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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pierce County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Pierce 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 9 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 Diamond Bluff Site-Mero Mound Group
Diamond Bluff Site-Mero Mound Group
August 1, 1975
(#75000075)
Address Restricted
Diamond Bluff At least two villages, surrounded by hundreds of burial mounds and a bird and several animal effigy mounds. Some think this might be a place where Late Woodland culture transitioned to Oneota.
2 Roscius S. and Lydia R. Freeman House
Roscius S. and Lydia R. Freeman House
May 30, 2007
(#07000501)
220 N. Third St.
44°51′41″N 92°37′19″W / 44.861389°N 92.621944°W / 44.861389; -92.621944 (Roscius S. and Lydia R. Freeman House)
River Falls Freeman was a local druggist who built the house in 1908, mixing elements of the Queen Anne, Shingle and Colonial Revival architecture styles.
3 Glen Park Municipal Swimming Pool
Glen Park Municipal Swimming Pool
June 5, 2007
(#07000542)
355 Park St.
44°51′18″N 92°38′00″W / 44.855°N 92.633333°W / 44.855; -92.633333 (Glen Park Municipal Swimming Pool)
River Falls Public pool complex constructed by the CWA, PWA and WPA from 1933 to 1937, during the Great Depression. Still in use.
4 H. S. Miller Bank
H. S. Miller Bank
August 19, 1994
(#94000998)
223 Broad St.
44°44′59″N 92°48′08″W / 44.749722°N 92.802222°W / 44.749722; -92.802222 (H. S. Miller Bank)
Prescott 1885 bank building with Italianate and Romanesque elements. Now houses visitor center.
5 North Hall-River Falls State Normal School
North Hall-River Falls State Normal School
April 3, 1986
(#86000627)
University of Wisconsin
44°51′17″N 92°37′21″W / 44.854722°N 92.6225°W / 44.854722; -92.6225 (North Hall-River Falls State Normal School)
River Falls North Hall of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, built in 1914 as the Agriculture Building. (Housed the Campus School, the last of its kind in the state)
6 Pierce County Courthouse
Pierce County Courthouse
March 9, 1982
(#82000696)
411 W. Main St.
44°43′57″N 92°29′05″W / 44.7325°N 92.484722°W / 44.7325; -92.484722 (Pierce County Courthouse)
Ellsworth 1905 building with Neoclassical and Beaux-Arts elements.
7 Daniel Smith House
Daniel Smith House
March 15, 1984
(#84003775)
331 N. Lake St.
44°45′02″N 92°48′11″W / 44.750556°N 92.803056°W / 44.750556; -92.803056 (Daniel Smith House)
Prescott 1853 Greek Revival home built in 1855 Daniel, who was a shopkeeper, hotelier, coroner, sheriff, and civic leader. His wife Salome also taught school in the house.
8 South Hall, River Falls State Normal School
South Hall, River Falls State Normal School
November 7, 1976
(#76000073)
320 E. Cascade Ave.
44°51′13″N 92°37′23″W / 44.853611°N 92.623056°W / 44.853611; -92.623056 (South Hall, River Falls State Normal School)
River Falls Site of the sole building when the fourth Wisconsin Normal School started at River Falls in 1874. It burned in 1897 and was rebuilt in 1898. Now South Hall at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
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