Home of GOVERNOR HARVEY

Louis powell Harvey lived here 1851~1859. He was a leader in business, education, journalism, and politics. Soon after his inauguration, Gov. Harvey led a relief expedition to Wisconsin troops who had just fought their first major battle and suffered big losses in the Battle of Shiloh. While boarding a steamboat he fell into the Tennessee River and drowned. His wife Cordelia Perrine Harvey founded Harvey Hospital for wounded soldiers in Madison and was known as the "Wisconsin Angel"

Erected 1953

ROCK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETEY