Saint Patrick's Church (Benton, Wisconsin)

The Benton Stone Water Tower is located in Benton, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. Benton's history goes back to early lead-mining days. In 1827 Andrew Murphy built a mill race there. The village grew as mining expanded, shrank when many of the miners left for California in 1849, then gradually grew back. After a fire destroyed Benton's store and two houses in February 1899, the people decided unanimously to investigate "a waterworks" system. When a committee recommended a $4000 system financed with bonds to be paid back by taxes, it was put to a referendum and approved 84 to 24. The aim was "to supply water for domestic and sanitary purposes and for extinguishing fires." A lot was bought on the hill and a 50-foot well was dug with a large reservoir. M. Tschirgi of Dubuque built the stone tower, coursed limestone 67 feet tall with a door with a segmental arch and circular glass-filled windows. On top of the tower sat a wooden tank 18 feet around and 18 feet high. And atop the tank stood a windmill, which pumped water from the reservoir below up into the tank. (The NRHP nomination contains a photo of the original arrangement.) Hydrants were connected to the tower. The system was complete and working by the end of 1899. In February 1900 the newspaper reported that R.A. Blades would add a "bathing room" to his "tonsorial parlor." (Blades was one of Benton's barbers, and contract supervisor during construction of the tower.) Apparently this meant a room where you could pay to bathe. A fire company was organized around the same time. In 1923 the town replaced the wooden tank with a 30,000 gallon steel tank with a conical steel roof, built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works. The windmill was removed in the 1930s. The tower was refurbished in 2010. Today the old tower stands as a prominent landmark in Benton, an example of fine stonework and early public works engineering. The NRHP nomination also notes that "determination to build a waterworks marked an important step in the evolution of community spirit and willingness to raise taxes for a common purpose."

Benton is a village in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 946 at the 2020 census. The village is surrounded by the Town of Benton.

Benton is a town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 474 at the 2020 census, down from 504 at the 2010 census. The village of Benton is located within the town. The unincorporated communities of Jenkinsville and Strawbridge are also located in the town.

Cuba City is a city in Grant and Lafayette counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,138 at the 2020 census. Of this, 1,890 were in Grant County, and 248 were in Lafayette County. The city is nicknamed "The City of Presidents" because of the presidential banners displayed along the city's Main Street.

The Hazel Green Town Hall is a historic building in the village of Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Built in 1891, the building housed both the town clerk's office and the Hazel Green Opera House, a civic auditorium. The auditorium hosted town meetings, graduation ceremonies, religious events, and entertainers; it also served as the town's jail when necessary, as a cage could be added to the stage. The auditorium closed in the 1920s; the building is now private property.The building was designed in the Boom Town style, which features a large facade in front of a smaller building. The facade has a tall bracketed cornice, while the building has a gable front.The Hazel Green Town Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1989.

Meekers Grove is an unincorporated community located in the town of Elk Grove, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. It consists of a grouping of two houses, a One-room school that caught fire and was demolished in 2000, and nearby farms.

Saint Rose is an unincorporated community located in the town of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.

Elmo is an unincorporated community located in the town of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.

Council Hill Township is one of twenty-three townships in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 141 and it contained 82 housing units. Its name changed from Scales Township on December 6, 1853.

The Charles Wenner House is an historic house located near Galena, Illinois, in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The house is significant for its connection to European settlers who arrived in the area in the mid-19th century to work the lead mines near Galena.The Wenner house had been vacant for thirty years by 1984, it had been used as a corn crib in 1954.