Water Street Historic District | |
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| Location | Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°48′08″N91°30′30″W / 44.8022°N 91.50823°W |
| 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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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.
Water Street Historic District or Water Street Commercial Historic District may refer to:
Owen Park is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) parcel of land that stretches along the west bank of the Chippewa River from Lake Street to Water Street. Adjacent to the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire on one end, it is only a block away from downtown Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on the other.
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Peter Truax was a philanthropist, businessman, farmer, and third-party politician in the Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin. Truax was a prominent figure in the Chippewa Valley and one of the richest men in the county. His acquisition of wealth was due to the many business ventures he took part in. Truax was one of the leaders of the Prohibitionist movement in the state and was nominated for state and federal office by organizations of that party on several occasions. He owned large stocks in the Bank of Eau Claire and the New Bank of Eau Claire.
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