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Filter: Year of 1800-1899
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Lancaster, with inset of Monument for the Soldiers of Grant County. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The home of Governor Nelson Dewey, built in 1842 and later owned by Miss Abbey Phelps. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | The Grant County Soldier's Monument was erected in 1866 and dedicated in July of 1867. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "First Soldier's Monuments Erected in the US — Lancaster Wis". There is a cannon and cannon balls on the lawn to the left of the monuments. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Grant County Soldier's Monument. A group of people are standing around the monument. A large building is in the background. Caption at... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph elevated view of a home in Lancaster. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Lancaster from behind a wooden fence. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view looking downhill towards the three-story Farwell Hotel in Lancaster. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view looking downhill towards Lancaster, with the Congregational Church to the right. |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of Court House Square in Lancaster. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Man in coat and top hat holding the harness of a horse attached to a buggy. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Wheatland estate, the 22-acre residence of James Buchanan, was built in 1828 by William Jenkins. Caption reads: "'Wheatland' Home of President Buchanan." |
| Read the history of Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin, a unique a community developed by formerly enslaved African American slaves in the mid-19th century. |
| Learn about the oldest cities and towns in Wisconsin which were established by 1836 and still exist today. |
| Community: | Lancaster |
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| County: | Grant |
| Historic Name: | J. Chandler Holloway House |
| Reference Number: | 112981 |
| Community: | Lancaster |
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| County: | Grant |
| Historic Name: | RYLAND & HOLLOWAY BANK BUILDING |
| Reference Number: | 136499 |
| Community: | Lancaster |
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| County: | Grant |
| Historic Name: | RYLAND & HOLLOWAY COMMERCIAL BUILDING |
| Reference Number: | 136500 |
| Community: | Lancaster |
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| County: | Grant |
| Historic Name: | JACOB NATHAN BUILDING |
| Reference Number: | 136538 |
| Community: | Lancaster |
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| County: | Grant |
| Historic Name: | JOHN J. WENZEL BUILDING |
| Reference Number: | 136539 |
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