National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Wisconsin
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Forrest D. and Marian Calway House

Forrest D. and Marian Calway House

November 15, 2005
(#05001297)

318 E. Fourth St.
44°33′39″N 90°35′30″W﻿ / ﻿44.560833°N 90.591667°W﻿ / 44.560833; -90.591667﻿ (Forrest D. and Marian Calway House)
Neillsville

1917 Colonial Revival home with Arts and Crafts influences, built for court reporter Calway and Judge O'Neill's daughter Marian by Forrest's father Samuel, a blacksmith, carpenter and contractor.[6][7]

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Clark County Jail

Clark County Jail

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December 8, 1978
(#78000080)

215 E. 5th St.
44°33′37″N 90°35′36″W﻿ / ﻿44.560278°N 90.593333°W﻿ / 44.560278; -90.593333﻿ (Clark County Jail)
Neillsville

The 1897 Richardsonian Romanesque building includes both cells for prisoners and a Victorian home for the sheriff's family.[8]

3

Charles and Theresa Cornelius House

Charles and Theresa Cornelius House

September 18, 2013
(#13000749)

118 Clay St.
44°33′22″N 90°36′01″W﻿ / ﻿44.556018°N 90.600338°W﻿ / 44.556018; -90.600338﻿ (Charles and Theresa Cornelius House)
Neillsville

Large house with porte-cochère and automobile house, designed by Anton Billmeyer of Wisconsin Rapids in Queen Anne Free Classic style and built in 1909. Charles was a banker, lumberman, and civic leader.[9][10]

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Decatur and Kate Dickinson House

Decatur and Kate Dickinson House

March 27, 2007
(#07000223)

411 State St.
44°33′34″N 90°35′34″W﻿ / ﻿44.559444°N 90.592778°W﻿ / 44.559444; -90.592778﻿ (Decatur and Kate Dickinson House)
Neillsville

This Queen Anne style home was built for businessman Dickinson and his family in 1891.[11]

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First Church of Christ, Scientist

First Church of Christ, Scientist

March 31, 2003
(#03000168)

132 E Fourth St.
44°33′31″N 90°35′44″W﻿ / ﻿44.558611°N 90.595556°W﻿ / 44.558611; -90.595556﻿ (First Church of Christ, Scientist)
Neillsville

1916 Neoclassical Revival building in the form of a Greek cross.[12]

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Charles Foote House

Charles Foote House

November 13, 1997
(#97001443)

W 5055 US 10
44°33′09″N 90°33′58″W﻿ / ﻿44.5525°N 90.566111°W﻿ / 44.5525; -90.566111﻿ (Charles Foote House)
Pine Valley

Rural 1878 brick Italianate farmhouse on Pleasant Ridge east of Neillsville.[13] Charles was a Civil War veteran, town treasurer, and member of the Clark County Agricultural Society.[14]

7

Herman M. and Hanna Hediger House

Herman M. and Hanna Hediger House

August 27, 2013
(#13000651)

8 Grand Ave.
44°33′12″N 90°35′55″W﻿ / ﻿44.5533°N 90.5987°W﻿ / 44.5533; -90.5987﻿ (Herman M. and Hanna Hediger House)
Neillsville

The Swiss immigrant Hedigers designed this house in the style of a Swiss chalet and brought a cabinet-maker and a mason from Switzerland to help build it. Herman had immigrated around 1921 and worked as a cheesemaker at Christie and Neillsville.[15][16]

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John and Maria Hein House

John and Maria Hein House

April 12, 2006
(#06000277)

824 Hewett St.
44°33′48″N 90°35′44″W﻿ / ﻿44.563333°N 90.595556°W﻿ / 44.563333; -90.595556﻿ (John and Maria Hein House)
Neillsville

2.5 story Queen Anne style home with 2-story porch, built in 1892 for the Heins, German immigrants who owned a stave and heading mill and a dry goods and grocery store.[17][18]

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Neillsville Downtown Historic District

Neillsville Downtown Historic District

June 15, 2000
(#00000701)

500 Block Hewett St. and 118 W. Sixth St.
44°33′38″N 90°35′46″W﻿ / ﻿44.560556°N 90.596111°W﻿ / 44.560556; -90.596111﻿ (Neillsville Downtown Historic District)
Neillsville

Many old brick commercial buildings, including the 1872 Hewett and Woods General Store, the 1887 Queen Anne Clark County Bank, and the 1895 Italianate Sniteman Drug store.[19]

10

Neillsville Masonic Temple Lodge No. 163

Neillsville Masonic Temple Lodge No. 163

October 6, 2004
(#04001134)

316 Hewett St.
44°33′40″N 90°35′49″W﻿ / ﻿44.561111°N 90.596944°W﻿ / 44.561111; -90.596944﻿ (Neillsville Masonic Temple Lodge No. 163)
Neillsville

1928 Masonic Lodge, with bowling alley in basement, now used as an Assembly of God church.[20]

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Neillsville Post Office

Neillsville Post Office

October 24, 2000
(#00001257)

619 Hewett St.
44°33′40″N 90°35′46″W﻿ / ﻿44.561111°N 90.596111°W﻿ / 44.561111; -90.596111﻿ (Neillsville Post Office)
Neillsville

The simple building constructed by the PWA in 1940 contains a mural depicting the 1854 election of Neillsville as the seat of Clark County.[21][22]

12

Neillsville Standpipe

Neillsville Standpipe

September 9, 2013
(#13000711)

325 E. 4th St.
44°33′32″N 90°35′26″W﻿ / ﻿44.558911°N 90.590461°W﻿ / 44.558911; -90.590461﻿ (Neillsville Standpipe)
Neillsville

Small-town water tower at the highest point in town, built in 1926, consisting of a steel water tank made by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. encased in a 95 foot slip-form concrete tower built by Tierweiler Bros. of Marshfield.[23]

