National Register of Historic Places listings in Douglas County, Wisconsin

Location of Douglas County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Douglas County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Douglas 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 21 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.

      This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 12, 2022. ^[2]

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Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register [4]	Image	Date listed [5]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Berkshire Block	Berkshire Block	June 27, 1985 (#85001466)	917-927 Tower Avenue 46°43′37″N92°06′15″W / 46.726944°N 92.104167°W / 46.726944; -92.104167 (Berkshire Block)	Superior	Business block built in 1892 in Romanesque Revival style with exterior of Kasota limestone, and finished by Scandinavian craftsmen. First housed the State Bank of Wisconsin, later department stores, Holden Insurance, and now AMSOIL. [6]
2	Brule-St. Croix Portage	Brule-St. Croix Portage More images	October 15, 1970 (#70000033)	Brule River State Forest 46°23′18″N91°45′25″W / 46.388333°N 91.756944°W / 46.388333; -91.756944 (Brule-St. Croix Portage)	Solon Springs	Two-mile portage trail from the St. Croix River in the Mississippi watershed to the Bois Brule River in the Great Lakes watershed. Used by Native Americans and early European explorers. The first recorded was du Lhut in 1680, later Jonathan Carver and Henry Schoolcraft. [7]
3	Davidson Windmill	Davidson Windmill	August 3, 1979 (#79000075)	SE of Superior on WI 13 46°38′56″N91°54′21″W / 46.648889°N 91.905833°W / 46.648889; -91.905833 (Davidson Windmill)	Lakeside	Finnish immigrant Jacob Davidson (Jaako Tapola) constructed this windmill in 1900 to grind animal feed. [8]
4	Douglas County Courthouse	Douglas County Courthouse More images	March 9, 1982 (#82000664)	1313 Belknap Street 46°43′16″N92°05′49″W / 46.721111°N 92.096944°W / 46.721111; -92.096944 (Douglas County Courthouse)	Superior	Massive three-story limestone and marble courthouse built 1918-1919 in Classical Revival style. [9]
5	Empire Block	Empire Block	June 27, 1985 (#85001467)	1202-1208 Tower Avenue 46°43′27″N92°06′12″W / 46.724167°N 92.103333°W / 46.724167; -92.103333 (Empire Block)	Superior	Victorian Romanesque business block designed by Carl Wirth and built in 1892. [6] Lurye's Furniture was an occupant from 1937 to 2012. [10]
6	Antoine and Sarah Gordon House		June 10, 2022 (#100007769)	97 Cty. Rd. Y 46°15′31″N91°44′27″W / 46.2587°N 91.7407°W / 46.2587; -91.7407 (Antoine and Sarah Gordon House)	Gordon	The core of this house is a log cabin built in 1859 by the founder of Gordon as his home, trading post, and a resting place on the stagecoach line running from Fort Snelling to Bayfield. The Gordons helped support a local Ojibwa and Metis community into the 1880s. [11]
7	Lake Nebagamon Auditorium	Lake Nebagamon Auditorium	September 14, 1981 (#81000041)	1st Street 46°30′48″N91°41′56″W / 46.513333°N 91.698889°W / 46.513333; -91.698889 (Lake Nebagamon Auditorium)	Lake Nebagamon	Rustic-styled community center with cobblestone chimney, built in 1936. [12]
8	Maryland Block	Maryland Block	June 27, 1985 (#85001468)	1221-1227 Tower Avenue 46°43′24″N92°06′15″W / 46.723333°N 92.104167°W / 46.723333; -92.104167 (Maryland Block)	Superior	Neoclassical commercial building developed by the Land and River Improvement Company and built in 1892. A.k.a. the Badger Building. [13]
9	METEOR (Whaleback carrier)	METEOR (Whaleback carrier) More images	September 9, 1974 (#74000081)	NW tip of Barkers Island 46°43′23″N92°03′47″W / 46.723056°N 92.063056°W / 46.723056; -92.063056 (METEOR (Whaleback carrier))	Superior	380-foot whaleback freighter, the last remaining in the world. Built in 1896 in Superior, the Meteor hauled iron ore, grain, and liquids up and down the Great Lakes until 1969. Now a museum. A boundary decrease was approved on April 26, 2018.
10	Minnesota Block-Board of Trade Bldg.	Minnesota Block-Board of Trade Bldg.	June 27, 1985 (#85001470)	1501-1511 Tower Avenue 46°43′14″N92°06′14″W / 46.720556°N 92.103889°W / 46.720556; -92.103889 (Minnesota Block-Board of Trade Bldg.)	Superior	Four-story Neoclassical building, supposedly fireproof, designed by C. C. Haight and built in 1892 [14] by the Land and River Improvement Company. Housed Spicer-Fanning Dry Goods in lower floors and Board of Trade in upper. [15]
11	New Jersey Building	New Jersey Building	September 22, 1983 (#83003373)	1422-1432 Tower Avenue and 1705-1723 Belknap Street 46°43′16″N92°06′11″W / 46.721111°N 92.103056°W / 46.721111; -92.103056 (New Jersey Building)	Superior	Business block built in 1889 in Romanesque Revival style by the Land and River Improvement Co. Named for the investors, from New Jersey. Originally housed 5 storefronts on street level and six luxury apartments above. [6]
12	New York Block	New York Block	June 27, 1985 (#85001472)	1402-1412 Tower Avenue 46°43′18″N92°06′12″W / 46.721667°N 92.103333°W / 46.721667; -92.103333 (New York Block)	Superior	Romanesque Revival business block built in 1890 by the Land and River Improvement Co. Named for the investors, from New York. Housed ten stores at street level. [15]
13	Northern Block	Northern Block	June 27, 1985 (#85001471)	2229 East 5th Street 46°42′14″N92°02′55″W / 46.703889°N 92.048611°W / 46.703889; -92.048611 (Northern Block)	Superior	Business block constructed in 1892 by local investors. [15]
14	Martin Pattison House	Martin Pattison House	February 12, 1981 (#81000042)	906 East 2nd Street 46°43′05″N92°03′46″W / 46.718056°N 92.062778°W / 46.718056; -92.062778 (Martin Pattison House)	Superior	Queen Anne-style home with four-story turret, built around 1890 by Pattison, a lumber and mining baron and mayor of Superior. Became the Superior Children's Home orphanage from 1920 to 1962. Now the Fairlawn Museum. [16]
15	Roosevelt Terrace	Roosevelt Terrace	January 12, 2005 (#04001483)	1700-1714 North 21st Street and 2105-2109 Ogden Avenue 46°42′55″N92°06′10″W / 46.715278°N 92.102778°W / 46.715278; -92.102778 (Roosevelt Terrace)	Superior	Apartment building owned by James Roosevelt, Sr., father of FDR. Designed by Carl Wirth in 1890 in Richardsonian Romanesque style. [15]
16	Superior Entry South Breakwater Light	Superior Entry South Breakwater Light More images	March 1, 2007 (#07000102)	Superior Entry South Breakwater offshore end. 0.4 mi (0.64 km). NE of Wisconsin Point 46°42′37″N92°00′22″W / 46.710278°N 92.006111°W / 46.710278; -92.006111 (Superior Entry South Breakwater Light)	Superior	Lighthouse built in 1913 to guide ships to the entry to Duluth-Superior harbor through the ten-mile sandbar which shelters it. [17]
17	A.D. Thompson Cabin		August 11, 2022 (#100007979)	13393 South St. Croix Rd. 46°16′49″N91°46′14″W / 46.2802°N 91.7705°W / 46.2802; -91.7705 (A.D. Thompson Cabin)	Gordon
18	Trade and Commerce Building	Trade and Commerce Building	May 8, 1979 (#79000076)	916 Hammond Avenue 46°43′38″N92°05′50″W / 46.727222°N 92.097222°W / 46.727222; -92.097222 (Trade and Commerce Building)	Superior	Five-story office building designed by Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. in Richardsonian Romanesque style and built around 1890 by Henry Minot's Superior Improvement Company. Later housed Superior's city hall. [15] [18]
19	Washington Block	Washington Block	June 27, 1985 (#85001473)	1517-1523 Tower Avenue 46°43′12″N92°06′14″W / 46.72°N 92.103889°W / 46.72; -92.103889 (Washington Block)	Superior	Office block built in 1890 by the Land and River Improvement Company and W. H. Folsom of New York. Housed the Northwest Hanna Coal Company offices, among others. [15]
20	Wemyss Building	Wemyss Building	June 27, 1985 (#85001474)	1301-1305 Tower Avenue 46°43′23″N92°06′15″W / 46.7231°N 92.1042°W / 46.7231; -92.1042 (Wemyss Building)	Superior	Commercial building, probably designed by Carl Wirth, with elements of Romanesque and Classical Revival styles. Built in 1892 by the Land and River Improvement Company and named for its manager, Rowland J. Wemyss. [15] The building was demolished. [19]
21	Wisconsin Point	Wisconsin Point	July 8, 2021 (#100006701)	Address Restricted	Superior vicinity	Site of a Chippewa village and cemetery from the mid-1800s. [20] [21]

