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

Location of Vilas County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Vilas County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Vilas 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 16 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 24, 2017.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Anvil Lake Campground Shelter		May 21, 1996 (#96000542)	Jct. of Anvil Lake Rd. and WI 70 45°56′14″N 89°03′39″W	Eagle River	Rustic styled picnic shelter and bathhouse planned by the Forest Service and built by CCC Camp Nine Mile and the Imogene Lake Transient Camp in 1936, during the Great Depression.
2	Archeological Site No. 47VI197		August 5, 1994 (#94000816)	Address Restricted	St. Germain
3	Big Sand Lake Club		January 12, 2005 (#04001487)	4571 Big Sand Lake Club Rd. 46°04′14″N 88°57′12″W	Phelps	Private resort of wealthy Chicagoans, among others, since 1891. When the 2.5-story hemlock clubhouse was rebuilt around 1924, it was considered the largest log building in Wisconsin. Includes a 1925 fish-cleaning house, a 1920 manager's house, an ice house, a 1910 water tower, and a 240-foot dock.
4	Eagle River Stadium		June 24, 1994 (#94000650)	4149 WI 70 45°54′38″N 89°12′48″W	Eagle River	Built in 1933 by local townspeople with a lamella truss dome on land donated by Charles F. Taylor, this was the first indoor hockey arena in Wisconsin. It has also hosted boxing, circuses, roller-skating, and today the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame.
5	The Everett Resort		October 8, 2008 (#08000982)	1269 Everett Rd. 45°54′35″N 89°10′24″W	Washington	Large resort on Eagle River chain of lakes started in 1890s, charging on the American Plan. Buildings are in Craftsman and Rustic styles. In the 1930s the dining room could serve 300 guests.
6	Fort Eagle		August 20, 1998 (#98001090)	934 Fort Eagle Ln. 46°03′10″N 88°59′27″W	Phelps	Vacation estate on Big Sand Lake of "Homeless Homer" Galpin, once-tarnished head of the Chicago Republican party and promoter of Northwoods tourism. The estate consists of a southern Colonial Revival/Craftsman mansion, cottages, boathouse, etc., built from 1919 to 1927.
7	Government Boarding School at Lac du Flambeau		January 14, 2005 (#04001005)	Address Restricted	Lac du Flambeau	School where the federal government tried to forcibly assimilate Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Menominee children into white society from 1895 to 1940. The school continued under tribal control into the 1990s.
8	Nicolaus H. Hultin House		January 9, 1997 (#96001582)	2196 To-To-Tom Ln., N of jct. with Indian Village Rd. 45°57′23″N 89°54′17″W	Lac du Flambeau	Rustic French Norman "piece sur piece" chateau with Scandinavian overtones, built in 1923, with boathouse, on the peninsula between Lake To To Tom and Long Interlaken. Hultin was a Swedish immigrant who became a prominent funeral director in Chicago, and built this retreat up north.
9	Jabodon		March 25, 2009 (#09000164)	1460 Everett Road 45°54′58″N 89°10′00″W	Washington	Vacation estate on Cranberry Lake. The Craftsman style house was built in 1924 for William B. Johnson. Chicago businessman Abram Pritzker bought it in 1937 and added the wet boathouse.
10	Mayo School		March 7, 1994 (#94000135)	2301 Townhall Rd. 45°57′52″N 89°13′03″W	Eagle River	Stucco-clad 2-room rural state-graded school built in 1924 by Paul Scharf and M. Sauer. Now serves as the Washington Town Hall.
11	Peacock Inn		January 17, 2017 (#100000519)	8780 WI 70 45°55′08″N 89°31′59″W	St. Germain	Rustic northwoods tavern/restaurant built in 1930 by Joe Zellner, with peeled-log walls and a cobblestone chimney.
12	Region Nine Training School		August 8, 1996 (#96000890)	611 Sheridan St. 45°55′18″N 89°14′45″W	Eagle River	Complex of Rustic-style buildings, with the oldest built in 1937 by CCCs. Until 1942, used as a training center for National Forest managers; since 1946, as the conference center of Trees For Tomorrow.
13	Ben and Margaret Stone Boathouse		February 7, 2008 (#08000017)	8810 Co. Rd. N 45°59′42″N 89°32′08″W	Plum Lake	Two-story wet boathouse on Plum Lake, built in Craftsman style in 1928. Ben worked in various lumber companies in Wausau and Ladysmith.
14	Strawberry Island Site		March 8, 1978 (#78000340)	Address Restricted	Lac du Flambeau	Largely undisturbed site of three Native American occupations, starting in 200 BC. The site is also important in Ojibwe beliefs.
15	Sunset Point		November 4, 1993 (#93001169)	1024 Everett Rd. 45°54′03″N 89°11′00″W	Eagle River	Chicago gambler Mont Tennes had his estate on Catfish Lake built in French Normandy style in 1928.
16	Wallila Farm		July 23, 1992 (#92000851)	Address Restricted 46°02′22″N 89°06′58″W	Phelps	Pioneer Finnish farm from early 1900s.

Former listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Presque Isle State Graded School		March 25, 1993 (#93000158)	March 6, 2001	Jct. of Co. Trunk Hwy. B and School Loop St.	Presque Isle	School designed in Art Deco style by Oppenhamer and Obel of Wausau and built in 1939. Demolished by 2001.