Wisconsin’s Largest European Copper Beech Tree
Wisconsin’s Largest European Copper Beech Tree is a memorial in Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s Largest European Copper Beech Tree is situated nearby to the marketplace South Shore Farmers Market, as well as near the historic site Bay View Historic District.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include South Shore Park and United States lightship LV-57.
United States lightship LV-57
Disaster remains
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LV-57 was an American lightship that was built in 1891 and served on the Great Lakes, west of the Straits of Mackinac, from her construction to her retirement in 1924. United States lightship LV-57 is situated 2,700 feet north of Wisconsin’s Largest European Copper Beech Tree.
Beulah Brinton House
Building
Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Beulah Brinton House is a historically and architecturally significant house at 2590 S. Superior Street in the Bay View neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Beulah Brinton House is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Wisconsin’s Largest European Copper Beech Tree.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bay View and St. Francis.
Bay View
Suburb
Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bay View is a neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North America on the shores of Lake Michigan, south of the downtown area and north of the City of St. Francis. Bay View existed as an independent village for eight years, from 1879 to 1887.
St. Francis
Village
Photo: Sulfur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Francis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,161 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
Jones Island
Quarter
Jones Island is an industrialized peninsula in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It began as a marsh island between the Milwaukee and Kinnickinnic rivers, and now forms the city's inner harbor design. Jones Island is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wisconsin’s Largest European Copper Beech Tree.
Wisconsin’s Largest European Copper Beech Tree
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “The European cooper beech tree was first introduced to North America in the 1700‘s. It is estimated that this tree was planted in the mid-1800’s, which would place it on the family farm of the pioneering Estes family.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Southeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.99435° or 42° 59′ 40″ northLongitude
-87.88369° or 87° 53′ 1″ westOpen location code
86JJX4V8+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 12096359454OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Shore Farmers Market and Bay View Historic District.
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