Commandant's Residence Home

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Commandant's Residence Home

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Commandant's Residence Home
Location Off WI 22, King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°20′17″N89°08′43″W / 44.33806°N 89.14528°W / 44.33806; -89.14528 (Commandant's Residence Home) Coordinates: 44°20′17″N89°08′43″W / 44.33806°N 89.14528°W / 44.33806; -89.14528 (Commandant's Residence Home)
Area less than one acre
Built 1888
Architect William Waters
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Wisconsin Home for Veterans TR
NRHP reference # 85001364 [1]
Added to NRHP June 19, 1985

The Commandant's Residence Home is located in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. [2]

King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Census-designated place in Wisconsin, United States

King is a census-designated place in Town of Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,750. Before 2010, it was part of the Chain O' Lakes-King, Wisconsin CDP.

History

The construction of the house was commissioned by the Grand Army of the Republic the house veterans. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Grand Army of the Republic American Civil War veterans organization

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, Union Navy, Marines and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded in 1866 in Springfield, Illinois, and growing to include hundreds of posts across the nation, it was dissolved in 1956 at the death of its last member, Albert Woolson (1850–1956) of Duluth, Minnesota. Linking men through their experience of the war, the G.A.R. became among the first organized advocacy groups in American politics, supporting voting rights for black veterans, promoting patriotic education, helping to make Memorial Day a national holiday, lobbying the United States Congress to establish regular veterans' pensions, and supporting Republican political candidates. Its peak membership, at more than 490,000, was in 1890, a high point of various Civil War commemorative and monument dedication ceremonies. It was succeeded by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), composed of male descendants of Union Army and Union Navy veterans.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

It is located in the Veterans Cottages Historic District.

Veterans Cottages Historic District

The Veterans Cottages Historic District is located in King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "HIGHWAY 22 & GRANDVIEW". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-07.