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Omaha Hotel

Omaha Hotel

March 20, 2013
(#13000101)

317 W. 7th St.
44°33′41″N 90°35′59″W﻿ / ﻿44.56152222°N 90.59976667°W﻿ / 44.56152222; -90.59976667﻿ (Omaha Hotel)
Neillsville

Modest 2-story brick hotel built by the Weber brothers in 1892 near the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha depot, with guest rooms upstairs and saloon and dining room downstairs.[24]

14

Owen High School

Owen High School

August 11, 2004
(#04000848)

101 East Third St.
44°56′51″N 90°33′53″W﻿ / ﻿44.9475°N 90.564722°W﻿ / 44.9475; -90.564722﻿ (Owen High School)
Owen

The school opened in 1921, also hosting the public library and community events for many years.[25] The building was designed by William Alban of Eau Claire in the Prairie School style, and designed for students to move from one specialized classroom (e.g. a lab) to another, which was a rather new idea at the time.[26]

15

Robert Schofield House

Robert Schofield House

September 9, 1982
(#82000643)

303 W. Schofield Ave.
44°45′46″N 90°36′04″W﻿ / ﻿44.762778°N 90.601111°W﻿ / 44.762778; -90.601111﻿ (Robert Schofield House)
Greenwood

Wood-frame Italianate-style home with an oak and mahogany elliptical-spiralled staircase and original carbide-gas chandeliers, constructed by 1890 for lumberman and farmer Schofield.[27][28][29]

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The Silver Dome Ballroom

The Silver Dome Ballroom

June 27, 1997
(#97000647)

US 10, 1 mi (1.6 km). W of jct. of US 10 and Collier Rd.
44°33′54″N 90°41′57″W﻿ / ﻿44.565°N 90.699167°W﻿ / 44.565; -90.699167﻿ (The Silver Dome Ballroom)
Hewett

This 1933 rural dance hall has hosted performers from Howie Sturtz to Gene Autry and Count Basie.[30]

17

Charles C. and Katharyn Sniteman House

Charles C. and Katharyn Sniteman House

September 29, 2011
(#11000716)

319 Hewett St.
44°33′31″N 90°35′48″W﻿ / ﻿44.558611°N 90.596667°W﻿ / 44.558611; -90.596667﻿ (Charles C. and Katharyn Sniteman House)
Neillsville

Home constructed around 1915 for Neillsville's long-time pharmacist. Designed in the Prairie style by architect George Awsumb.[31]

18

George W. and Sarah Trogner House

George W. and Sarah Trogner House

September 1, 2005
(#05000953)

108 Grand Ave.
44°33′19″N 90°35′52″W﻿ / ﻿44.555278°N 90.597778°W﻿ / 44.555278; -90.597778﻿ (George W. and Sarah Trogner House)
Neillsville

Highly intact 1897 Queen Anne home with Eastlake detailing, designed and built by Civil War veteran, wagon builder, mill owner, and carpenter Trogner for his own family.[32][33]

19

William B. and Jennie Tufts House

William B. and Jennie Tufts House

January 20, 2012
(#11001045)

321 E. 4th St.
44°33′32″N 90°35′32″W﻿ / ﻿44.558911°N 90.592254°W﻿ / 44.558911; -90.592254﻿ (William B. and Jennie Tufts House)
Neillsville

Spanish Eclectic house built in 1934. Tufts was a flight instructor for the U. S. Navy during World War I and the manager of Lynn Mutual Insurance.[34]

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Wisconsin Pavilion

Wisconsin Pavilion

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February 14, 2012
(#12000021)

1201 E. Division St.
44°33′11″N 90°34′48″W﻿ / ﻿44.553063°N 90.580066°W﻿ / 44.553063; -90.580066﻿ (Wisconsin Pavilion)
Neillsville

Modernist-styled pavilion which showcased Wisconsin products at the 1964 New York World's Fair.[35]

