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Location of Waupaca County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.[1]

There are 26 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 16, 2024.[2]

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Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Browne Law Office
Browne Law Office
Browne Law Office
 August 18, 1980
(#80000208) 		202 E. Union St.
44°21′27″N 89°05′00″W / 44.3575°N 89.083333°W / 44.3575; -89.083333 (Browne Law Office) 		Waupaca Simple Greek Revival office built in 1854 by pioneer lawyer E. L. Browne,[6] and later used by his son E. E. Browne, a U.S. congressman. Believed to be the longest continuously-operating law office in Wisconsin.[7]
2 Clintonville High School
Clintonville High School
Clintonville High School
 September 17, 2018
(#100002941) 		105 S Clinton Ave. & 25 8th St.
44°37′14″N 88°45′51″W / 44.6206°N 88.7643°W / 44.6206; -88.7643 (Clintonville High School) 		Clintonville Now an elementary school.
3 Clintonville Post Office
Clintonville Post Office
Clintonville Post Office
 October 24, 2000
(#00001253) 		2 N. Main St.
44°37′24″N 88°45′34″W / 44.623333°N 88.759444°W / 44.623333; -88.759444 (Clintonville Post Office) 		Clintonville Art Moderne-styled building constructed in 1935 by the Public Works Administration.[8]
4 Commandant's Residence Home
Commandant's Residence Home
Commandant's Residence Home
 June 19, 1985
(#85001364) 		Off WI 22
44°20′17″N 89°08′43″W / 44.338056°N 89.145278°W / 44.338056; -89.145278 (Commandant's Residence Home) 		King Large Queen Anne-styled home designed by William Waters and built in 1888 by the GAR to house retired soldiers. Now houses King's commandant.[9]
5 Crescent Roller Mills
Crescent Roller Mills
Crescent Roller Mills
 December 20, 1978
(#78000150) 		213 Oborn St.
44°21′22″N 89°04′28″W / 44.356111°N 89.074444°W / 44.356111; -89.074444 (Crescent Roller Mills) 		Waupaca 3-story wooden flour mill built in 1884. Was the last mill in the state to operate on water-power, grinding specialty flour into the 1960s.[10]
6 Danes Hall
Danes Hall
Danes Hall
 January 17, 1980
(#80000209) 		303 N. Main St.
44°21′36″N 89°05′04″W / 44.36°N 89.084444°W / 44.36; -89.084444 (Danes Hall) 		Waupaca 3-story Queen Anne/Romanesque meeting hall of Waupaca's Danish Brotherhood in America lodge, designed by William Waters and built in 1894.[11]
7 Henry and Elizabeth Delong House
Henry and Elizabeth Delong House
Henry and Elizabeth Delong House
 October 4, 2002
(#02001105) 		509 W. Fulton St.
44°21′35″N 89°05′36″W / 44.359722°N 89.093333°W / 44.359722; -89.093333 (Henry and Elizabeth Delong House) 		Waupaca American Foursquare house with Classical Revival styling, built by Conrad Gmeiner for his wife's parents. Gmeiner ran a local brickyard and used a variety of materials and designs to showcase what he could build.[12]
8 Halfway House
Halfway House
Halfway House
 March 1, 1982
(#82000728) 		Potts Ave.
44°18′44″N 89°09′22″W / 44.312222°N 89.156111°W / 44.312222; -89.156111 (Halfway House) 		King Stagecoach stop built in 1852. A.k.a. Jones' Tavern.[13]
9 Jens Hansen Wagon and Carriage Shop
Jens Hansen Wagon and Carriage Shop
Jens Hansen Wagon and Carriage Shop
 June 17, 1994
(#94000601) 		117 E. Fulton St.