Former listing

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Massachusetts Block		June 27, 1985 (#85001469)	April 6, 2011	1525-1531 Tower Avenue 46°43′10″N92°06′14″W / 46.7194°N 92.1039°W / 46.7194; -92.1039 (Massachusetts Block)	Superior	Office block designed by Carl Wirth in Romanesque Revival style and constructed 1889. Part of Speculative Commercial Blocks of Superior's Boom Period 1888–1892 Thematic Resource. Demolished 1990. [15]

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin
• Listings in neighboring counties: Bayfield, Burnett, Carlton (MN), Pine (MN), St. Louis (MN), Sawyer, Washburn

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 Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 12, 2022.
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. Superior Business Improvement District – Historical Walking Tour (PDF). Superior, Wisconsin: Superior Business Improvement District.
7. "History of the Area". Brule River State Forests. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
8. Zimm, John (Spring 2009). "Wisconsin's Historic Windmills". Wisconsin Magazine of History. 92 (3): 30. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
9. "Douglas County Courthouse". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
10. "Lurye's Furniture in Superior closing". Duluth News Tribune. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
11. "Gordon, Antoine and Sarah, House". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
12. "Lake Nebagamon Auditorium". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
13. "Maryland Block". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
14. "Minnesota Block". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
15. Lusignan, Paul R.; Thomas Hendrickson. Massachusetts Block. National Park Service – Historical American Buildings Survey.
16. "Fairlawn History". Superior Public Museums. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
17. Pepper, Terry. "Superior Entry Lighthouse". Seeing the Light. Terry Pepper. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
18. "Trade and Commerce Building". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
19. "Wemyss Block". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
20. "Wisconsin Point". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
21. "Wisconsin Point Restoration Site". St. Louis River Estuary - the Stories and the Science. Retrieved 2021-07-18.