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Aldo Leopold Shack

  • Also Known As: Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm
  • Address: E13701 Levee Rd
  • Vicinity: Just W of Scheppp Rd, Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Town 13 North, Range 7 East
  • Hours: Guided Shack tours on Saturdays 1:00pm, from Saturday before Memorial Day and through the end of October
  • Phone: 608.355.0279
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Activity Category: Tour


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Aldo Leopold Shack
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1935/04/00 Aldo Leopold Owner Aldo Leopold buys a worn out farm for $8.00 per acre
1940/00/00 Aldo Leopold Owner During weekends and breaks from school, Leopold, his wife Estella and their five children fix up a chicken coop, The Shack, tend a garden, cut firewood and eventually plant over 40,000
1948/04/21 Aldo Leopold Died Aldo Leopold has a heart attack and dies while helping to fight a grassfire on a neighbor's farm near the Shack. Burial in Burlington, Iowa.

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Particulars for Aldo Leopold Shack:
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Camp
Area of Significance Conservation
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Literature
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Philosophy
Owner Private
Area of Significance Science



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 14th July 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Leopold, Aldo, Shack
Registry Address: Portions of Sections 33 34, Town 13 North, Range 7 East
Registry Number: 78000082
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 264
Contributing Buildings: 1
Non-Contributing Buildings: 1
Contributing Sites: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Conservation, Literature, Science, Philosophy
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1935, 1948
Associated People: Leopold,Aldo
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Camp
Current Function: Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Camp Conservation area

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