44°21′30″N 89°05′02″W / 44.358333°N 89.083889°W / 44.358333; -89.083889 (Jens Hansen Wagon and Carriage Shop) 		Waupaca 2-story brick shop with Italianate details, built in 1868 and added on to around 1894.[14]
10 William H. Hatten Recreation Park Upload image August 7, 2024
(#100010639) 		801 Werner-Allen Road
44°23′12″N 88°45′08″W / 44.3867°N 88.7523°W / 44.3867; -88.7523 (William H. Hatten Recreation Park) 		New London 120-acre park initially developed from 1935 to 1942 under the WPA, to create jobs for New London men during the Great Depression, digging and grading, laying stone and building structures. Landscaping was designed by Franz A. Aust. Since then, the park has hosted swimming lessons, ball games, community celebrations, etc.[15]
11 Matt and Lena Jensen House
Matt and Lena Jensen House
Matt and Lena Jensen House
 October 4, 2002
(#02001108) 		501 W. Fulton St.
44°21′34″N 89°05′35″W / 44.359444°N 89.093056°W / 44.359444; -89.093056 (Matt and Lena Jensen House) 		Waupaca Grand 3-story Queen Anne house built by Hans Knudsen for the Jensens in 1894. Matt was a butcher and cattle-buyer who had immigrated from Denmark in 1872.[16]
12 Philip H. Kasper Cheese Factory Upload image August 27, 1976
(#76000081) 		W of Bear Creek on WI 22
44°31′04″N 88°53′25″W / 44.517778°N 88.890278°W / 44.517778; -88.890278 (Philip H. Kasper Cheese Factory) 		Bear Creek Ramshackle 1-story wooden cheese factory built in 1891.[17] A leader in the dairy industry, Kasper attended the UW dairy school in 1894, switched early to pay for milk based on butterfat rather than volume, helped organize the Wisconsin Cheesemakers' Association, and supposedly won more prizes than any other cheesemaker.[18]
13 Lake Street Historic District
Lake Street Historic District
Lake Street Historic District
 May 30, 2002
(#02000599) 		Roughly bounded S. Washington St., E. Badger St., Fifth St., and Tioga St.
44°21′18″N 89°04′57″W / 44.355°N 89.0825°W / 44.355; -89.0825 (Lake Street Historic District) 		Waupaca Mostly-residential district with 71 contributing properties,[19] ranging from Cutting Marsh's 1865 Greek Revival Presbyterian Church[20] to the 1867 Italianate Lea house,[21] the 1890 Queen Anne Scott house,[22] the 1915 American Foursquare/Prairie Style Beardmore house,[23] the 1915 Tudor Revival Peter Hansen house,[24] the 1921 Christofferson Hospital,[25] the 1921 Spanish Colonial Mortenson house,[26] and the 1926 Colonial Revival Godfrey house,[27]
14 Main Street Historic District
Main Street Historic District
Main Street Historic District
More images
 April 12, 2002
(#02000370) 		Roughly along S. and N. Main Sts. from W. Union to Granite Sts.
44°21′35″N 89°05′13″W / 44.359722°N 89.086944°W / 44.359722; -89.086944 (Main Street Historic District) 		Waupaca Commercial district with 43 contributing properties[28] including the 1868 Hansen Wagon Shop mentioned above, the 1877 Italianate-styled Masonic Meeting Hall[29] the 1881 Jensen Meat Market,[30] the 1883 Pinkerton Block which housed Nordvi's General Store[31] the 1893 Queen Anne-styled Waupaca County National Bank,[32] the 1896 Peterson Saloon,[33] and the 1919 Godfrey Auto Company.[34]
15 Mead Bank
Mead Bank
Mead Bank
 May 30, 2003
(#03000506) 		215 Jefferson St.
44°21′30″N 89°05′00″W / 44.358333°N 89.083333°W / 44.358333; -89.083333 (Mead Bank) 		Waupaca Small, early bank built around 1862 in Greek Revival style for Henry C. Mead, who was mysteriously murdered there in 1882.[35]
16 Mumbrue-Penney House
Mumbrue-Penney House
Mumbrue-Penney House
 October 4, 2002
(#02001107) 		404 S. Main St.
