School architectural styles, including designs by early pioneer-architect Lucas Bradley and by Frank Lloyd Wright. Many of Racine's early leaders and industrial­ists built their homes here. The Southside Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

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[Source: McBride, Sarah Davis. History Just Ahead (Madison:WHS, 1999).]