National Register of Historic Places listings in Marathon County, Wisconsin

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Location of Marathon County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Marathon County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Marathon County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.[1]

There are 28 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 27, 2016.[2]

Current listings

[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Andrew Warren Historic District
Andrew Warren Historic District
January 5, 1984
(#84003708)
 Roughly bounded by Fulton, Grant, 4th, and 7th Sts.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Andrew Warren owned an early Wausau sawmill and a chunk of land northeast of the downtown which he sold off gradually. 61 properties contribute to the historic district, built from 1868 to 1934 in a variety of styles.[6]
2 C. B. Bird House
C. B. Bird House
May 1, 1980
(#80000155)
 522 McIndoe St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau The Claire and Laura Bird house is a Tudor Revival style house designed by Alexander Eschweiler and built in 1910. Claire was a lawyer, judge, and state senator.[7]
3 Joseph Dessert Library
Joseph Dessert Library
May 1, 1980
(#80000156)
 123 Main St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Mosinee 1898 brick Victorian public building designed by Eschweiler. Dessert was a French-Canadian who came to Mosinee in 1844 and operated mills from 1849 to around 1903, producing boards, shingles, lath and pickets.[8]
4 C. F. Dunbar House
C. F. Dunbar House
May 1, 1980
(#80000157)
 929 McIndoe St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Half-timbered neo-Elizabethan home designed by Eschweiler and built in 1929[9] for the widow of local jeweler, lumberman, and developer Dunbar.[10]
5 East Hill Residential Historic District
East Hill Residential Historic District
April 21, 2004
(#04000360)
 Roughly bounded by North Seventh, Adams, North Tenth, Scott and North Bellis Sts.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Large residential district containing homes of prominent citizens overlooking the downtown. The district contains 171 contributing properties in various architectural styles, built from 1883 to 1945.[11]
6 Edgar Village Hall
Edgar Village Hall
March 31, 2000
(#00000317)
 107 W. Beech St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Edgar The 1917 brick municipal building housed the village government, fire department, traveling library, and jail. The auditorium upstairs hosted social events, plays, dances and basketball games.[12]
7 D. C. Everest House
D. C. Everest House
May 1, 1980
(#80000158)
 1206 Highland Park Blvd.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau English-Spanish Baroque styled home designed by Eschweiler and Eschweiler and built 1925 to 1928. Everest was the general manager of Marathon Paper Mills.[13]
8 First Universalist Church
First Universalist Church
May 1, 1980
(#80000159)
 504 Grant St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau 1914 Tudor Revival-styled building designed by Eschweiler for the Universalist congregation.[14]
9 Fricke-Menzner House
Fricke-Menzner House
July 16, 1992
(#92000856)
 105 Main St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Marathon Italianate home built in 1875 by Henry Fricke, who had built the first successful mill on the Big Rib River.[15][16] Now an office of Menzner Hardwoods.
10 Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm
Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm
November 6, 2013
(#96001581)
 436 Co. Hwy. F
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Hamburg Farm complex from which the four Fromm brothers, starting in 1904, pioneered ginseng farming in central Wisconsin, and used the profits to develop silver fox farming.[17] By 1929 they were the world's largest producer of both.[18]
11 Walter and Mabel Fromm House
Walter and Mabel Fromm House
June 17, 1982
(#82000682)
 Off WI 107
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Hamburg Eclectic Mediterranean/Spanish Revival house constructed in 1928 for the eldest Fromm brother.[19]
12 Granville D. Jones House
Granville D. Jones House
December 7, 1977
(#77000036)
 915 Grant St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau 1904 Prairie School house initially designed by Maher.[20] Jones was an educator, lawyer, and land baron. He was also a founder of Employers Mutual Life Insurance, now Wausau Insurance.[21]
13 Maine Site (47MR22)
Maine Site (47MR22)
July 19, 1984
(#84003711)
 Address Restricted
 Brokaw
14 Marathon County Fairgrounds
Marathon County Fairgrounds
May 1, 1980
(#80000160)
 Stewart Ave.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Stock-judging pavilion and cattle barns designed by Eschweiler and constructed in 1921.[22]
15 Louis Marchetti House
Louis Marchetti House
March 7, 1996
(#96000240)
 921 Grand Ave.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau 1878 home in Second Empire style.[23] Marchetti immigrated from Austria around 1867, worked in the lumber industry, studied law, became lawyer, judge and mayor of Wausau, and wrote the 1913 History of Marathon County.[24]
16 Karl Mathie House
Karl Mathie House
May 1, 1980
(#80000161)
 202 Water St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Mosinee 1912 Shingle style house along the Wisconsin River, designed by Eschweiler.[25] Mathie was a clergyman, educator, and the first president of Wausau Sulphate Fiber Co. (later Wausau Paper),[26] which revived Mosinee's economy after Dessert's sawmill closed. Later purchased by musician John Altenburgh.
