Jump to content

National Register of Historic Places listings in Portage County, Wisconsin

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Location of Portage County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Portage County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Portage 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 22 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]

Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

Current listings

[edit]
[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Clark Street-Main Street Historic District
Clark Street-Main Street Historic District
Clark Street-Main Street Historic District
 June 7, 2021
(#100006599) 		Roughly bounded by Prentice, Clark, Freemont, and Main Sts.
44°31′23″N 89°34′20″W / 44.523°N 89.5723°W / 44.523; -89.5723 (Clark Street-Main Street Historic District) 		Stevens Point Upscale neighborhood east of the downtown,[6] including for example the 1876 Italianate-style McGlachlin house,[7] the 1885 Second Empire-style Moen house,[8] the 1886 Queen Anne-style Scott house,[9] the 1913 American Foursquare Atwell house,[10] the 1915 Craftsman Cashin house,[11] the 1921 Abb bungalow,[12] the 1930 Tudor Revival Dr. Krembs house,[13] the 1935 Colonial Revival Pfiffner house,[14] the 1941 Neoclassical-style Nigbor house,[15] and the 1963 Molepske Ranch house.[16]
2 Folding Furniture Works Building
Folding Furniture Works Building
Folding Furniture Works Building
 July 29, 1993
(#93000666) 		1020 First St.
44°31′32″N 89°35′13″W / 44.5256°N 89.5869°W / 44.5256; -89.5869 (Folding Furniture Works Building) 		Stevens Point The first factory here, built by John Worzalla in 1919 to build cribs and a folding children's swing that he patented, burned in 1931. He immediately rebuilt a larger, similar factory with old-fashioned clapboard siding and lots of windows for light. Later known as Lullabye Furniture Warehouse. Now apartments.[17]
3 Fox Theater
Fox Theater
Fox Theater
 July 26, 1982
(#82000698) 		1116-1128 Main St.
44°31′25″N 89°34′59″W / 44.5236°N 89.5831°W / 44.5236; -89.5831 (Fox Theater) 		Stevens Point Point's Grand Opera House was built in 1896 by G.F. Andrae, designed by Oscar Cobb in Romanesque style. It hosted charity events, theater productions, and speeches by Eugene Debs and William Jennings Bryan.[18]
4 August G. and Theresa Green House
August G. and Theresa Green House
August G. and Theresa Green House
 June 1, 2005
(#05000533) 		1501 Main St.
44°31′32″N 89°34′38″W / 44.5256°N 89.5772°W / 44.5256; -89.5772 (August G. and Theresa Green House) 		Stevens Point Queen Anne home designed by J. H. Jeffers and built in 1903.[19] August was a Prussian immigrant who ran a meat market and lumber and coal business in Point, and invested in real estate.[20]
5 Hardware Mutual Insurance Companies Building
Hardware Mutual Insurance Companies Building
Hardware Mutual Insurance Companies Building
 December 1, 1994
(#94001358) 		1421 Strongs Ave.
44°31′19″N 89°34′55″W / 44.5219°N 89.5819°W / 44.5219; -89.5819 (Hardware Mutual Insurance Companies Building) 		Stevens Point The Classical Revival building designed by Childs & Smith of Chicago and built in 1922 for the Hardware Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Hardware Mutual Casualty Company features carvings, paintings and designs from artists around the U.S.[21] Now houses offices of Sentry Insurance.[22]
6 Hotel Whiting
Hotel Whiting
Hotel Whiting
 September 13, 1990
(#90001457) 		1408 Strongs Ave.
44°31′19″N 89°34′57″W / 44.5219°N 89.5825°W / 44.5219; -89.5825 (Hotel Whiting) 		Stevens Point Mediterranean Revival-style hotel, designed by Alfred Clas and opened in 1923. Inside, a one-time bar contains murals with scenes from local history painted by local artist John Pfiffner in 1946.[23][24] Now apartments and offices.
7 J. L. Jensen House
J. L. Jensen House
J. L. Jensen House
 July 28, 1988
(#88001151) 		1100 Brawley St.
44°31′09″N 89°34′50″W / 44.5192°N 89.5806°W / 44.5192; -89.5806 (J. L. Jensen House) 		Stevens Point 2.5-story exuberant Queen Anne home designed by Stevens Point architect J. H. Jeffers and built in 1901 for Jensen, who had owned a grocery store since 1881. Includes a Victorian-styled playhouse and garage.[25][26] Now a B&B.[27]