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The Forrest D. and Marian Calway House is a historic house located at 318 East Fourth Street in Neillsville , Wisconsin . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15 , 2005 .
Neillsville is a city in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin . The population was 2,463 at the 2010 census . It is the county seat .
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture . The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 , which reawakened Americans to the architectural traditions of their colonial past . Fairly small numbers of Colonial Revival homes were built c. 1880-1910 , a period when Queen Anne-style architecture was dominant in the United States . From 1910-1930 , the Colonial Revival movement was ascendant , with about 40% of U.S. homes built during this period in the Colonial Revival style . In the immediate post-war period ( c. 1950s-early 1960s ) , Colonial Revival homes continued to be constructed , but in simplified form . In the present-day , many New Traditional homes draw from Colonial Revival styles . While the dominant influences in Colonial Revival style are Georgian and Federal architecture , Colonial Revival homes also draw , to a lesser extent , from the Dutch Colonial style and post-medieval English styles . Colonial Revival homes are often eclectic in style , freely combining aspects from several of these prototypes . Although associated with the architectural movement , Colonial Revival also refers to historic preservation , landscape architecture and garden design , and decorative arts movements that emulate or draw inspiration from colonial forms . Cyril M. Harris 's American Architecture : An Illustrated Encyclopedia noted that Colonial Revival houses are usually the result of a rather free interpretation of their prototypes ; they tend to be larger , may differ significantly from the houses they seek to emulate , and often exaggerate architectural details .
The Arts and Crafts movement was an international trend in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920 , emerging in Japan in the 1920s as the Mingei movement . It stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms , and often used medieval , romantic , or folk styles of decoration . It advocated economic and social reform and was essentially anti-industrial . It had a strong influence on the arts in Europe until it was displaced by Modernism in the 1930s , and its influence continued among craft makers , designers , and town planners long afterwards . The term was first used by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at a meeting of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in 1887 , although the principles and style on which it was based had been developing in England for at least 20 years . It was inspired by the ideas of architect Augustus Pugin , writer John Ruskin , and designer William Morris . The movement developed earliest and most fully in the British Isles and spread across the British Empire and to the rest of Europe and America . It was largely a reaction against the perceived impoverishment of the decorative arts at the time and the conditions in which they were produced .
The Clark County Jail is a historic structure located in Neillsville , Wisconsin . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 . Additionally , it is listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places and is designated a historic landmark by the Neillsville Historic Preservation Commission .
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson ( 1838-1886 ) . The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French , Spanish and Italian Romanesque characteristics . Richardson first used elements of the style in his Richardson Olmsted Complex in Buffalo , New York , designed in 1870 . Multiple architects followed in this style in the late 1800s ; Richardsonian Romanesque later influenced modern styles of architecture as well .
Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era . Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a grand excess of ornament . The Victorian era is known for its interpretation and eclectic revival of historic styles mixed with the introduction of middle east and Asian influences in furniture , fittings , and interior decoration . The Arts and Crafts movement , the aesthetic movement , Anglo-Japanese style , and Art Nouveau style have their beginnings in the late Victorian era and gothic period .
The Charles and Theresa Cornelius House is located in Neillsville , Wisconsin .
A porte-cochère ( /ˌpɔːrt koʊˈʃɛr/ ; French : [ pɔʁt.kɔ.ʃɛʁ ] , late 17th century , literally 'coach gateway ' ; plural : porte-cochères , portes-cochères ) is a doorway to a building or courtyard , often very grand , through which vehicles can enter from the street or a covered porch-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which originally a horse and carriage and today a motor vehicle can pass to provide arriving and departing occupants protection from the elements . Portes-cochères are still found on such structures as major public buildings and hotels , providing covered access for visitors and guests arriving by motorized transport . Portes-cochères , which are for vehicle passage , are often confused with porticos , columned porches or entries for human traffic .
Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County , Wisconsin , United States . The population was 18,367 at the 2010 census . According to the 2010 census , the Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan area was home to 54,362 people . The city also forms one of the core areas of the United States Census Bureau 's Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area , which includes all of Wood County ( 2000 population : 75,555 ) .
The Queen Anne style in British architecture refers to either the English Baroque architectural style approximately of the reign of Queen Anne ( reigned 1702-1714 ) , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century ( when it is also known as Queen Anne revival ) . In other English-speaking parts of the world , Queen Anne style refers to entirely different styles . In British architecture the term is mostly used of domestic buildings up to the size of a manor house , and usually designed elegantly but simply by local builders or architects , rather than the grand palaces of noble magnates . Contrary to the American usage of the term , it is characterised by strongly bilateral symmetry with an Italianate or Palladian-derived pediment on the front formal elevation . The architectural historian Marcus Binney , writing in The Times in 2006 , describes Poulton House built in 1706 , during the reign of Queen Anne , as .Queen Anne at its most delightful . Binney lists what he describes as the typical features of the style :
The Decatur and Kate Dickinson House is a historic house located at 411 State Street in Neillsville , Wisconsin . It is locally significant as one of the best examples of the Queen Anne style in the city of Neillsville .
The former First Church of Christ , Scientist , built in 1916 in the Classical Revival style , is a historic Christian Science church edifice located at 132 E. 4th Street in Neillsville , Wisconsin . It was designed in the form of a Greek cross by Chicago architect L. J. Corbey for Christian Science Society , Neillsville , which had been organized in January , 1912 and which later became First Church of Christ , Scientist . Its front portico is supported by four large Tuscan columns . While small in size , the building projects a large presence . Its auditorium windows are of green opalescent art glass . On March 31 , 2003 , it was added to the National Register of Historic Places . First Church of Christ . Scientist , Neillsville , is no longer listed in the Christian Science Journal .
