National Register of Historic Places listings in Marathon County, Wisconsin

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 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

[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″N89°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″N89°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 More images	July 5, 2016 (#16000429)	P2150 Cty. Rd. Y 45°00′10″N89°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″N89°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 More images	May 1, 1980 (#80000157)	929 McIndoe St. 44°57′52″N89°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 More images	April 21, 2004 (#04000360)	Roughly bounded by North Seventh, Adams, North Tenth, Scott and North Bellis Sts. 44°57′50″N89°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 More images	March 31, 2000 (#00000317)	107 W. Beech St. 44°55′20″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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 More images	April 5, 2016 (#16000149)	1224 Highland Park Blvd. 44°57′59″N89°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 More images	May 1, 1980 (#80000160)	Stewart Ave. 44°57′23″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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 More images	May 1, 1980 (#80000161)	202 Water St. 44°47′33″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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″N89°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 More images	August 30, 1974 (#74000097)	521 Grant St. 44°57′43″N89°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″N89°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 More images	September 14, 1989 (#89001420)	309 McClellan St. 44°57′40″N89°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″N89°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 More images	July 16, 1999 (#99000787)	904 Grand Ave. 44°56′57″N89°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″N89°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 More images	December 31, 1974 (#74000098)	403 McIndoe St. 44°57′49″N89°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″N89°37′23″W / 44.9624°N 89.6230°W / 44.9624; -89.6230 (Zion Lutheran Church)	Wausau

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin
• Listings in neighboring counties: Clark, Langlade, Lincoln, Portage, Shawano, Taylor, Waupaca, Wood

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 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.
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. "Highland Park Historic District". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
24. "Highland Park Real Estate Company Investment House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
25. "Walter and Helen Thom House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
26. "S. Knox and Earline Kreutzer House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
27. "Ray and Eva Hubbard House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
28. "Richard and Helen Tinkham House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
29. "Burton and Grace Fulmer House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
30. "Aytchmonde P. and Leigh Yawkey Woodson House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
31. "John and Bonnie Kraft House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
32. Aucutt et al, p 119.
33. Hart, Bill. "Biography For Granville Jones". Marathon County Historical Society. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
34. "Hotel Wausau". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
35. "Dorothy and Charles Manson House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
36. Aucutt et al, p 163.
37. "Marathon Shoe Company East Side Plant". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
38. Aucutt et al, p 187.
39. Hart, Bill. "Marchetti, Louis". People and Places. Marathon County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
40. "Karl Mathie House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
41. 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.
42. "The Mosinee Mill Centenary" (PDF). Wausau Paper. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
43. Aucutt et al, p 188.
44. "Henry Miller House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
45. 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.
46. "Rothschild Pavilion". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
47. "Schofield Elementary School". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
48. Aucutt et al, p 108.
49. "Benjamin Single House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
50. Kronenwetter, Michael (1984). Wisconsin Heartland - The Story of Wausau and Marathon County. Midland, Michigan: Pendell Publishing Company. p. 88. OCLC   12221337.
51. 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.
52. Aucutt et al, p 78.
53. "Stewart Inn". Stewart Inn. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
54. "U.S. Post Office and Courthouse". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
55. Aucutt et al, p 41.
56. Aucutt et al, p 118.
57. 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.
58. 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.
59. "Emma and Charles H. Wegner House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
60. "Duey and Julia Wright House". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
61. Aucutt et al, p 72.
62. Aucutt et al, p 56.
63. Hart, Bill. "Yawkey, Cyrus Carpenter". Marathon County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
64. "Yawkey House Museum". Marathon County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-02-11.