National Register of Historic Places listings in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin facts for kids
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Kewaunee 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 12 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.
Current listings
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description | |
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1 | AMERICA Shipwreck (Canaller) |
(#13000467) |
Four miles offshore in Lake Michigan 44°21′01″N 87°24′56″W / 44.350232°N 87.415667°W |
Lake Michigan | 137-foot three-masted canaller (schooner built specifically to squeeze through the Welland Canal), built in 1873. She hauled grain and lumber east as far as New York state, and brought back coal. Sank in 1880 after hitting a scow full of stones. | |
2 | Ahnapee Brewery |
(#94000597) |
115 Navarino St. 44°36′35″N 87°26′07″W / 44.609722°N 87.435278°W |
Algoma | Built in 1868, the building served as a brewery until 1890, then a warehouse, fly net factory, washing machine factory, feed storage, and now the Von Stiehl Winery. | |
3 | DANIEL LYONS (Shipwreck) |
(#07001048) |
E of Stoney Cr. outlet, 4 mi (6.4 km). offshore 44°40′21″N 87°17′43″W / 44.6725°N 87.295278°W |
Lake Michigan | Three-masted schooner built in 1873. Sank in 1878 after being hit by another schooner, on a run from Chicago to New York. | |
4 | Art Dettman Fishing Shanty |
(#93001428) |
Church St. at the Ahnapee R. 44°36′35″N 87°26′02″W / 44.609722°N 87.433889°W |
Algoma | Rambling building on the harbor built in 1935 to house a fishing business. | |
5 | George Halada Farmstead |
(#93000026) |
E-1113 Co. Trunk Hwy. F, Montpelier Township 44°27′25″N 87°42′51″W / 44.456944°N 87.714167°W |
Ellisville | Largely intact farmstead from the 1870s. The oldest part of the Italianate house was built around 1878. Some of the log farm buildings are older. | |
6 | Kewaunee County Sheriff's Residence and Jail |
(#96000728) |
Court House Sq., jct. of Dodge and Vliet Sts. 44°27′23″N 87°30′18″W / 44.456405°N 87.504979°W |
Kewaunee | 1876 Italianate building designed by William Waters. Now the museum of the Kewaunee County Historical Society. | |
7 | Kewaunee Post Office |
(#00001247) |
119 Ellis St. 44°27′30″N 87°30′03″W / 44.458333°N 87.500833°W |
Kewaunee | Contains a mural "Winter Sports" painted by Paul Faulkner in 1940, funded as part of the New Deal. | |
8 | MAJOR WILBUR FR. BROWDER (tugboat) |
(#02000284) |
Harbor Park, Kilbourn St. 44°27′36″N 87°30′06″W / 44.46°N 87.501667°W |
Kewaunee | Tugboat built in 1943 which towed ammunition barges across the English Channel in the Battle of Normandy. Later used by Army Corps of Engineers in the Great Lakes. Now a museum. | |
9 | Marquette Historic District |
(#93001167) |
Roughly bounded by Lake Michigan and Center, Juneau and Lincoln Sts. 44°27′11″N 87°30′13″W / 44.453056°N 87.503611°W |
Kewaunee | 43 homes in various architectural styles popular from the 1880s to 1930s. | |
10 | Melvin W. and Mary Perry House |
(#07001461) |
519 3rd St. 44°36′29″N 87°26′15″W / 44.608056°N 87.4375°W |
Algoma | Perry started the Ahnapee Veneer and Seating Company in 1892, and helped lead Algoma Net and Algoma Foundry. He was also a civic leader (including State Senator) and philanthropist. His 1909 house is a mix of Classical Revival and Shingle styles. | |
11 | Pilgrim Family Farmstead |
(#79000091) |
SW of Kewanee on Church Rd. 44°25′14″N 87°38′01″W / 44.420556°N 87.633611°W |
Kewaunee | Brick farmhouse and wooden windmill mounted on barn. Built 1907. | |
12 | St. Lawrence Catholic Church |
(#89000056) |
Jct. of WI 163 and County Hwy. J 44°23′58″N 87°41′05″W / 44.399444°N 87.684722°W |
Stangelville | Victorian Gothic church with 150 foot steeple, built by Bohemian immigrants from 1892 to 1894. The preceding church building stood where workers were amazingly spared from a falling tree. |
Former listings
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Summary | |
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1 | Massart Farmstead |
(#80000143) |
|
N of Casco on SR C |
Casco | Relocated to Heritage Hill State Historical Park in Green Bay in 1984. |
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