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 30 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 2, 2016.[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″N 89°37′26″W / 44.963333°N 89.623889°W / 44.963333; -89.623889 (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″N 89°37′27″W / 44.963889°N 89.624167°W / 44.963889; -89.624167 (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
July 5, 2016
(#16000429)
 P2150 Cty. Rd. Y
45°00′10″N 89°19′47″W / 45.002670°N 89.329597°W / 45.002670; -89.329597 (Dells of the Eau Claire County Park)		 Plover
4 Joseph Dessert Library
Joseph Dessert Library
May 1, 1980
(#80000156)
 123 Main St.
44°47′31″N 89°42′03″W / 44.791944°N 89.700833°W / 44.791944; -89.700833 (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.[9]
5 C. F. Dunbar House
C. F. Dunbar House
May 1, 1980
(#80000157)
 929 McIndoe St.
44°57′52″N 89°36′56″W / 44.964444°N 89.615556°W / 44.964444; -89.615556 (C. F. Dunbar House)		 Wausau Half-timbered neo-Elizabethan home designed by Eschweiler and built in 1929[10] for the widow of local jeweler, lumberman, and developer Dunbar.[11]
6 East Hill Residential Historic District
East Hill Residential Historic District
April 21, 2004
(#04000360)
 Roughly bounded by North Seventh, Adams, North Tenth, Scott and North Bellis Sts.
44°57′50″N 89°37′04″W / 44.963889°N 89.617778°W / 44.963889; -89.617778 (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.[12]
7 Edgar Village Hall
Edgar Village Hall
March 31, 2000
(#00000317)
 107 W. Beech St.
44°55′20″N 89°57′53″W / 44.922222°N 89.964722°W / 44.922222; -89.964722 (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.[13][14]
8 D. C. Everest House
D. C. Everest House
May 1, 1980
(#80000158)
 1206 Highland Park Blvd.
44°57′54″N 89°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.[15]
9 First Universalist Church
First Universalist Church
May 1, 1980
(#80000159)
 504 Grant St.
44°57′45″N 89°37′29″W / 44.9625°N 89.624722°W / 44.9625; -89.624722 (First Universalist Church)		 Wausau 1914 Tudor Revival-styled building designed by Eschweiler for the Universalist congregation.[16]
10 Fricke-Menzner House
Fricke-Menzner House
July 16, 1992
(#92000856)
 105 Main St.
44°56′01″N 89°51′11″W / 44.933611°N 89.853056°W / 44.933611; -89.853056 (Fricke-Menzner House)		 Marathon Italianate home built in 1875 by Henry Fricke, who had built the first successful mill on the Big Rib River.[17] 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.[18]
11 Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm
Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm
November 6, 2013
(#96001581)
 436 Co. Hwy. F
45°05′34″N 89°52′47″W / 45.092732°N 89.879817°W / 45.092732; -89.879817 (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.[19] By 1929 they were the world's largest producer of both.[20]
12 Walter and Mabel Fromm House
Walter and Mabel Fromm House
June 17, 1982
(#82000682)
 Off WI 107
45°05′28″N 89°52′13″W / 45.091111°N 89.870278°W / 45.091111; -89.870278 (Walter and Mabel Fromm House)		 Hamburg Eclectic Mediterranean/Spanish Revival house constructed in 1928 for the eldest Fromm brother.[21]
13 Granville D. Jones House
Granville D. Jones House
December 7, 1977
(#77000036)
 915 Grant St.
44°57′43″N 89°37′01″W / 44.961944°N 89.616944°W / 44.961944; -89.616944 (Granville D. Jones House)		 Wausau 1904 Prairie School house initially designed by Maher.[22] Jones was an educator, lawyer, and land baron. He was also a founder of Employers Mutual Life Insurance, now Wausau Insurance.[23]
14 Maine Site (47MR22)
Maine Site (47MR22)
July 19, 1984
(#84003711)
 Address Restricted
 Brokaw
15 Charles L. and Dorothy Manson House
Charles L. and Dorothy Manson House
April 5, 2016
(#16000149)
 1224 Highland Park Blvd.
44°57′59″N 89°36′42″W / 44.966354°N 89.611754°W / 44.966354; -89.611754 (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.[24]
16 Marathon County Fairgrounds
Marathon County Fairgrounds
May 1, 1980
(#80000160)
 Stewart Ave.