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France . In its purest form , it is a style principally derived from the architecture of classical antiquity , the Vitruvian principles , and the work of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio . The development of archaeology was crucial in the emergence of Neoclassical architecture . Excavation sites like those in Pompeii and Herculaneum allowed architects to make in depth interpretations of Classical architecture and synthesize their own unique style . In form , neoclassical architecture emphasizes the wall rather than chiaroscuro and maintains separate identities to each of its parts . The style is manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament , and in its architectural formulae as an outgrowth of some classicising features of the Late Baroque architectural tradition . Therefore , the style defined by symmetry , simple geometry , and social demands instead of ornament . Neoclassical architecture is still designed today , but may be labelled New Classical Architecture for contemporary buildings . In Central and Eastern Europe , the style is usually referred to as Classicism , while the newer revival styles of the 19th century until today are called neoclassical .
This is a list of Christian cross variants . The Christian cross , with or without a figure of Christ included , is the main religious symbol of Christianity . A cross with a figure of Christ affixed to it is termed a crucifix and the figure is often referred to as the corpus ( Latin for body ) . The term Greek cross designates a cross with arms of equal length , as in a plus sign , while the Latin cross designates a cross with an elongated descending arm . Numerous other variants have been developed during the medieval period . Christian crosses are used widely in churches , on top of church buildings , on bibles , in heraldry , in personal jewelry , on hilltops , and elsewhere as an attestation or other symbol of Christianity . Crosses are a prominent feature of Christian cemeteries , either carved on gravestones or as sculpted stelae . Because of this , planting small crosses is sometimes used in countries of Christian culture to mark the site of fatal accidents , or , such as the Zugspitze or Mount Royal , so as to be visible over the entire surrounding area . Roman Catholic , Anglican and Lutheran depictions of the cross are often crucifixes , in order to emphasize that it is Jesus that is important , rather than the cross in isolation . Large crucifixes are a prominent feature of some Lutheran churches , as illustrated in the article Rood . However , some other Protestant traditions depict the cross without the corpus , interpreting this form as an indication of belief in the resurrection rather than as representing the interval between the death and the resurrection of Jesus . Several Christian cross variants are available in computer-displayed text .
The Charles Foote House is located in Pine Valley , Wisconsin .
Pine Valley is a town in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin . The population was 1,121 at the 2000 census . The unincorporated community of Sidney is located in the town .
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture . In the Italianate style , the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture , which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and Neoclassicism , were synthesised with picturesque aesthetics . The style of architecture that was thus created , though also characterised as Neo-Renaissance , was essentially of its own time . The backward look transforms its object , Siegfried Giedion wrote of historicist architectural styles ; every spectator at every period - at every moment , indeed - inevitably transforms the past according to his own nature . The Italianate style was first developed in Britain in about 1802 by John Nash , with the construction of Cronkhill in Shropshire . This small country house is generally accepted to be the first Italianate villa in England , from which is derived the Italianate architecture of the late Regency and early Victorian eras . The Italianate style was further developed and popularised by the architect Sir Charles Barry in the 1830s . Barry 's Italianate style ( occasionally termed Barryesque ) drew heavily for its motifs on the buildings of the Italian Renaissance , though sometimes at odds with Nash 's semi-rustic Italianate villas . The style was not confined to England and was employed in varying forms , long after its decline in popularity in Britain , throughout Northern Europe and the British Empire . From the late 1840s to 1890 it achieved huge popularity in the United States , where it was promoted by the architect Alexander Jackson Davis .
The American Civil War ( also known by other names ) was a civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865 , fought between the northern United States ( loyal to the Union ) and the southern United States ( that had seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy ) . [ e ] The civil war began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people . War broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina shortly after Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as the President of the United States . The loyalists of the Union in the North , which also included some geographically western and southern states , proclaimed support for the Constitution . They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South , who advocated for states ' rights in order to uphold slavery . Of the 34 U.S. states in February 1861 , seven Southern slave states were declared by their state governments to have seceded from the country , and the Confederate States of America was organized in rebellion against the U.S. constitutional government . The Confederacy grew to control at least a majority of territory in eleven states , and it claimed the additional states of Kentucky and Missouri by assertions from native secessionists fleeing Union authority . These states were given full representation in the Confederate Congress throughout the Civil War . The two remaining slave states , Delaware and Maryland , were invited to join the Confederacy , but nothing substantial developed due to intervention by federal troops . The Confederate states were never diplomatically recognized as a joint entity by the government of the United States , nor by that of any foreign country . [ f ] The states that remained loyal to the U.S. were known as the Union . [ g ] The Union and the Confederacy quickly raised volunteer and conscription armies that fought mostly in the South over the course of four years .
The Herman M. and Hanna Hediger House is located in Neillsville , Wisconsin .
Swiss Americans are Americans of Swiss descent . Swiss emigration to America predates the formation of the United States , notably in connection with the persecution of Anabaptism during the Swiss Reformation and the formation of the Amish community . In the 19th century , there was substantial immigration of Swiss farmers , who preferred rural settlements in the Midwest . Swiss immigration diminished after 1930 , although limited immigration continues . The number of Americans of Swiss descent is nearly one million . The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs reported the permanent residency of Swiss nationals in the United States as 80,218 in 2015 .
Swiss chalet style ( German : Schweizerstil , Norwegian : Sveitserstil ) is an architectural style of Late Historicism , originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine ( mountainous ) regions of Central Europe . The style refers to traditional building designs characterised by widely projecting roofs and facades richly decorated with wooden balconies and carved ornaments . It spread over Germany , Austria-Hungary and Scandinavia during the Belle Époque era .
Cheesemaking ( or caseiculture ) is the craft of making cheese . The production of cheese , like many other food preservation processes , allows the nutritional and economic value of a food material , in this case milk , to be preserved in concentrated form . Cheesemaking allows the production of the cheese with diverse flavors and consistencies .
Christie is an unincorporated community in the town of Weston , Clark County , Wisconsin , United States .
The John and Maria Hein House is located in Neillsville , Wisconsin .
