Soldiers' Home Reef

Soldiers' Home Reef
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Built Silurian period fossilized coral reef.
NRHP Reference # 93001617
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 4, 1993[1]
Designated NHL November 4, 1993[2]

Soldiers' Home Reef, also known as Rocky Point, National Military Asylum Reef, or Veterans' Hill is a fossilized coral reef rock formation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is a National Historic Landmark.

The formation is located northeast of the junction of Wood Avenue and General Mitchell Boulevard, on the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center grounds.[1][3]

History

The fossilized reef was formed during the Silurian period of the Paleozoic Era

The reef formation was discovered by geologist Increase A. Lapham. It and other fossilized coral reefs that he discovered are the first geological reef formations described in North America, and are among the first described in the world.[2]

Soldiers' Home Reef was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.[2]The adjacent Milwaukee Soldiers Home and Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District is also a National Historic Landmark in Milwaukee.

A closeup of fossilized reef material.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "Soldiers' Home Reef". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  3. ↑ Virtual Silurian Reef - Milwaukee County Stadium




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