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 31 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 29, 2021.[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.
44°57′48″N 89°37′26″W		 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		 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		 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		 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		 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		 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		 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		 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		 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		 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		 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		 Hamburg Eclectic Mediterranean/Spanish Revival house constructed in 1928 for the eldest Fromm brother.[22]
13 Granville D. Jones House
Granville D. Jones House
 December 7, 1977
(#77000036)		 915 Grant St.
44°57′43″N 89°37′01″W		 Wausau 1904 Prairie School house initially designed by Maher.[23] Jones was an educator, lawyer, and land baron. He was also a founder of Employers Mutual Life Insurance, now Wausau Insurance.[24]
14 Maine Site (47MR22)
Maine Site (47MR22)
 July 19, 1984
(#84003711)		 Address Restricted
 Brokaw
15 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		 Wausau Wright's fourth Usonian home, built 1939-41 and adapted for a sloping lot. Charles owned a local insurance company.[25]
16 Marathon County Fairgrounds
Marathon County Fairgrounds
 May 1, 1980
(#80000160)		 Stewart Ave.
44°57′23″N 89°38′56″W		 Wausau Stock-judging pavilion and cattle barns designed by Eschweiler and constructed in 1921.[26]
17 Marathon Shoe Company East Side Plant January 12, 2017
(#100000574)		 1418 N. 1st St.
44°58′06″N 89°37′46″W		 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.[27]
18 Louis Marchetti House
Louis Marchetti House
 March 7, 1996
(#96000240)		 921 Grand Ave.
44°56′55″N 89°37′18″W		 Wausau 1878 home in Second Empire style.[28] 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.[29]
19 Karl Mathie House
Karl Mathie House
 May 1, 1980
(#80000161)		 202 Water St.
44°47′33″N 89°41′51″W		 Mosinee 1912 Shingle style house along the Wisconsin River, designed by Eschweiler.[30][31] Mathie was a clergyman, educator, and the first president of Wausau Sulphate Fiber Co. (later Wausau Paper),[32] which revived Mosinee's economy after Dessert's sawmill closed. Later purchased by musician John Altenburgh.
20 Henry Miller House
Henry Miller House
 June 14, 1982
(#82000683)		 1314 Grand Ave.
44°56′40″N 89°37′14″W		 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.[33][34] This house is a survivor of many grand homes which once stood along Grand Avenue.[35]
21 Rothschild Pavilion
Rothschild Pavilion
 June 27, 2002
(#02000708)		 1104 Park St.
44°53′55″N 89°36′59″W		 Rothschild Rustic stone dance hall on the Wisconsin River, constructed in 1911 with railroad car springs under the dance floor.[36]
22 Schofield School
Schofield School
 March 24, 2015
(#15000108)		 1310 S. Grand Ave.
44°54′46″N 89°36′45″W		 Schofield 3-story brick elementary school designed by Oppenhamer and Obel in Collegiate Gothic style and built in 1923.[37]
23 E.K. Schuetz House
E.K. Schuetz House
 May 1, 1980
(#80000162)		 930 Franklin St.
44°57′48″N 89°36′56″W		 Wausau 1922 Colonial Revival home designed by Eschweiler. Schuetz was a jeweler.[38]
24 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		 Wausau 1849 high-style Greek Revival home.[39] Single immigrated from England and built a sawmill on the Little Rib River in the 1840s - one of the first in Marathon County.[40][41]
25 Hiram C. Stewart House
Hiram C. Stewart House
 August 30, 1974
(#74000097)		 521 Grant St.
44°57′43″N 89°37′26″W		 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.[42] Now the Stewart Inn.[43]
26 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		 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.[44]
27 Wausau Club
Wausau Club
 September 14, 1989
(#89001420)		 309 McClellan St.
44°57′40″N 89°37′37″W		 Wausau Neoclassical men's club built 1901-02 by ten leaders of the time. Closed 2005.[45]
28 C. H. Wegner House
C. H. Wegner House
 May 1, 1980
(#80000164)		 906 Grant St.
