Soldiers' Home Reef

Soldiers' Home Reef

Infobox_nrhp | name =Soldiers' Home Reef
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= Milwaukee, Wisconsin
locmapin = Wisconsin
area =
built =1862
architect=
architecture=
designated= November 04, 1993cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2174&ResourceType=Site
title=Soldiers' Home Reef |accessdate=2008-01-02|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 04, 1993cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
refnum=93001617

Soldiers' Home Reef, also known as Rocky Point, National Military Asylum Reef, or Veterans' Hillis a National Historic Landmark in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was discovered by Increase A. Lapham. It and other reefs that he discovered are the first ancient reefs described in North America, and are among the first described in the world.

It is located northeast of the junction of Wood Ave. and General Mitchell Blvd., on the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center grounds. [ [http://www.mpm.edu/collections/learn/reef/county-stadium.html Virtual Silurian Reef - Milwaukee County Stadium ] ]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.

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