Water Street Historic District | |
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| Location | Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
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| NRHP reference No. | 07001086 |
| Added to NRHP | October 11, 2007 |
The Eau Claire Water Street Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]
Water Street Historic District | |
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| Location | Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
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| NRHP reference No. | 07001086 |
| Added to NRHP | October 11, 2007 |
The Eau Claire Water Street Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]
Contributing buildings in the district were constructed from 1882 to 1885. [2] Records remain of buildings on Water Street dating back at least as far as 1857, [3] one year after the founding of West Eau Claire, about one half mile to the north. It is located directly across from the main campus of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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