A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center , longer than it is wide . They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wood or metal hoops . Modern wooden barrels for wine-making are made of French common oak ( Quercus robur ) or white oak ( Quercus petraea ) or from American white oak ( Quercus alba ) and typically have standard sizes : Bordeaux type 225 litres ( 59 US gal ; 49 imp gal ) , Burgundy type 228 litres ( 60 US gal ; 50 imp gal ) and Cognac type 300 litres ( 79 US gal ; 66 imp gal ) . Modern barrels and casks can also be made of aluminum , stainless steel , and different types of plastic , such as HDPE . Someone who makes barrels is called a barrel maker or cooper . Barrels are only one product of cooperage . Coopers also make buckets , vats , tubs , butter churns , hogsheads , firkins , kegs , kilderkins , tierces , rundlets , puncheons , pipes , tuns , butts , pins , troughs and breakers . Barrels have a variety of uses , including storage of liquids such as water , oil , arrack , and sake . They are also employed to hold maturing beverages such as wine , cognac , armagnac , sherry , port , whiskey , and beer . Other commodities once stored in wooden casks include gunpowder , meat , fish , paint , honey , nails and tallow . Early casks were bound with wooden hoops and in the 19th century these were gradually replaced by metal hoops that were stronger , more durable and took up less space . The term barrel can also refer to roughly cylindrical containers or drums made of modern materials like plastic , steel or aluminium .
Neillsville Downtown Historic District is a section of the historic old downtown of Neillsville , Wisconsin , with buildings as old as 1872 . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 .
In the United States , Queen Anne-style architecture was popular from roughly 1880 to 1910 . Queen Anne was one of a number of popular architectural styles to emerge during the Victorian era . Within the Victorian era timeline , Queen Anne style followed the Eastlake style and preceded the Richardsonian Romanesque and Shingle styles . The style bears almost no relationship to the Queen Anne style architecture , a toned-down version of English Baroque mostly used for gentry houses , produced in the actual reign of Queen Anne from 1702 to 1714 . It describes a wide range of picturesque buildings with free Renaissance ( non-Gothic Revival ) details rather than of a specific formulaic style in its own right . Queen Anne , as an alternative both to the French-derived Second Empire and the less domestic Beaux-Arts architecture , is broadly applied to architecture , furniture and decorative arts of the period 1880 to 1910 ; some Queen Anne architectural elements , such as the wraparound front porch , continued to be found into the 1920s .
The Neillsville Masonic Temple Lodge in Neillsville , Wisconsin is a building from 1928 . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 .
Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons that from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients . The degrees of Freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval craft guilds , those of Apprentice , Journeyman or fellow ( now called Fellowcraft ) , and Master Mason . The candidate of these three degrees is progressively taught the meanings of the symbols of Freemasonry , and entrusted with grips , signs and words to signify to other members that he has been so initiated . The degrees are part allegorical morality play and part lecture . Three degrees are offered by Craft ( or Blue Lodge ) Freemasonry , and members of any of these degrees are known as Freemasons or Masons . There are additional degrees , which vary with locality and jurisdiction , and are usually administered by their own bodies ( separate from those who administer the Craft degrees ) . The basic , local organisational unit of Freemasonry is the Lodge . These private Lodges are usually supervised at the regional level ( usually coterminous with either a state , province , or national border ) by a Grand Lodge or Grand Orient . There is no international , worldwide Grand Lodge that supervises all of Freemasonry ; each Grand Lodge is independent , and they do not necessarily recognise each other as being legitimate . Modern Freemasonry broadly consists of two main recognition groups . Regular Freemasonry insists that a volume of scripture be open in a working lodge , that every member profess belief in a Supreme Being , that no women be admitted ( although , in some jurisdictions , those who transition to women after being initiated may stay ; see below ) , and that the discussion of religion and politics be banned . Continental Freemasonry is now the general term for the jurisdictions which have removed some , or all , of these restrictions .
A bowling alley ( also known as a bowling center , bowling lounge , bowling arena , or historically bowling club ) is a facility where the sport of bowling is played . Bowling alleys contain long and narrow synthetic or wooden lanes . The number of lanes inside of a bowling alley is variable . With 116 lanes , the Inazawa Grand Bowl in Japan is the largest bowling alley in the world . Before World War II , manual pinsetters were used at bowling alleys to set up the pins for ten-pin lanes . Modern ten-pin bowling alleys have automatic or mechanical pinsetters . Bowling alleys are predominantly used by middle-class families for recreation and are found worldwide often in suburban shopping centers and urbanized areas . Modern bowling alleys often offer other games ( commonly billiard tables , darts and arcade games ) and may serve foods or beverages , usually via vending machines or an integrated bar/restaurant .
The Assemblies of God ( AG ) , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship , is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing associated national groupings of churches which together form the world 's largest Pentecostal denomination . It is the fourth largest international Christian group of denominations and the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world . As an international fellowship , the member denominations are entirely independent and autonomous ; however , they are united by shared beliefs and history . The Assemblies originated from the Azusa Street Revival of the early 20th century . This revival led to the founding of the Assemblies of God in the United States in 1914 . Through foreign missionary work and establishing relationships with other Pentecostal churches , the Assemblies of God expanded into a worldwide movement . It was not until 1988 , however , that the world fellowship was formed . As a Pentecostal fellowship , the Assemblies of God believes in the Pentecostal distinctive of baptism with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues . The Assemblies of God should not be confused with the Assemblies of God International Fellowship , the International Assemblies of God Fellowship , and the Independent Assemblies of God International , all of which are Pentecostal denominations .
The Neillsville Post Office is a historic building added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 . This building is the first federally owned post office in Neillsville . Before that , postal services were provided from a private location chosen by the postmaster at the time . From 1890 to 1938 , that was from a site just to the north of this building . In 1937 the Public Works Administration built the current building from a standardized plan , the same used for post offices in Stoughton and Hartford .
Public Works Administration ( PWA ) , part of the New Deal of 1933 , was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes . It was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression . It built large-scale public works such as dams , bridges , hospitals , and schools . Its goals were to spend $ 3.3 billion in the first year , and $ 6 billion in all , to provide employment , stabilize purchasing power , and help revive the economy . Most of the spending came in two waves in 1933-35 , and again in 1938 . Originally called the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works , it was renamed the Public Works Administration in 1935 and shut down in 1944 . The PWA spent over $ 7 billion in contracts to private construction firms that did the actual work . It created an infrastructure that generated national and local pride in the 1930s and remains vital eight decades later . The PWA was much less controversial than its rival agency with a confusingly similar name , the Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) , headed by Harry Hopkins , which focused on smaller projects and hired unemployed unskilled workers .
