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Historic Homes & Buildings

Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Headquarters
W8687 State Road 33 • Portage, WI 53901
608-742-2949
This is the only building remaining from the original Fort Winnebago and it overlooks the site where Louis Joliet and Jacues Marquette left Fox River in 1673. The quarters have been restored and maintained. more... map
Historic Indian Agency House
Indian Agency Road • Portage, WI 53901
608-742-6362
This restored site was once the workplace of John Kinzie and his family, the agent to the Winnebago nation in 1832. It has been completly restored and refurnished with antiques. more... map

Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site
Wauona Trail Street • Portage, WI 53901
608-742-6242, 800-474-2525
This portage was originally a trading place of furs and supplies for hundreds of years until the treaty of 1828. more... map
Portage Canal
Downtown Portage
608-742-6242, 800-474-2525
This canal was dug using shovels and wheelbarrows in 1838 and was completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1876. The canal was 2.3 miles long, 75 feet wide, 7 feet deep, and served as a connection between the Fox River and the Wisconsin River. more... map
Portage Canal Industrial Historic District
608-742-6242, 800-474-2525
This beautiful historic district offers a varietyof sites and monuments for various past events. Call for information. more... map
Society Hill Historic District
Downtwon Portage
608-742-3315
The Society Hill Residential Historic District consists of about 137 primary buildings, some as old as the 1850's. The large homes of two pulitzer prize winners are also within this vicinity. map

American Legion State Headquarters & Museum
2930 American Legion Drive • Portage, WI 53901
608-745-1090
This building houses the American Legion headquarters as well as a museum full of plaques, statues, uniforms, medals, photos, and documents from the history of Wisconsin's American Legion. more... map
Museum at the Portage
804 MacFarlane Road • Portage, WI 53901
608-742-6682
This local Portage museum offers displays and exhibits relative to the history of the city as well as displays for Native American settlements, Fort Winnebago, the Indian Agency House, the Surgeons Quarters, and the Portage Canal. more... map

MacKenzie Environmental Center
W7303 County Road • Poynette, WI 53955
608-635-8110
View deer, buffalo and wolves, interpretive exhibits, nature trails, observation tower, and an arboretum. map