National Register of Historic Places listings in Marathon County, 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]

Location of Marathon County in Wisconsin

There are 34 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.[2]

Current listings edit

[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.
44°57′48″N 89°37′26″W / 44.9633°N 89.6239°W / 44.9633; -89.6239 (Andrew Warren Historic District)
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][7]
2 C. B. Bird House
 
C. B. Bird House
May 1, 1980
(#80000155)
522 McIndoe St.
44°57′50″N 89°37′27″W / 44.9639°N 89.6242°W / 44.9639; -89.6242 (C. B. Bird House)
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.[8]
3 Dells of the Eau Claire County Park
 
Dells of the Eau Claire County Park
July 5, 2016
(#16000429)
P2150 Cty. Rd. Y
45°00′10″N 89°19′47″W / 45.0027°N 89.3296°W / 45.0027; -89.3296 (Dells of the Eau Claire County Park)
Plover 190-acre county park formed in 1924 around a gorge where the Eau Claire River plunges down between outcrops of mylonite. Above, CTH Y crosses the river on a 1927 filled spandrel arch bridge clad in stone. Around the gorge are footpaths and shelters, mostly designed by landscape architect Ingwal Horgen in 1937 and developed by CCC Camp Rib Mountain in the years following.[9]
4 Joseph Dessert Library
 
Joseph Dessert Library
May 1, 1980
(#80000156)
123 Main St.
44°47′31″N 89°42′03″W / 44.7919°N 89.7008°W / 44.7919; -89.7008 (Joseph Dessert Library)
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.[10]
5 C. F. Dunbar House
 
C. F. Dunbar House
May 1, 1980
(#80000157)
929 McIndoe St.
44°57′52″N 89°36′56″W / 44.9644°N 89.6156°W / 44.9644; -89.6156 (C. F. Dunbar House)
Wausau Half-timbered neo-Elizabethan home designed by Eschweiler and built in 1929[11] for the widow of local jeweler, lumberman, and developer Dunbar.[12]
6 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.
44°57′50″N 89°37′04″W / 44.9639°N 89.6178°W / 44.9639; -89.6178 (East Hill Residential Historic District)
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.[13]
7 Edgar Village Hall
 
Edgar Village Hall
March 31, 2000
(#00000317)
107 W. Beech St.
44°55′20″N 89°57′53″W / 44.9222°N 89.9647°W / 44.9222; -89.9647 (Edgar Village Hall)
Edgar The 1917 brick municipal building is an eclectic design, mixing French Colonial, Italianate, and Classical elements. It housed the village government, fire department, traveling library, and jail, and the auditorium upstairs hosted social events, plays, dances and basketball games.[14][15]
8 D. C. Everest House
 
D. C. Everest House
May 1, 1980
(#80000158)
1206 Highland Park Blvd.
44°57′54″N 89°36′45″W / 44.965°N 89.6125°W / 44.965; -89.6125 (D. C. Everest House)
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.[16]
9 First Universalist Church
 
First Universalist Church
May 1, 1980
(#80000159)
504 Grant St.
44°57′45″N 89°37′29″W / 44.9625°N 89.6247°W / 44.9625; -89.6247 (First Universalist Church)
Wausau 1914 Tudor Revival-styled building designed by Eschweiler for the Universalist congregation.[17]
10 Fricke-Menzner House
 
Fricke-Menzner House
July 16, 1992
(#92000856)
105 Main St.
44°56′01″N 89°51′11″W / 44.9336°N 89.8531°W / 44.9336; -89.8531 (Fricke-Menzner House)
Marathon Italianate home built in 1875 by Henry Fricke, who had built the first successful mill on the Big Rib River.[18] Phillip Menzner was a German immigrant who worked as a lumber scaler for Fricke, married his daughter, and ended up running the mill and a store, and serving as civic leader. The house is now an office of Menzner Hardwoods.[19]
11 Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm
 
Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm
November 6, 2013
(#96001581)
436 Co. Hwy. F
45°05′34″N 89°52′47″W / 45.0927°N 89.8798°W / 45.0927; -89.8798 (Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm)
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.[20] By 1929 they were the world's largest producer of both.[21]
12 Walter and Mabel Fromm House
 