44°57′23″N 89°38′56″W / 44.956389°N 89.648889°W / 44.956389; -89.648889 (Marathon County Fairgrounds)		 Wausau Stock-judging pavilion and cattle barns designed by Eschweiler and constructed in 1921.[25]
17 Louis Marchetti House
Louis Marchetti House
March 7, 1996
(#96000240)
 921 Grand Ave.
44°56′55″N 89°37′18″W / 44.948708°N 89.621738°W / 44.948708; -89.621738 (Louis Marchetti House)		 Wausau 1878 home in Second Empire style.[26] 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.[27]
18 Karl Mathie House
Karl Mathie House
May 1, 1980
(#80000161)
 202 Water St.
44°47′33″N 89°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.[28][29] Mathie was a clergyman, educator, and the first president of Wausau Sulphate Fiber Co. (later Wausau Paper),[30] which revived Mosinee's economy after Dessert's sawmill closed. Later purchased by musician John Altenburgh.
19 Henry Miller House
Henry Miller House
June 14, 1982
(#82000683)
 1314 Grand Ave.
44°56′40″N 89°37′14″W / 44.944444°N 89.620556°W / 44.944444; -89.620556 (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.[31][32] This house is a survivor of many grand homes which once stood along Grand Avenue.[33]
20 Rothschild Pavilion
Rothschild Pavilion
June 27, 2002
(#02000708)
 1104 Park St.
44°53′55″N 89°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.[34]
21 Schofield School
Schofield School
March 24, 2015
(#15000108)
 1310 S. Grand Ave.
44°54′46″N 89°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.[35]
22 E.K. Schuetz House
E.K. Schuetz House
May 1, 1980
(#80000162)
 930 Franklin St.
44°57′48″N 89°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.[36]
23 Benjamin Single House
Benjamin Single House
November 24, 1980
(#80000163)
 West of Wausau at 4708 Stettin Dr.
44°57′37″N 89°41′46″W / 44.960278°N 89.696111°W / 44.960278; -89.696111 (Benjamin Single House)		 Wausau 1849 high-style Greek Revival home.[37] Single immigrated from England and built a sawmill on the Little Rib River in the 1840s - one of the first in Marathon County.[38][39]
24 Hiram C. Stewart House
Hiram C. Stewart House
August 30, 1974
(#74000097)
 521 Grant St.
44°57′43″N 89°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.[40] Now the Stewart Inn Bed and Breakfast.[41]
25 United States Post Office and Court House
United States Post Office and Court House
May 2, 2012
(#12000294)
 317 1st St.
44°57′34″N 89°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.[42]
26 Wausau Club
Wausau Club
September 14, 1989
(#89001420)
 309 McClellan St.
44°57′40″N 89°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.[43]
27 C. H. Wegner House
C. H. Wegner House
May 1, 1980
(#80000164)
 906 Grant St.
44°57′44″N 89°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.[44][45]
28 Duey and Julia Wright House
Duey and Julia Wright House
July 16, 1999
(#99000787)
 904 Grand Ave.
44°56′57″N 89°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.[46]
29 Ely Wright House
Ely Wright House
March 1, 1982
(#82000684)
 901 6th St.
44°57′51″N 89°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.[47]
30 Cyrus C. Yawkey House
Cyrus C. Yawkey House
December 31, 1974
(#74000098)
 403 McIndoe St.
44°57′49″N 89°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.[48] Yawkey was a lumberman, helped organize Marathon Paper Mills, and helped lead several other local companies, as well as being a philanthropist.[49] The building now houses the Marathon County Historical Museum.[50]

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  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 Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ Numbers represent an 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 Park Service (2008-04-24). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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.
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  9. ↑ 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.
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  11. ↑ A. T. Andreas, ed. (1881). The History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: The Western Historical Company. p. 559.
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