A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall , ceiling or other permanent surfaces . A distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture . Some wall paintings are painted on large canvases , which are then attached to the wall ( e.g. , with marouflage ) , but the technique has been in common use since the late 19th century .
The Neillsville Standpipe is located in Neillsville , Wisconsin .
A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a water distribution system for the distribution of potable water , and to provide emergency storage for fire protection . In some places , the term standpipe is used interchangeably to refer to a water tower . Water towers often operate in conjunction with underground or surface service reservoirs , which store treated water close to where it will be used . Other types of water towers may only store raw ( non-potable ) water for fire protection or industrial purposes , and may not necessarily be connected to a public water supply . Water towers are able to supply water even during power outages , because they rely on hydrostatic pressure produced by elevation of water ( due to gravity ) to push the water into domestic and industrial water distribution systems ; however , they can not supply the water for a long time without power , because a pump is typically required to refill the tower . A water tower also serves as a reservoir to help with water needs during peak usage times . The water level in the tower typically falls during the peak usage hours of the day , and then a pump fills it back up during the night . This process also keeps the water from freezing in cold weather , since the tower is constantly being drained and refilled . [ citation needed ]
The Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company ( originally the Des Moines Bridge and Iron Company ) , and often referred to as Pitt-Des Moines Steel or PDM was an American steel fabrication company . It operated from 1892 until approximately 2002 when its assets were sold to other companies , including Chicago Bridge & Iron Company . The company began as a builder of steel water tanks and bridges . It also later fabricated the forked columns for the World Trade Center in the 1960s , and was the steel fabricator and erector for the Gateway Arch in St. Louis . A number of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Slip forming , continuous poured , continuously formed , or slipform construction is a construction method in which concrete is poured into a continuously moving form . Slip forming is used for tall structures ( such as bridges , towers , buildings , and dams ) , as well as horizontal structures , such as roadways . Slipforming enables continuous , non-interrupted , cast-in-place flawless ( i.e . no joints ) concrete structures which have superior performance characteristics to piecewise construction using discrete form elements . Slip forming relies on the quick-setting properties of concrete , and requires a balance between quick-setting capacity and workability . Concrete needs to be workable enough to be placed into the form and consolidated ( via vibration ) , yet quick-setting enough to emerge from the form with strength . This strength is needed because the freshly set concrete must not only permit the form to slip by the concrete without disturbing it , but also support the pressure of the new concrete as well as resist collapse caused by the vibration of the compaction machinery .
Marshfield is a city in Wood County and Marathon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin . It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 10 , Highway 13 and Highway 97 . The largest city in Wood County , its population was 19,118 at the 2010 census . Of this , 18,218 were in Wood County , and 900 were in Marathon County . The city is part of the United States Census Bureau 's Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area , which includes all of Wood County ( 2010 population : 74,749 ) . The portion of the city in Marathon County is part of the Wausau Metropolitan Statistical Area . Marshfield is home to the Marshfield Clinic , a large healthcare system that serves much of Central , Northern , and Western Wisconsin . In 2010 , Marshfield was ranked 5th in a list of The Best Small Cities to Raise a Family compiled by Forbes magazine .
The Omaha Hotel is a former railroad hotel in Neillsville , Wisconsin , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . It was built in 1893 near a railroad depot to serve middle-income and business travelers . It continued to operate as a hotel until the 1940s , during which time it was renamed the Hotel Paulus and later the Hamilton Hotel .
The Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis and Omaha Railway or Omaha Road ( reporting mark CMO ) was a railroad in the U.S. states of Nebraska , Iowa , Minnesota , Wisconsin and South Dakota . It was incorporated in 1880 as a consolidation of the Chicago , St. Paul and Minneapolis Railway and the North Wisconsin Railway . The Chicago and North Western Railway ( C & NW ) gained control in 1882 . The C & NW leased the Omaha Road in 1957 and merged the company into itself in 1972 . Portions of the C. St. P. M. and O. are part of the Union Pacific Railroad network . This includes main lines from Wyeville , Wisconsin , to St. Paul , Minnesota , and St. Paul to Sioux City , Iowa .
Owen High School is located in Owen , Wisconsin .
Owen is a city in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin . The population was 940 at the 2010 census . Owen is located directly east of the village of Withee , which is about half the size of Owen .
Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style , most common in the Midwestern United States . The style is usually marked by horizontal lines , flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves , windows grouped in horizontal bands , integration with the landscape , solid construction , craftsmanship , and discipline in the use of ornament . Horizontal lines were thought to evoke and relate to the wide , flat , treeless expanses of America 's native prairie landscape . The Prairie School was an attempt at developing an indigenous North American style of architecture in symphony with the ideals and design aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts Movement , with which it shared an embrace of handcrafting and craftsman guilds as an antidote to the dehumanizing effects of mass production . The term Prairie School was not actually used by practitioners of the style . Architect Marion Mahony , for example , preferred the phrase The Chicago Group . Its term was coined by H. Allen Brooks , one of the first architectural historians to write extensively about the movement and its work .
The Robert Schofield House is located in Greenwood , Wisconsin .
Greenwood is a city in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin . The population was 1,026 at the 2010 census .
Mahogany is a straight-grained , reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia , indigenous to the Americas and part of the pantropical chinaberry family , Meliaceae .
Carbide lamps , or acetylene gas lamps , are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene ( C2H2 ) which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide ( CaC2 ) with water ( H2O ) . Acetylene gas lamps were used to illuminate buildings , as lighthouse beacons , and as headlights on motor-cars and bicycles . Portable acetylene gas lamps , worn on the hat or carried by hand , were widely used in mining in the early twentieth century . They are still employed by cavers , hunters , and cataphiles . Small carbide lamps called carbide candles or smokers are used for blackening rifle sights to reduce glare . They are used because of the sooty flame produced by acetylene .
The Silver Dome Ballroom is a 30's-era dance hall located in Hewett , Wisconsin , west of Neillsville . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 .