Walter and Mabel Fromm House
June 17, 1982
(#82000682)
Off WI 107
45°05′28″N 89°52′13″W / 45.0911°N 89.8703°W / 45.0911; -89.8703 (Walter and Mabel Fromm House)
Hamburg Eclectic Mediterranean/Spanish Revival house constructed in 1928 for the eldest Fromm brother.[22]
13 Highland Park Historic District October 17, 2022
(#100008274)
Generally bounded by Hamilton, Franklin, North 10th, and North 14th Sts.
44°57′54″N 89°36′47″W / 44.9651°N 89.6131°W / 44.9651; -89.6131 (Highland Park Historic District)
Wausau Neighborhood of boulevards with 40 houses in various styles,[23] including the 1927 Prairie Style Highland Park Investment House,[24] the 1929 Tudor Revival-style Thom house,[25] the 1929 French Provincial-style Kreutzer house,[26] the 1940 Spanish Colonial Revival Hubbard house,[27] the 1951 Contemporary-style Tinkham house,[28] the 1951 Wrightian Fulmer house,[29] many '50s Ranch-style homes, the 1955 International-style Yawkey-Woodson house,[30] and the 1974 Colonial Revival-style Kraft house.[31]
14 Granville D. Jones House
 
Granville D. Jones House
December 7, 1977
(#77000036)
915 Grant St.
44°57′43″N 89°37′01″W / 44.9619°N 89.6169°W / 44.9619; -89.6169 (Granville D. Jones House)
Wausau 1904 Prairie School house initially designed by Maher.[32] Jones was an educator, lawyer, and land baron. He was also a founder of Employers Mutual Life Insurance, now Wausau Insurance.[33]
15 Hotel Wausau April 26, 2021
(#100006405)
221 Scott St.
44°57′39″N 89°37′43″W / 44.9607°N 89.6285°W / 44.9607; -89.6285 (Hotel Wausau)
Wausau 8-story commercial hotel designed in Classical Revival style by Holabird & Roche of Chicago and built in 1925, with eight retail stores at street level and 257 guest rooms above, aimed at travelers of all social classes.[34]
16 Maine Site (47MR22)
 
Maine Site (47MR22)
July 19, 1984
(#84003711)
Address Restricted
Brokaw
17 Charles L. and Dorothy Manson House
 
Charles L. and Dorothy Manson House
April 5, 2016
(#16000149)
1224 Highland Park Blvd.
44°57′59″N 89°36′42″W / 44.9664°N 89.6118°W / 44.9664; -89.6118 (Charles L. and Dorothy Manson House)
Wausau Wright's fourth Usonian home, built 1939-41 and adapted for a sloping lot. Charles owned a local insurance company.[35]
18 Marathon County Fairgrounds
 
Marathon County Fairgrounds
May 1, 1980
(#80000160)
Stewart Ave.
44°57′23″N 89°38′56″W / 44.9564°N 89.6489°W / 44.9564; -89.6489 (Marathon County Fairgrounds)
Wausau Stock-judging pavilion and cattle barns designed by Eschweiler and constructed in 1921.[36]
19 Marathon Shoe Company East Side Plant January 12, 2017
(#100000574)
1418 N. 1st St.
44°58′06″N 89°37′46″W / 44.9683°N 89.6295°W / 44.9683; -89.6295 (Marathon Shoe Company East Side Plant)
Wausau 2-story stucco-clad shoe factory built in 1923, a representative of the shoe industry that became important to the local economy when paper-milling slowed.[37]
20 Louis Marchetti House
 
Louis Marchetti House
March 7, 1996
(#96000240)
921 Grand Ave.
44°56′55″N 89°37′18″W / 44.9487°N 89.6217°W / 44.9487; -89.6217 (Louis Marchetti House)
Wausau 1878 home in Second Empire style.[38] 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.[39]
21 Karl Mathie House
 
Karl Mathie House
May 1, 1980
(#80000161)
202 Water St.
44°47′33″N 89°41′51″W / 44.7925°N 89.6975°W / 44.7925; -89.6975 (Karl Mathie House)
Mosinee 1912 Shingle style house along the Wisconsin River, designed by Eschweiler.[40][41] Mathie was a clergyman, educator, and the first president of Wausau Sulphate Fiber Co. (later Wausau Paper),[42] which revived Mosinee's economy after Dessert's sawmill closed. Later purchased by musician John Altenburgh.
22 Henry Miller House
 
Henry Miller House
June 14, 1982
(#82000683)
1314 Grand Ave.
44°56′40″N 89°37′14″W / 44.9444°N 89.6206°W / 44.9444; -89.6206 (Henry Miller House)
Wausau Queen Anne house with polygonal turret and Eastlake-style bargeboards, built in 1894 by John Drisko. Later owned by Henry Miller, a state representative and respected county judge.[43][44] This house is a survivor of many grand homes which once stood along Grand Avenue.[45]
23 Rothschild Pavilion
 
Rothschild Pavilion
June 27, 2002
(#02000708)
1104 Park St.
44°53′55″N 89°36′59″W / 44.898611°N 89.616389°W / 44.898611; -89.616389 (Rothschild Pavilion)
Rothschild Rustic stone dance hall on the Wisconsin River, constructed in 1911 with railroad car springs under the dance floor.[46]
24 Schofield School
 
