National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Wisconsin facts for kids
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Crawford County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.
There are 28 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
Current listings
| Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astor Fur Warehouse |
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(#66000800) |
Water Street, Saint Feriole Island 43°03′18″N 91°09′36″W / 43.055°N 91.16°W |
Prairie du Chien | Built by Joseph Rolette around 1828 for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, this is the only known fur trade warehouse left in the Upper Mississippi Valley. |
| 2 | Michael Brisbois House |
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(#66000801) |
Water Street, Saint Feriole Island 43°03′15″N 91°09′35″W / 43.054167°N 91.159722°W |
Prairie du Chien | Federal style house built of locally-quarried limestone around 1837 by fur trader Joseph Rolette for his estranged wife Jane. |
| 3 | Carved Cave |
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(#96001026) |
Address Restricted |
Petersburg | |
| 4 | Cipra Wayside Mound Group |
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(#07000034) |
Highway 60, 5 miles E of Bridgeport Coordinates missing |
Wauzeka | Linear and conical burial mounds near the Wisconsin River, built by Late Woodland people. |
| 5 | Commercial Hotel |
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(#02001342) |
201 West Blackhawk Avenue 43°03′06″N 91°08′52″W / 43.051667°N 91.147778°W |
Prairie du Chien | Built in 1866 as the Schweizer Block, this Italianate-styled building first housed retail, offices and storage. It later became the Commodore Hotel, the Commercial Hotel, and the Fort Crawford Hotel. |
| 6 | Crawford County Courthouse |
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(#82000645) |
220 North Beaumont Road 43°03′17″N 91°08′44″W / 43.054722°N 91.145556°W |
Prairie du Chien | Italianate-styled courthouse built in 1867 of limestone quarried nearby in Bridgeport. The dungeon-like jail in the basement may have been built as early as 1843, one of the oldest remaining in the state. |
| 7 | Crow Hollow Site |
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(#02000256) |
Address Restricted |
Petersburg | Rare Middle Archaic campsite along the Kickapoo River, occupied as early as 5000 years ago, where archaeologists have found points, scrapers, grindstones, and refuse and storage pits. |
| 8 | Dousman Hotel |
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(#66000122) |
Fisher Street and River Road 43°03′14″N 91°09′35″W / 43.053889°N 91.159722°W |
Prairie du Chien | Grand 3-story Victorian brick hotel near the river, built around 1864 by the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad and named for Hercules Dousman, fur agent cum railroad developer. In 1937 the building was gutted to become a slaughterhouse, but it's now restored. |
| 9 | Foley Mound Group |
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(#74000062) |
Address Restricted |
Lynxville | |
| 10 | W.H.C. Folsom House |
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(#84000692) |
109 Blackhawk Avenue 43°03′06″N 91°08′49″W / 43.051667°N 91.146944°W |
Prairie du Chien | Greek Revival home built in 1842 for businessman Folsom. Attorney Wiram Knowlton recruited here during the Mexican–American War. John Muir worked here as a printer. |
| 11 | Fort Crawford Military Hospital |
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(#66000121) |
Rice Street and South Beaumont Road 43°02′37″N 91°08′49″W / 43.043611°N 91.146944°W |
Prairie du Chien | Started in 1816, Fort Crawford was one of a string of U.S. Army outposts in the Old Northwest. Here the First Treaty of Prairie du Chien was negotiated, Dr. Beaumont investigated human digestion, Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis served, and Black Hawk was imprisoned. Now a museum. |
| 12 | Larsen Cave |
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(#02000187) |
Address Restricted |
Eastman | |
| 13 | Old Rock School |
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(#83004265) |
South Marquette Road at Parrish Street 43°02′01″N 91°08′12″W / 43.033611°N 91.136667°W |
Prairie du Chien | Elementary school constructed in 1857 in Greek Revival style. |
| 14 | Olson Mound Group |
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(#74000063) |
Address Restricted |
Seneca | |
| 15 | Pedretti III |
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(#78000084) |
Address Restricted |
Prairie du Chien | |
| 16 | Strange Powers House |
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(#79000067) |
338 North Main Street 43°03′19″N 91°08′54″W / 43.055278°N 91.148333°W |
Prairie du Chien | Part of the house is constructed in a French colonial technique of vertical timbers with horizontal poles mortised between, probably built around 1820. Strange Powers is the name of an early owner. |
| 17 | Prairie du Chien City Hall |
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(#02001186) |
207 West Blackhawk Avenue 43°03′06″N 91°08′53″W / 43.051667°N 91.148056°W |
Prairie du Chien | 1894 building which housed the mayor's office, police department, fire department, library, an auditorium, and later the American Legion. |
| 18 | Prairie du Chien Post Office |
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(#00001263) |
120 South Beaumont Road 43°03′03″N 91°08′46″W / 43.050833°N 91.146111°W |
Prairie du Chien | Constructed with WPA help in 1936, including a relief sculpture of Marquette and Jolliet. |
| 19 | Alfred Reed Mound Group (47Cr311) |
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(#82000646) |
Address Restricted |
Prairie du Chien | |
| 20 | Rolette House |
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(#72000046) |
Northeast corner of North Water and Fisher Streets 43°03′14″N 91°09′33″W / 43.053889°N 91.159167°W |
Prairie du Chien | Frame-with-brick-nogging house begun in 1840 by fur trader Joseph Rolette. Later a hotel and boarding house. |
| 21 | Tainter Cave |
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(#01000106) |
Address Restricted |
Clayton | Charcoal drawings of birds, men, deer and abstract designs, some dated around 1000 CE. The 100 drawings constitute half the known rock art drawings in the state, and are in a distinct style. |
| 22 | Unpleasant Ridge |
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(#97001553) |
Address Restricted |
Boydtown | |
| 23 | Francois Vertefeuille House |
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(#93000142) |
Hwy. K, 0.35 mi. S of jct. with Limery Rd. 43°04′59″N 91°08′57″W / 43.083056°N 91.149167°W |
Prairie du Chien | Log cabin built around 1810 in a distinct French Canadian method by people connected to the fur trade. Believed the oldest structure in Wisconsin on its original site. |
| 24 | Villa Louis |
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(#66000123) |
Villa Road and Bolvin Street 43°03′21″N 91°09′33″W / 43.055833°N 91.159167°W |
Prairie du Chien | 1871 Italian villa style mansion built on an Indian mound by Louis Dousman, on the estate started by his father Hercules in 1843. Now a museum. |
| 25 | Wall-Smethurst Mound Group |
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(#74000064) |
Address Restricted |
Lynxville |
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