44°57′44″N 89°37′02″W		 Wausau Charles and Emma Wegner had this Colonial Revival home designed by Eschweiler and built 1922-24. Wegner ran a general store downtown.[46][47] Still has breakfast nook and built-in cupboards and ice box.[48][49]
29 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		 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.[50]
30 Ely Wright House
Ely Wright House
 March 1, 1982
(#82000684)		 901 6th St.
44°57′51″N 89°37′23″W		 Wausau Wright, the founder of Wausau Iron Works, had this Italianate home built in 1881.[51]
31 Cyrus C. Yawkey House
Cyrus C. Yawkey House
 December 31, 1974
(#74000098)		 403 McIndoe St.
44°57′49″N 89°37′35″W		 Wausau Classical Revival house built around 1901 and expanded around 1908.[52] Yawkey was a lumberman, helped organize Marathon Paper Mills, and helped lead several other local companies, as well as being a philanthropist.[53] The building now houses the Marathon County Historical Museum.[54]

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 January 29, 2021.
  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.
  6. Aucutt, Donald M.; Mary Jane Uecker Hettinga; Kathleen Jansen (2010). Wausau Beautiful (2nd ed.). Wausau, Wisconsin: Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-615-16238-6.
  7. Norton, Maryanne C. (1983-01-15). "Andrew Warren Historic District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  8. Aucutt et al, p 62.
  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.
  11. Aucutt et al, p 100.
  12. A. T. Andreas, ed. (1881). The History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: The Western Historical Company. p. 559.
  13. "East Hill Residential Historic District". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  14. "Edgar Village Hall". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  15. Faltinson, Brian J.; Sweeten, Lena L. (1999-09-27). "Edgar Village Hall" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  16. Aucutt et al, p 134.
  17. Aucutt et al, p 76.
  18. Marchetti, Louis (1913). History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens. Chicago, Illinois: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 491.
  19. Hettinga, Mary Jane (1991-06-20). "Fricke-Menzner House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  20. Hart, Bill. "Biography For Walter Fromm". Marathon County Historical Society. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  21. Sinclair, John F. (1929-01-10). "Millions in Fox Profits". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  22. "Walter and Mabel Fromm House". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  23. Aucutt et al, p 119.
  24. Hart, Bill. "Biography For Granville Jones". Marathon County Historical Society. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  25. "Dorothy and Charles Manson House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  26. Aucutt et al, p 163.
  27. "Marathon Shoe Company East Side Plant". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  28. Aucutt et al, p 187.
  29. Hart, Bill. "Marchetti, Louis". People and Places. Marathon County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  30. "Karl Mathie House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  31. Filipowicz, Diane H. (December 1979). "Eschweiler Thematic Resources of Marathon County, Wisconsin" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  32. "The Mosinee Mill Centenary" (PDF). Wausau Paper. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  33. Aucutt et al, p 188.
  34. "Henry Miller House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  35. Norton, Maryanne (1981-12-28). "Miller, Henry, House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  36. "Rothschild Pavilion". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  37. "Schofield Elementary School". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  38. Aucutt et al, p 108.
  39. "Benjamin Single House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  40. Kronenwetter, Michael (1984). Wisconsin Heartland - The Story of Wausau and Marathon County. Midland, Michigan: Pendell Publishing Company. p. 88. OCLC 12221337.
  41. Dix, Mrs. Marie (November 1979). "Single, Benjamin, House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  42. Aucutt et al, p 78.
  43. "Stewart Inn". Stewart Inn. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  44. "U.S. Post Office and Courthouse". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  45. Aucutt et al, p 41.
  46. Aucutt et al, p 118.
  47. Marchetti, Louis (1913). History of Marathon County WIsconsin and Representative Citizens. Chicago, Illinois: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. pp. 862–863. ISBN 978-1-153-38462-9.
  48. Filipowicz, Diane H. (December 1979). "Eschweiler Thematic Resources of Marathon County, Wisconsin" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior - National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  49. "Emma and Charles H. Wegner House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  50. "Duey and Julia Wright House". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
  51. Aucutt et al, p 72.
  52. Aucutt et al, p 56.
  53. Hart, Bill. "Yawkey, Cyrus Carpenter". Marathon County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  54. "Yawkey House Museum". Marathon County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
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