Schofield School
March 24, 2015
(#15000108)
1310 S. Grand Ave.
44°54′46″N 89°36′45″W / 44.912720°N 89.612594°W / 44.912720; -89.612594 (Schofield School)
Schofield 3-story brick elementary school designed by Oppenhamer and Obel in Collegiate Gothic style and built in 1923.[47]
25 E.K. Schuetz House
 
E.K. Schuetz House
May 1, 1980
(#80000162)
930 Franklin St.
44°57′48″N 89°36′56″W / 44.963333°N 89.615556°W / 44.963333; -89.615556 (E.K. Schuetz House)
Wausau 1922 Colonial Revival home designed by Eschweiler. Schuetz was a jeweler.[48]
26 Benjamin Single House
 
Benjamin Single House
November 24, 1980
(#80000163)
West of Wausau at 4708 Stettin Dr.
44°57′37″N 89°41′46″W / 44.960278°N 89.696111°W / 44.960278; -89.696111 (Benjamin Single House)
Wausau 1849 high-style Greek Revival home.[49] Single immigrated from England and built a sawmill on the Little Rib River in the 1840s - one of the first in Marathon County.[50][51]
27 Hiram C. Stewart House
 
Hiram C. Stewart House
August 30, 1974
(#74000097)
521 Grant St.
44°57′43″N 89°37′26″W / 44.961944°N 89.623889°W / 44.961944; -89.623889 (Hiram C. Stewart House)
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.[52] Now the Stewart Inn.[53]
28 United States Post Office and Court House
 
United States Post Office and Court House
May 2, 2012
(#12000294)
317 1st St.
44°57′34″N 89°37′49″W / 44.959529°N 89.630349°W / 44.959529; -89.630349 (United States Post Office and Court House)
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.[54]
29 Wausau Club
 
Wausau Club
September 14, 1989
(#89001420)
309 McClellan St.
44°57′40″N 89°37′37″W / 44.961111°N 89.626944°W / 44.961111; -89.626944 (Wausau Club)
Wausau Neoclassical men's club built 1901-02 by ten leaders of the time. Closed 2005.[55]
30 C. H. Wegner House
 
C. H. Wegner House
May 1, 1980
(#80000164)
906 Grant St.
44°57′44″N 89°37′02″W / 44.962222°N 89.617222°W / 44.962222; -89.617222 (C. H. Wegner House)
Wausau Charles and Emma Wegner had this Colonial Revival home designed by Eschweiler and built 1922-24. Wegner ran a general store downtown.[56][57] Still has breakfast nook and built-in cupboards and ice box.[58][59]
31 Duey and Julia Wright House
 
Duey and Julia Wright House
July 16, 1999
(#99000787)
904 Grand Ave.
44°56′57″N 89°37′23″W / 44.949167°N 89.623056°W / 44.949167; -89.623056 (Duey and Julia Wright House)
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.[60]
32 Ely Wright House
 
Ely Wright House
March 1, 1982
(#82000684)
901 6th St.
44°57′51″N 89°37′23″W / 44.964167°N 89.623056°W / 44.964167; -89.623056 (Ely Wright House)
Wausau Wright, the founder of Wausau Iron Works, had this Italianate home built in 1881.[61]
33 Cyrus C. Yawkey House
 
Cyrus C. Yawkey House
December 31, 1974
(#74000098)
403 McIndoe St.
44°57′49″N 89°37′35″W / 44.963611°N 89.626389°W / 44.963611; -89.626389 (Cyrus C. Yawkey House)
Wausau Classical Revival house built around 1901 and expanded around 1908.[62] Yawkey was a lumberman, helped organize Marathon Paper Mills, and helped lead several other local companies, as well as being a philanthropist.[63] The building now houses the Marathon County Historical Museum.[64]
34 Zion Lutheran Church April 11, 2024
(#100010206)
709 North 6th Street
44°57′45″N 89°37′23″W / 44.9624°N 89.6230°W / 44.9624; -89.6230 (Zion Lutheran Church)
Wausau Late Gothic Revival-style stone-clad Lutheran church with cruciform floor-plan, designed by Frank A. Abrahamson of Minneapolis and built in 1953, with stained glass windows by Erhardt Stoettner of T. C. Esser Company.[65]

See also edit

References edit

  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 Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
  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.
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  9. ^ Greene, Shelley C. (2014-12-19). "Dells of the Eau Claire County Park" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
  10. ^ Commemorative Biographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties of Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1895. p. 16.
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  12. ^ A. T. Andreas, ed. (1881). The History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: The Western Historical Company. p. 559.
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  31. ^ "John and Bonnie Kraft House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
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