17 Henry Miller House
Henry Miller House
June 14, 1982
(#82000683)
 1314 Grand Ave.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Queen Anne style house built in 1894 by John Drisko. Later owned by Henry Miller, a county judge.[27]
18 Rothschild Pavilion
Rothschild Pavilion
June 27, 2002
(#02000708)
 1104 Park St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Rothschild Rustic stone dance hall on the Wisconsin River, constructed in 1911 with railroad car springs under the dance floor.[28]
19 Schofield School Upload image
March 24, 2015
(#15000108)
 1310 S. Grand Ave.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Schofield 3-story brick elementary school designed by Oppenhamer and Obel in Collegiate Gothic style and built in 1923.[29]
20 E.K. Schuetz House
E.K. Schuetz House
May 1, 1980
(#80000162)
 930 Franklin St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau 1922 Colonial Revival home designed by Eschweiler. Schuetz was a jeweler.[30]
21 Benjamin Single House
Benjamin Single House
November 24, 1980
(#80000163)
 West of Wausau at 4708 Stettin Dr.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau 1849 Greek Revival building.[31] Single immigrated from England and built a sawmill on the Little Rib River in the 1840s.[32]
22 Hiram C. Stewart House
Hiram C. Stewart House
August 30, 1974
(#74000097)
 521 Grant St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau George W. Maher designed this 1906 Prairie School/Arts and Crafts home with tulip motifs for Stewart, a partner in the Barker-Stewart Lumber Company.[33] Now the Stewart Inn Bed and Breakfast.[34]
23 United States Post Office and Court House
United States Post Office and Court House
May 2, 2012
(#12000294)
 317 1st St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Federal building designed by Wausau architects Oppenhamer & Obel in Art Deco style and built 1937-38. Housed the post office, the federal circuit court, and agencies like the FBI and IRS. The lobby features a logging mural painted by Gerrit Van Sinclair. Now apartments.[35]
24 Wausau Club
Wausau Club
September 14, 1989
(#89001420)
 309 McClellan St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Neoclassical men's club built 1901-02 by ten leaders of the time. Closed 2005.[36]
25 C. H. Wegner House
C. H. Wegner House
May 1, 1980
(#80000164)
 906 Grant St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Charles and Emma Wegner had this Colonial Revival home designed by Eschweiler and built 1922-24. Wegner ran a general store downtown.[37][38]
26 Duey and Julia Wright House
Duey and Julia Wright House
July 16, 1999
(#99000787)
 904 Grand Ave.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau One of Frank Lloyd Wright's last Usonian houses, built in 1958 on a bluff above the Wisconsin. Frank designed the house with musical motifs for Duey and Julia, who owned a music store and school.[39]
27 Ely Wright House
Ely Wright House
March 1, 1982
(#82000684)
 901 6th St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Wright, the founder of Wausau Iron Works, had this Italianate home built in 1881.[40]
28 Cyrus C. Yawkey House
Cyrus C. Yawkey House
December 31, 1974
(#74000098)
 403 McIndoe St.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.		 Wausau Classical Revival house built around 1901 and expanded around 1908.[41] Yawkey was a lumberman, helped organize Marathon Paper Mills, and helped lead several other local companies, as well as being a philanthropist.[42] The building now houses the Marathon County Historical Museum.[43]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The latitude and longitude information provided is primarily from the National Register Information System, and has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For 1%, the location info may be way off. We seek to correct the coordinate information wherever it is found to be erroneous. Please leave a note in the Discussion page for this article if you believe any specific location is incorrect.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on May 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 62.
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  9. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 100.
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  13. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 134.
  14. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 76.
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  20. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 119.
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  22. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 163.
  23. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 187.
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  27. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 188.
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  30. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 108.
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  33. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 78.
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  36. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 41.
  37. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 118.
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  40. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 72.
  41. ↑ Aucutt et al, p 56.
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