Hewett is a town in Clark County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin . The population was 314 at the 2000 census . The unincorporated community of Columbia is located in the town .
Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing . From the earliest years of the twentieth century until the early 1960s , the dance hall was the popular forerunner of the discothèque or nightclub . The majority of towns and cities in the West had at least one dance hall , and almost always featured live musicians playing a range of music from strict tempo ballroom dance music to big band , swing and jazz . One of the most famous dance hall musicians was Glenn Miller . Other structural forms of dance halls include the dance pavilion which has a roof but no walls , and the open-air platform which has no roof or walls . The open air nature of the dance pavilion was both a feature and a drawback . The taxi dance hall is a dance hall with a specific arrangement , wherein the patrons hire hall employees to dance with them . Starting in the early 1930s , The Savoy , a dance hall in Harlem ( a black neighborhood in New York City ) was the first truly integrated building in the United States - for both the dancers and the musicians . We did n't care about the color of your skin . All we wanted to know was : Can you dance ? The early days of rock n ' roll were briefly played out in dance halls until they were superseded by nightclubs .
Orvon Grover Gene Autry ( September 29 , 1907 - October 2 , 1998 ) , nicknamed The Singing Cowboy , was an American singer , songwriter , actor , musician and rodeo performer who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio , in films , and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s . Autry was the owner of a television station , several radio stations in Southern California , and the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997 . From 1934 to 1953 , Autry appeared in 93 films , and between 1950 and 1956 hosted The Gene Autry Show television series . During the 1930s and 1940s , he personified the straight-shooting hero - honest , brave , and true - and profoundly touched the lives of millions of Americans . Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of country music , considered the second major influential artist of the genre 's development after Jimmie Rodgers . His singing cowboy films were the first vehicle to carry country music to a national audience . In addition to his signature song , Back in the Saddle Again , and his hit At Mail Call Today , Autry is still remembered for his Christmas holiday songs , most especially his biggest hit Rudolph , the Red-Nosed Reindeer as well as Frosty the Snowman , Here Comes Santa Claus , and Up on the House Top . Autry is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame , and is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , for film , television , music , radio , and live performance . The town of Gene Autry , Oklahoma , was named in his honor , as was the Gene Autry precinct in Mesa , Arizona .
William James Count Basie ( /ˈbeɪsi/ ; August 21 , 1904 - April 26 , 1984 ) was an American jazz pianist , organist , bandleader , and composer . In 1935 , Basie formed his own jazz orchestra , the Count Basie Orchestra , and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording . He led the group for almost 50 years , creating innovations like the use of two split tenor saxophones , emphasizing the rhythm section , riffing with a big band , using arrangers to broaden their sound , and others . Many musicians came to prominence under his direction , including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans , the guitarist Freddie Green , trumpeters Buck Clayton and Harry Sweets Edison and singers Jimmy Rushing , Helen Humes , Thelma Carpenter , and Joe Williams .
The Charles C. and Katharyn Sniteman House is located in Neillsville , Wisconsin .
Pharmacists , also known as chemists ( Commonwealth English ) or druggists ( North American and , archaically , Commonwealth English ) , are health professionals who practice in pharmacy , the field of chemical sciences and health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use . Pharmacists undergo university or graduate-level education to understand the biochemical mechanisms and actions of drugs , drug uses , therapeutic roles , side effects , potential drug interactions , and monitoring parameters . This is mated to anatomy , physiology , and pathophysiology . Pharmacists interpret and communicate this specialized knowledge to patients , physicians , and other health care providers . Among other licensing requirements , different countries require pharmacists to hold either a Bachelor of Pharmacy , Master of Pharmacy , or Doctor of Pharmacy degree . The most common pharmacist positions are that of a community pharmacist ( also referred to as a retail pharmacist , first-line pharmacist or dispensing chemist ) , or a hospital pharmacist , where they instruct and counsel on the proper use and adverse effects of medically prescribed drugs and medicines . In most countries , the profession is subject to professional regulation . Depending on the legal scope of practice , pharmacists may contribute to prescribing ( also referred to as pharmacist prescriber ) and administering certain medications ( e.g. , immunizations ) in some jurisdictions . Pharmacists may also practice in a variety of other settings , including industry , wholesaling , research , academia , formulary management , military , and government .
Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style , most common in the Midwestern United States . The style is usually marked by horizontal lines , flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves , windows grouped in horizontal bands , integration with the landscape , solid construction , craftsmanship , and discipline in the use of ornament . Horizontal lines were thought to evoke and relate to the wide , flat , treeless expanses of America 's native prairie landscape . The Prairie School was an attempt at developing an indigenous North American style of architecture in symphony with the ideals and design aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts Movement , with which it shared an embrace of handcrafting and craftsman guilds as an antidote to the dehumanizing effects of mass production . The term Prairie School was not actually used by practitioners of the style . Architect Marion Mahony , for example , preferred the phrase The Chicago Group . Its term was coined by H. Allen Brooks , one of the first architectural historians to write extensively about the movement and its work .
George Awsumb ( 20 July 1880 - 24 November 1959 ) was a prominent Norwegian-American architect in the first half of the 20th Century . Awsumb defined architecture as frozen music designed for the man on the street . He was influenced by his early life , European travels , and prevailing architectural trends of his time . His eclectic , progressive portfolio included neoclassical , Gothic Revival , Prairie School , and International Style designs . Several buildings that Awsumb designed have been in continuous use in the American Midwest and South for over 100 years . In particular , Awsumb began a family architectural legacy that contributed to the progress and development of Memphis , Tennessee . Awsumbs most notable works are grand public buildings and places of worship . Awsumb is credited with designing some of the most beautiful churches in the South , including Idlewild Presbyterian Church , called the Souths Cathedral of Presbyterianism . He designed several buildings which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture , including the Dermon Building and the Baron Hirsch Synagogue in Memphis , Tennessee , and Dorchester Academy near Midway , Georgia .
The George W. and Sarah Trogner House is located in Neillsville , Wisconsin .
