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Photograph

Fire Engine in front of Cassville Fire House

Date: 1932
Description: Three men, Henry Dietrich, Frank Eckstein and Peter Bausch, are posing with the fire truck they built. They took the truck to Dubuque to have the bright wo...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

History of Liberty Fire Insurance Co.

Date: 1929-03-13
County: Grant
City: Fennimore
Photograph

Brookside Hospital

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the Brookside Hospital. The building features a fire escape, an enclosed porch, and a mansard roof.
Property Record

275 E Main Street

Community: Platteville
County: Grant
Historic Name: Platteville Fire Department
Reference Number: 246829
Photograph

Ruins of Rome

Date: 
Description: View from street of the Farmers and Merchants Bank after a fire. All that's left standing is its neo-classical marble facade with columns framing a doorway...
Photograph

Canal Street in Bloomington Before the Fire

Date: 11 01 1896
Description: Canal Street less than a year before a fire swept through and destroyed many of these buildings on March 22, 1897, resulting in a loss of about $45,000. Pr...
Property Record

407 NORTH ST

Community: Potosi
County: Grant
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 46781
Property Record

130 N WISCONSIN AVE

Community: Muscoda
County: Grant
Historic Name: ED FLEMING BUILDING
Reference Number: 45600
Photograph

Canal and Congress Streets in Bloomington

Date: 1880
Description: Slightly elevated view of street corner, with two buildings that have been destroyed by a fire, a brick fence, and some trees. There is a wooden cart in th...
Photograph

Picnic Scene

Date: 1908
Description: Men and women are having a picnic around a small fire. There is a large wheel for roasting corn. The woman standing farthest to the right is Fannie Kuenste...
Photograph

Canal Street Rebuilt in Bloomington

Date: 1956
Description: View across Canal Street with the businesses that were built after the fire. Ford stepside truck is parked along the curb on the left. Businesses with thre...
Property Record

436 W ELM ST

Community: Lancaster
County: Grant
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 156001
Photograph

Woodhouse and Bartley Bank

Date: 1956
Description: The building was erected after a fire which destroyed most of the Bloomington business section in 1897. The bank was acquired by Peter Woodhouse and Patric...
Postcard

Firehouse & Jail

Date: 
Description: Color postcard of the Firehouse interior at Stonefield. The jail is through the rear door on the left.
Property Record

103 FOUNTAIN ST

Community: Montfort
County: Grant
Historic Name: Fountain Inn
Reference Number: 45516
Property Record

333 W HICKORY ST

Community: Lancaster
County: Grant
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 155881
Property Record

FIRE #7932, 100' S OF BEETOWN BRANCH ON E SIDE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY U

Community: Beetown
County: Grant
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 43667
Postcard

Sternwheel Steamboat J.S.

Date: 1907
Description: The sternwheel excursion boat, J.S., at a landing at Cassville. People with umbrellas wait on shore. Inscribed Souvenir J.S. The J.S....
Property Record

132 N ADAMS ST

Community: Lancaster
County: Grant
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 156182
Photograph

Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate — Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Exterior view of the smokehouse at Governor Nelson Dewey estate, called Stonefield.

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