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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, ...
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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...
Historical Essay

Neillsville

Origin of Neillsville, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Neillsville, Wisconsin.
Field Trip or Tour

'School Day in the 1930s' Field Trip

Reed School - a historic site
Come experience one of the finest examples of rural education in Wisconsin's history.
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.
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.
Photograph

Hampshire Down Sheep

Date: 1895
Description: A group of purebred Hampshire Down ewes stand in a field of rapeseed. In the background behind fences are more fields, and a group of horses grazing. There...
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Shire and Cleveland Horses

Date: 1895
Description: Purebred Shire and Cleveland bay mares graze on the Neillsville Stock Farm, with haystacks, barn, and a large stripped tree in the center.
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Interior of Captain J.W. Hommrel's Home

Date: 1896
Description: An interior view through a curtained doorway of Captain J.W. Hommrel's(?) home. The Victorian interior includes tapestries, patterned wallpaper, and many p...
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Woodard House Interior

Date: 1896
Description: Interior view of the Woodard home. Looking through curtained doorway into the parlor, is a piano, small sofa, conversation table and several chairs. Variou...
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Exterior View of the Woodard Home

Date: 1896
Description: Exterior view of the Woodard home. The two-story house is made of brick and has black shutters framing the windows. There is a first and second story outdo...
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Woodard Home Interior

Date: 1896
Description: Interior view through curtained doorway of the Woodard's Victorian-era home. Elaborate rugs and wallpaper adorn the house, in addition to plants and wooden...
National or State Registers Record

317 West 7th Street

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: Omaha Hotel
Reference Number: 13000101
National or State Registers Record

8 Grand Avenue

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: Hediger, Herman M. and Hanna, House
Reference Number: 13000651
National or State Registers Record

325 East 4th Street

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: Neillsville Standpipe
Reference Number: 13000711
National or State Registers Record

118 Clay Street

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: Charles and Theresa Cornelius House
Reference Number: 13000749
National or State Registers Record

316 Hewett Street

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: Neillsville Masonic Lodge No. 163
Reference Number: 04001134
National or State Registers Record

108 Grand Avenue

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: Trogner, George W. and Sarah, House
Reference Number: 05000953
National or State Registers Record

318 East Fourth Street

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: Calway, Forrest D. and Marian, House
Reference Number: 05001297
National or State Registers Record

824 Hewett Street

Community: Neillsville
County: Clark
Historic Name: Hein, John and Mary, House
Reference Number: 06000277

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