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Feature Story

Reed School Restoration

Neillsville, Wisconsin
This 1915 one-room country school, serving Wisconsin students through 1951, was restored to its appearance during the 1940s.
Postcard

Hewitt Street Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: View from river toward the bridge and mill. Caption reads: "Hewitt Street Bridge and Roller Mill on Oneill Creek, Neillsville, Wis."
Postcard

Winnebago Indian Mission School

Date: 1940
Description: Winnebago Indian Mission School of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. This boarding school for Indian children was established in 1917 near Black River F...
Photograph

Reed School

Date: 1948
Description: Reed School teacher, Mrs. Orvilla Zillic, and her 17 students pose for a photograph. Built in 1915, the school became the Wisconsin Historical Society's 10...
Photograph

H.P. Ghent Shop Exterior

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Elevated exterior view of the H.P. Ghent woodworking shop. A horse stands in the grass near a shoreline on the right, and a wagon parked near the shop bear...
Photograph

Men in Wood Shop

Date: 10 18 1937
Description: Workers use machinery inside a woodworking shop owned by H.P. Ghent. An International P-12 power unit is on the left side of the room.
Historical Essay

A Pictorial History of Victorian Wisconsin - Image Gallery Essay

An intimate look at family, architecture, interiors and fashion in Victorian Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900
Learn about the lives of upper-middle class Wisconsinites in the Victorian period between 1885 and 1900.
Photograph

Neillsville High School Senior Class Play

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of seven young men and three young women, in costume and seated or standing around a couch. Caption reads: "Augusta Masie Breed. Senior Clas...
Photograph

Neillsville High School Senior Class Play

Date: 1912
Description: Posed scene from a play. A man kneels and reaches out to a woman, who is turned away but looking back at him. Another actress is dressed as a young child, ...
Property Record

301 E 1ST ST

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 129858
Property Record

301 SUNSET PL

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 129984
Property Record

216 SUNSET PL

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 130004
Property Record

213 HILL ST

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: CALVARY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Reference Number: 130007
Property Record

310 HILL ST

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: John & Dorothy Roberts House
Reference Number: 130010
Property Record

805 W 5TH ST

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL
Reference Number: 130018
Property Record

711 W 5TH ST

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Reference Number: 130019
Property Record

206 PARK ST

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 130029
Property Record

212 E 5TH ST

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: TELEPHONE BUILDING
Reference Number: 130338
Property Record

713 E 5TH ST

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 130342
Property Record

432 HEWETT ST

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: H.H. EBERHARDT FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING
Reference Number: 131292

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