Soldiers' Home Reef
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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. The reef formation was discovered by geologist Increase A. Lapham in the 1830s. It and other fossilized coral reefs that he discovered were the first geological reef formations described in North America, and are among the first described in the world.[2] This reef was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993.[2]
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Soldiers' Home Reef | |
Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 43°1′40″N 87°58′29″W |
Built | Silurian period fossilized coral reef. |
NRHP reference No. | 93001617 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 4, 1993[1] |
Designated NHL | November 4, 1993[2] |
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