Wood County Court House grounds
- Image
- View Full Item
- Created Date
- 1934
- Description
This image is from Volume 1 of 100 years of pictorial & descriptive history of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, while the quoted description is from Volume 2. "The dwelling nearest the court house to the left was known generally as "Closuit's" dwelling, the next in the middle was Dwight Huntington's sporting store and metal working shop. Dwight Huntington was a very skilled mechanic and could "fix" anything. The building on the corner was known best as occupied by "Mal" Gordon, as a millinery store. On the side of this in the road, Geo. T. Rowland & Son operated the platform scales for the benefit of the general public. Showing faintly beyond these buildings on the rise of ground, stood the H. A. Sampson residence. This was built about 1858 by Ahira B. Sampson, father of Henry A. Sampson. In this residence the Sampson family lived until the county bought it and moved it away in 1929. The picture at the bottom of the page shows the Court House and the adjacent grounds facing the corner of
- Creator
Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa)
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- McMillan Memorial Library
- Subjects
- Courthouses
Business districts
Wisconsin Rapids (Wis.) -- History
Wood County (Wis.) -- History - Type
- image
- Format
- Photographs
- Standardized Rights Statement
- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
- Chicago citation style
- Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa). Wood County Court House grounds. 1934. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/8321. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa), (1934) Wood County Court House grounds. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/8321
- MLA citation style
- Taylor, T. A. (Theodore Asa). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/mcml/id/8321>.