The Eastlake Movement was a nineteenth-century architectural and household design reform movement started by British architect and writer Charles Eastlake ( 1836-1906 ) . The movement is generally considered part of the late Victorian period in terms of broad antique furniture designations . In architecture the Eastlake Style or Eastlake architecture is part of the Queen Anne style of Victorian architecture . Eastlake 's book Hints on Household Taste in Furniture , Upholstery , and Other Details posited that furniture and decor in people 's homes should be made by hand or machine workers who took personal pride in their work . Manufacturers in the United States used the drawings and ideas in the book to create mass-produced Eastlake Style or Cottage furniture . The geometric ornaments , spindles , low relief carvings , and incised lines were designed to be affordable and easy to clean ; nevertheless , many of the designs which resulted are artistically complex .
The William B. and Jennie Tufts House is located in Neillsville , Wisconsin . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 . The house was once home to William B. Tufts , a Colonel in the United States Army , and his wife , Jennie .
The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( Spanish : Arquitectura neocolonial española ) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas . The Panama-California Exposition of 1915 in San Diego , highlighting the work of architect Bertram Goodhue , is credited with giving the style national exposure . Embraced principally in California and Florida , the Spanish Colonial Revival movement enjoyed its greatest popularity between 1915 and 1931 .
A flight instructor is a person who teaches others to operate aircraft . Specific privileges granted to holders of a flight instructor qualification vary from country to country , but very generally , a flight instructor serves to enhance or evaluate the knowledge and skill level of an aviator in pursuit of a higher pilot 's license , certificate or rating .
The United States Navy ( USN ) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States . It is the largest and most capable navy in the world and it has been estimated that in terms of tonnage of its active battle fleet alone , it is larger than the next 13 navies combined , which includes 11 U.S. allies or partner nations . It has the highest combined battle fleet tonnage and the world 's largest aircraft carrier fleet , with eleven in service , two new carriers under construction , and five other carriers planned . With 336,978 personnel on active duty and 101,583 in the Ready Reserve , the U.S. Navy is the third largest of the U.S. military service branches in terms of personnel . It has 290 deployable combat vessels and more than 3,700 operational aircraft as of June 2019 [ update ] , making it the third-largest air force in the world , after the United States Air Force and the United States Army . The U.S. Navy traces its origins to the Continental Navy , which was established during the American Revolutionary War and was effectively disbanded as a separate entity shortly thereafter . After suffering significant loss of goods and personnel at the hands of the Barbary pirates from Algiers , the U.S. Congress passed the Naval Act of 1794 for the construction of six heavy frigates , the first ships of the U.S. Navy . The U.S. Navy played a major role in the American Civil War by blockading the Confederacy and seizing control of its rivers . It played the central role in the World War II defeat of Imperial Japan . The U.S. Navy emerged from World War II as the most powerful navy in the world . The 21st century U.S. Navy maintains a sizable global presence , deploying in strength in such areas as the Western Pacific , the Mediterranean , and the Indian Ocean . It is a blue-water navy with the ability to project force onto the littoral regions of the world , engage in forward deployments during peacetime and rapidly respond to regional crises , making it a frequent actor in U.S. foreign and military policy .
World War I ( often abbreviated as WWI or WW1 ) , also known as the First World War or the Great War , was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 . Contemporaneously described as the war to end all wars , it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel , including 60 million Europeans , making it one of the largest wars in history . It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history , with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war , while resulting genocides and the resulting 1918 influenza pandemic caused another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide . On 28 June 1914 , Gavrilo Princip , a Bosnian Serb Yugoslav nationalist , assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo , leading to the July Crisis . In response , on 23 July , Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia . Serbia 's reply failed to satisfy the Austrians , and the two moved to a war footing . A network of interlocking alliances enlarged the crisis from a bilateral issue in the Balkans to one involving most of Europe . By July 1914 , the great powers of Europe were divided into two coalitions : the Triple Entente - consisting of France , Russia , and Britain - and the Triple Alliance of Germany , Austria-Hungary , and Italy ( the Triple Alliance was only defensive in nature , allowing Italy to stay out of the war until April 1915 , when it joined the Allied Powers after its relations with Austria-Hungary deteriorated ) . Russia felt it necessary to back Serbia and , after Austria-Hungary shelled the Serbian capital of Belgrade on the 28 July , approved partial mobilisation . Full Russian mobilisation was announced on the evening of 30 July ; on the 31st , Austria-Hungary and Germany did the same , while Germany demanded Russia demobilise within twelve hours . When Russia failed to comply , Germany declared war on Russia on 1 August in support of Austria-Hungary , with Austria-Hungary following suit on 6 August ; France ordered full mobilisation in support of Russia on 2 August . German strategy for a war on two fronts against France and Russia was to rapidly concentrate the bulk of its army in the West to defeat France within six weeks , then shift forces to the East before Russia could fully mobilise ; this was later known as the Schlieffen Plan .
The Wisconsin Pavilion is located in Neillsville , Wisconsin .
Modern architecture , or modernist architecture , was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction , particularly the use of glass , steel and reinforced concrete ; the idea that form should follow function ( functionalism ) ; an embrace of minimalism ; and a rejection of ornament . It emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II until the 1980s , when it was gradually replaced as the principal style for institutional and corporate buildings by postmodern architecture .
The 1964/1965 New York World 's Fair was a world 's fair that held over 140 pavilions , 110 restaurants , for 80 nations ( hosted by 37 ) , 24 US states , and over 45 corporations to build exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens , New York City . The immense fair covered 646 acres ( 261 ha ) on half the park , with numerous pools or fountains , and an amusement park with rides near the lake . However , the fair did not receive official support or approval from the Bureau of International Expositions ( BIE ) . Hailing itself as a universal and international exposition , the fair 's theme was Peace Through Understanding , dedicated to Man 's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe . American companies dominated the exposition as exhibitors . The theme was symbolized by a 12-story-high , stainless-steel model of the earth called the Unisphere , built on the foundation of the Perisphere from the 1939 World 's Fair . The fair ran for two six-month seasons , April 22 - October 18 , 1964 , and April 21 - October 17 , 1965 . Admission price for adults ( 13 and older ) was $ 2 in 1964 ( equivalent to $ 16.49 in 2019 ) but $ 2.50 ( equivalent to $ 20.28 in 2019 ) in 1965 , and $ 1 for children ( 2-12 ) both years ( equivalent to $ 8.24 in 2019 ) . The fair is noted as a showcase of mid-20th-century American culture and technology . The nascent Space Age , with its vista of promise , was well represented . More than 51 million people attended the fair , though fewer than the hoped-for 70 million . It remains a touchstone for many American Baby Boomers who visited the optimistic exposition as children , before the turbulent years of the Vietnam War and many cultural changes .