Evergreen Cemetery (Menomonie, Wisconsin)

Last updated
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen soldier.jpg
Location Menomonie, Wisconsin
Coordinates 44°53′21″N91°54′35″W / 44.88915°N 91.90983°W / 44.88915; -91.90983
Built1873
Architect Cleveland and French
Architectural styleLate 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No. 06001117 [1]
Added to NRHP2006

Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery in Menomonie, Wisconsin and the largest in Dunn County. [2] It was founded as a private cemetery by Knapp Stout and Company, Menomonie's huge lumber company. [3] There are over 1100 graves in the "single grave" section of the cemetery, [4] however many lack headstones because the earliest families could not afford to purchase them on a mill worker's salary. [5] The cemetery is located on Lake Menomin.

Veterans of war

Evergreen Cemetery contains the graves of many United States war veterans. The cemetery is divided into sections for single graves, including those for the Spanish–American War and World War I. One of the more notable plots is the Tainter family plot, which is accompanied by a historic marker. The lot includes Dr. Stephen Tainter, a physician and Revolutionary War hero who enlisted at age 16 in 1776. [6] Tainter's body was relocated by his grandson Captain Andrew Tainter, a "lumber baron" and partner at Knapp Stout and Company, the organization that founded the cemetery.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dunn County, Wisconsin</span> County in Wisconsin, United States

Dunn County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,440. Its county seat is Menomonie. Dunn County comprises the Menomonie Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Eau Claire-Menomonie, WI Combined Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Menomonie, Wisconsin</span> City in Wisconsin, United States

Menomonie is a city in and the county seat of Dunn County in the western part of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city's population was 16,843 as of the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Wisconsin–Stout</span> Public university in Menomonie, Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin–Stout is a public university in Menomonie, Wisconsin. A member of the University of Wisconsin System, it enrolls more than 9,600 students. The school was founded in 1891 and named in honor of its founder, lumber magnate James Huff Stout.

Evergreen Cemetery may refer to the following cemeteries in the United States :

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tainter Lake</span> Reservoir in Dunn County, Wisconsin

Tainter Lake is a small reservoir in north central Dunn County, Wisconsin, on the Red Cedar River at its confluence with the Hay River. The lake was created by a hydroelectric dam (about 3 miles downstream on the Red Cedar at Cedar Falls. The lake, a popular resort and fishing spot, has a surface area of approximately 2 square miles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Red Cedar River (Wisconsin)</span>

The Red Cedar River in northwestern Wisconsin is a tributary of the Chippewa River. Its name is translation from the Ojibwe Miskwaawaakokaan-ziibi meaning "Abundant with Red Cedar River." According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the river flows approximately 100 miles from southwestern Sawyer County to its confluence with the Chippewa southeast of Dunnville in southern Dunn County. It drains portions of eight Wisconsin counties: Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, St. Croix, Sawyer, and Washburn.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tainter gate</span>

The Tainter gate is a type of radial arm floodgate used in dams and canal locks to control water flow. It is named for Wisconsin structural engineer Jeremiah Burnham Tainter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeremiah Burnham Tainter</span>

Jeremiah Burnham Tainter was an inventor and engineer known for having designed the Tainter gate in 1886. He began his work in hydrology in 1862, with the modification of pre-existing mill pond dams in Menomonie. Tainter was employed by Knapp, Stout & Co., the largest lumber manufacturer in the United States in the last quarter of the 19th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford</span> United States historic place

The Center Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Center Street in Wallingford, Connecticut. Established about 1670, it is the town's oldest cemetery, and the burial site for many of the city's civic and industrial leaders. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wright Cemetery</span> Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, United States

Wright Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Groton Road near Lynwood Lane in Westford, Massachusetts. The cemetery was formally established in 1836 as a private cemetery for the locally numerous Wright family, although its earliest documented burial dates to 1819. Maintenance and operation of the cemetery was taken over by the town in 1909. The half-acre plot has approximately 150 marked grave sites, and remains in use. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mabel Tainter Memorial Building</span> United States historic place

The Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts, originally named the Mabel Tainter Memorial Building and also known as the Mabel Tainter Theater, is a historic landmark in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and is registered on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chester Village Cemetery</span> United States historic place

Chester Village Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the junction of New Hampshire Routes 102 and 121 in the center of Chester, New Hampshire. Established in 1751, it is one of the state's older cemeteries, and is particularly unusual for the large number of grave markers that were signed by their carvers. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enid Cemetery</span> United States historic place in Oklahoma

The Enid Cemetery is a cemetery in Enid, Oklahoma. Together with the Calvary Catholic Cemetery, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996. Opened in the 1890s, the two cemeteries were designed in the rural cemetery style. Only a portion of the Enid Cemetery contributes to the historical significance: the Original (1898), First (1918), Second (1920), and Evergreen (1923) additions. Together these encompass a 967 by 1,318-foot (402 m) area historical section.

Knapp, Stout & Co. was a lumber company based in Menomonie, Wisconsin in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The company was established in 1846, when John Holly Knapp and William Wilson purchased half of interest in a lumber mill on the Red Cedar River from David Black; it was originally known as Black & Knapp. Later Andrew Tainter acquired a quarter-interest, and the company has become Knapp-Tainter Lumber Company. Henry Stout bought a quarter interest in the company in 1853, and its name became Knapp, Stout & Company. The company's location allowed it to control the lumber industry in the region, and by 1870 it controlled the logging industry in the Red Cedar River valley. In 1878, the company incorporated, and its official name became the Knapp, Stout & Co., Company. The company employed over 2,000 workers in the Menomonie area and produced 85 million board feet of lumber on average yearly from 1871 to 1896; its output made it the largest lumber company in the world. In the 1880s, the company expanded to sites along the Mississippi River, opening offices in Dubuque, Iowa, Read's Landing, Minnesota, and St. Louis. By the 1900s, the company had largely depleted its lumber supply; it closed many of its camps and dissolved early in the 20th century. The company sent out its last shipment of lumber on August 12, 1901.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louis Smith Tainter House</span> Historic house in Wisconsin, United States

The Louis Smith Tainter House is a historic building in Menomonie, Wisconsin, United States. The building was built in 1889 by architect Harvey Ellis; it was funded by Andrew Tainter, a partner in Knapp, Stout & Co., as a home and wedding gift for his son Louis Smith Tainter. The building was built out of locally quarried sandstone in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Paul Wilson, the son of lumberman William Wilson, owned the house after Tainter; in 1940, Dunn County repossessed the property for back taxes. The Stout Institute bought the property from the county and converted it to a women's dormitory named Eichelberger Hall for the University of Wisconsin–Stout in 1945. The house was later converted to offices for the university and now houses the Stout University Foundation and the Stout Alumni Association. On July 18, 1974, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Register of Historic Places listings in Dunn County, Wisconsin</span>

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wilson Place Museum</span> Museum in Menomonie, Wisconsin

Wilson Place Museum is a house museum in Menomonie, Wisconsin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Menomonie Downtown Historic District</span> Historic district in Wisconsin, United States

The Menomonie Downtown Historic District is located in Menomonie, Wisconsin.

Algodt "Al" C. Anderson was a Swedish American immigrant, businessman, and progressive Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 29th Senate district from 1917 through 1923.

References

  1. "National Register of Historic Places". NRHP. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  2. "Evergreen Cemetery Index Menomonie, WI". UW-Stout University Library. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  3. Kooiman, Barbara (April 2006). "Evergreen Cemetery". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  4. "Your guide to Memorial Day doings in Dunn County". The Dunn County News. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  5. Associated Press. "Menomonie cemetery to get historical marker". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  6. "American Revolutionary War Patriot". Wisconsin Society Sons of the American Revolution. Archived from the original on 2010-05-12. Retrieved 2009-07-03.