44°21′24″N 89°05′07″W / 44.356667°N 89.085278°W / 44.356667; -89.085278 (Mumbrue-Penney House) 		Waupaca 3-story Second Empire house, built in 1873 for Henry Cook Mumbrue, a Waupaca storekeeper, politician, and postmaster. In 1890 Adelbert Penney bought the house. He was called the "potato king" because he owned potato farms and warehouses and helped make Waupaca a potato trading center.[36][37]
17 Old Hospital
Old Hospital
Old Hospital
 June 19, 1985
(#85001365) 		Off WI 22
44°20′08″N 89°08′49″W / 44.335556°N 89.146944°W / 44.335556; -89.146944 (Old Hospital) 		King 2.5-story brick building built in 1929, in Mediterranean Revival style, with orange brick and red roof.[38]
18 Peter and Jessie Olfson House
Peter and Jessie Olfson House
Peter and Jessie Olfson House
 October 4, 2002
(#02001082) 		415 Granite St.
44°21′43″N 89°05′28″W / 44.361944°N 89.091111°W / 44.361944; -89.091111 (Peter and Jessie Olfson House) 		Waupaca Peter was a Waupaca local who made his fortune trading potatoes starting in 1892. In 1899 he and Jessie built this elaborate Queen Anne home, with stained glass windows and a cast-iron fireplace.[39][40]
19 Rural on the Crystal Historic District
Rural on the Crystal Historic District
Rural on the Crystal Historic District
 April 12, 1989
(#89000231) 		Roughly bounded by Arbor St., Rapley St., Rural Rd., and Cleghorn St.
44°18′46″N 89°09′27″W / 44.312778°N 89.1575°W / 44.312778; -89.1575 (Rural on the Crystal Historic District) 		Rural Community along the Crystal River founded by New-Englanders in the 1850s on the road from Berlin to Stevens Point. Today it remains much as it was when the railroad bypassed it in 1870.[41]
20 Sanders Site (47WP26 and 47WP70)
Sanders Site (47WP26 and 47WP70)
Sanders Site (47WP26 and 47WP70)
 February 9, 1984
(#84003819) 		Address Restricted
Fremont Site along the Wolf River where Woodland people lived and built effigy mounds from around 600 to 1100 CE. Animal remains at the site indicate that they ate more elk than any other meat, followed by bear and deer.[42]
21 Shearer-Cristy House
Shearer-Cristy House
Shearer-Cristy House
 December 22, 1983
(#83004364) 		315 E. Lake St.
44°21′10″N 89°04′53″W / 44.352778°N 89.081389°W / 44.352778; -89.081389 (Shearer-Cristy House) 		Waupaca Exuberant Queen Anne home built in 1891 from a pattern-book design by George Otis Garnsey. Caleb Shearer, the first owner, ran a local planing mill. Joseph Cristy, who bought the house in 1907, owned a dry goods store.[43][44][45]
22 Veterans Cottages Historic District
Veterans Cottages Historic District
Veterans Cottages Historic District
 June 19, 1985
(#85001367) 		Off WI 22
44°20′20″N 89°08′39″W / 44.338889°N 89.144167°W / 44.338889; -89.144167 (Veterans Cottages Historic District) 		King The Wisconsin Veteran's Home was founded in 1887 by the GAR to house veterans of the Civil War. It was unusual in that it allowed wives to live with the veterans and provided them individual cottages. In 1929 the state took over the home, and to this day it houses veterans of subsequent wars.[46]
23 Veterans Home Chapel
Veterans Home Chapel
Veterans Home Chapel
 June 19, 1985
(#85001366) 		WI 22 and Grandview
44°20′14″N 89°08′35″W / 44.337222°N 89.143056°W / 44.337222; -89.143056 (Veterans Home Chapel) 		King Wooden church at King Veteran's Home, built in 1890 in Queen Anne style.[47]
24 Waupaca Free Public Library
Waupaca Free Public Library
Waupaca Free Public Library
 June 28, 1996
(#96000732) 		321 S. Main St.
44°21′19″N 89°05′05″W / 44.355278°N 89.084722°W / 44.355278; -89.084722 (Waupaca Free Public Library) 		Waupaca 1914 Carnegie Library supported by Waupaca women's organizations, designed by Parkinson & Dockendorff in Tudor Revival style with Arts and Crafts influences.[48]
25 Waupaca Post Office
Waupaca Post Office
Waupaca Post Office
 October 24, 2000
(#00001252) 		306 S. Main St.
