National Register of Historic Places listings in Marathon County, Wisconsin facts for kids

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.

There are 32 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	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.
2	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.
3	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	190-acre county park formed in 1924 around a gorge where the Eau Claire River plunges down between outcrops of mylonite. Above, CTH Y crosses the river on a 1927 filled spandrel arch bridge clad in stone. Around the gorge are footpaths and shelters, mostly designed by landscape architect Ingwal Horgen in 1937 and developed by CCC Camp Rib Mountain in the years following.
4	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.
5	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 for the widow of local jeweler, lumberman, and developer Dunbar.
6	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.
7	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.
8	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.
9	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.
10	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. 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.
11	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. By 1929 they were the world's largest producer of both.
12	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.
13	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. Jones was an educator, lawyer, and land baron. He was also a founder of Employers Mutual Life Insurance, now Wausau Insurance.
14	Maine Site (47MR22)		July 19, 1984 (#84003711)	Address Restricted	Brokaw
15	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.
16	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.
17	Marathon Shoe Company East Side Plant		January 12, 2017 (#100000574)	1418 N. 1st St. 44°58′06″N 89°37′46″W / 44.968265°N 89.629523°W / 44.968265; -89.629523 (Marathon Shoe Company East Side Plant)	Wausau
18	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. 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.
19	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. Mathie was a clergyman, educator, and the first president of Wausau Sulphate Fiber Co. (later Wausau Paper), which revived Mosinee's economy after Dessert's sawmill closed. Later purchased by musician John Altenburgh.
20	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. This house is a survivor of many grand homes which once stood along Grand Avenue.
21	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.
22	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.
23	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.
24	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. Single immigrated from England and built a sawmill on the Little Rib River in the 1840s - one of the first in Marathon County.
25	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. Now the Stewart Inn Bed and Breakfast.
26	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.
27	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.
28	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. Still has breakfast nook and built-in cupboards and ice box.
29	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.
30	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.
31	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. Yawkey was a lumberman, helped organize Marathon Paper Mills, and helped lead several other local companies, as well as being a philanthropist. The building now houses the Marathon County Historical Museum.