44°21′18″N 89°05′07″W / 44.355°N 89.085278°W / 44.355; -89.085278 (Waupaca Post Office) 		Waupaca Neoclassical building built in 1938 with WPA assistance, the first federal post office in Waupaca.[49]
26 J. & C. Wipf Mills
J. & C. Wipf Mills
J. & C. Wipf Mills
 December 8, 1987
(#87002108) 		280 N. Main St.
44°30′35″N 89°07′50″W / 44.509722°N 89.130556°W / 44.509722; -89.130556 (J. & C. Wipf Mills) 		Iola 3-story water-powered mill complex begun around 1860 by Swiss immigrant Henry Wipf and his sons Jacob and Conrad. The Wipfs added planing and moulding operations to the original gristmill over the century that they operated the mill.[50][51]

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References

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  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided is primarily from the National Register Information System, and has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For 1%, the location info may be way off. We seek to correct the coordinate information wherever it is found to be erroneous. Please leave a note in the Discussion page for this article if you believe any specific location is incorrect.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 16, 2024.
  3. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
  5. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  6. ^ "Browne Law Office". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  7. ^ Shoptaugh, Terry L. (1980-03-15). "Browne" Law Office (PDF). U.S. Dept of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  8. ^ "Clintonville Post Office". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
  9. ^ "Commandant's Residence Home". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  10. ^ "Crescent roller Mills". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  11. ^ "Danes Hall (De Danskes Hjem)". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
  12. ^ "Delong, Henry and Elizabeth, House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  13. ^ "Jones' Tavern". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  14. ^ "Jens Hansen Carriage and Wagon Shop". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  15. ^ "William H. Hatten Recreation Park". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  16. ^ "Jensen, Matt and Lena, House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  17. ^ "Phillip H. Kasper Cheese Factory". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  18. ^ "Area Cheese Factory Honored as Historic Site". New London Pres. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  19. ^ "Lake Street Historic District". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  20. ^ "Presbyterian Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  21. ^ "Richard Lea". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  22. ^ "J. O. Scott". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  23. ^ "W. H. Beardmore". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  24. ^ "Peter Hanson House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  25. ^ "Christofferson Hospital". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  26. ^ "Chris Mortenson". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  27. ^ "M. P. Godfrey". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  28. ^ "Main Street Historic District". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  29. ^ "Masonic Block". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  30. ^ "Jensen Meat Market". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  31. ^ "Pinkerton Block". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  32. ^ "Waupaca County National Bank". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  33. ^ "Peterson Saloon". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  34. ^ "Godfrey Auto Company". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  35. ^ "Mead Bank (Henry C. Mead)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  36. ^ "Mumbrue-Penney House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  37. ^ "Mumbrue-Penney House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  38. ^ "Old Hospital". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  39. ^ "Olfson, Peter and Jessie, House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  40. ^ "Jessie and Peter M. Olfson House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  41. ^ Gauper, Beth. "Waupaca's Chain O' Lakes". Midwest Weekends. Retrieved 2014-12-25.
  42. ^ Lippold, Lois K. (1972). "Animal Resource Utilization at Wisconsin Effigy Mound Sites". The Wisconsin Archaeologist. 53: 135–136. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  43. ^ "Shearer-Cristy House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  44. ^ "The Christie House". Graziano Gardens, LLC. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  45. ^ Filipowicz, Diane H. (March 1983). "Shearer-Cristy House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Inventory/Nomination Form. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  46. ^ McCrory, Thomas J. (2005). Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation. pp. 40–42. ISBN 1-931599-28-9.
  47. ^ "Veterans' Home Chapel". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-25.
  48. ^ "Waupaca Free Public Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  49. ^ "Waupaca Post Office". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  50. ^ "J & C Wipf Mills". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  51. ^ "1853-1900". The Millstone of Iola Mills. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
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