8 Christina Kuhl House
Christina Kuhl House
Christina Kuhl House
 January 9, 1978
(#78000126) 		1416 Main St.
44°31′25″N 89°34′41″W / 44.5236°N 89.5781°W / 44.5236; -89.5781 (Christina Kuhl House) 		Stevens Point Second Empire house built in 1886[28] by family of cabinet-makers, brewers, and developers.
9 Mathias Mitchell Public Square-Main Street Historic District
Mathias Mitchell Public Square-Main Street Historic District
Mathias Mitchell Public Square-Main Street Historic District
 August 13, 1986
(#86001513) 		Roughly Main St. from Strongs Ave. to Second St.
44°31′24″N 89°35′04″W / 44.5233°N 89.5844°W / 44.5233; -89.5844 (Mathias Mitchell Public Square-Main Street Historic District) 		Stevens Point Point's old downtown, platted by Mitchell in 1847. He donated the square to the city,[29] and it has hosted a farmers' market since 1870.[30] Buildings include the 1864 Italianate Bank of Stevens Point,[31] the 1890 Queen Anne Ossowski Saloon/Glinski Tailor building (pictured),[32] the 1896 Romanesque J.O. Johnsen General Store,[33] the 1913 Zinda Saloon,[34] the 1915 Art Deco Shafton glassware store,[35] and the 1921 Neoclassical Citizens National Bank.[36][29]
10 David McMillan House
David McMillan House
David McMillan House
 December 16, 1974
(#74000117) 		1924 Pine St.
44°31′05″N 89°34′30″W / 44.5181°N 89.575°W / 44.5181; -89.575 (David McMillan House) 		Stevens Point High Victorian Gothic home built in 1873.[37] McMillan brought his family west from New York in 1864 to operate a sawmill on the Plover River which supplied his lumber yard in Keokuk. His sons established the company lumber town McMillan north of Marshfield.[38]
11 J. H. Morgan House
J. H. Morgan House
J. H. Morgan House
 October 1, 1974
(#74000118) 		1308 Madison Ave.
44°27′21″N 89°31′42″W / 44.4558°N 89.5283°W / 44.4558; -89.5283 (J. H. Morgan House) 		Plover Greek Revival-styled house built in 1860 by C.J. Packard, when Plover was the seat of Portage County. Possibly modeled after similar houses back in New York.[39][40]
12 Nelson Hall
Nelson Hall
Nelson Hall
 June 29, 2005
(#05000643) 		1209 Fremont St.
44°31′33″N 89°34′04″W / 44.5258°N 89.5678°W / 44.5258; -89.5678 (Nelson Hall) 		Stevens Point First dormitory at Stevens Point Normal School, designed by Van Ryn & DeGelleke in Prairie School style and built 1915-17.[41][42] It was originally a women's dormitory, including a dining hall, kitchen, parlor, rec room, study room, and infirmary.[43]
13 New Hope Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
New Hope Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
New Hope Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery
 September 3, 2019
(#100004342) 		1410 Cty. Rd. T
44°30′52″N 89°15′51″W / 44.5144°N 89.2642°W / 44.5144; -89.2642 (New Hope Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery) 		New Hope Traditional rural wooden church built 1889 by its rural Norwegian immigrant Lutheran community. The overall vertical emphasis and pointed-arch windows are hallmarks of Gothic Revival architecture. Includes two adjacent cemeteries.[44]
14 Old Plover Methodist Church
Old Plover Methodist Church
Old Plover Methodist Church
 March 27, 1980
(#80000393) 		Madison Ave.
44°27′25″N 89°32′27″W / 44.4569°N 89.5408°W / 44.4569; -89.5408 (Old Plover Methodist Church) 		Plover Oldest surviving church building in the county, built by Presbyterians, when Greek Revival style was in and Plover was the county seat. It originally had a squarish-topped steeple. Sold to Methodist congregation in 1866. Now a museum.[45][46]
15 Pipe School
Pipe School
Pipe School
 November 4, 1993
(#93001171) 		Jct. of Pipe Rd. and Co. Hwy. T
44°24′33″N 89°14′00″W / 44.4092°N 89.2333°W / 44.4092; -89.2333 (Pipe School) 		Lanark Highly-intact one-room school built in 1889 with fieldstone foundation, balloon-frame structure, pressed-metal ceiling, and roof sheathed in tin.[47][48] Served as a school until 1960.[49]
16 L. A. Pomeroy House
L. A. Pomeroy House
L. A. Pomeroy House
 November 5, 1992
(#92001560) 		203 Laconia St.
44°27′01″N 89°17′12″W / 44.4503°N 89.2867°W / 44.4503; -89.2867 (L. A. Pomeroy House) 		Amherst Very-intact 3-story Queen Anne home designed by J.H. Jeffers and built in 1904 for L.A. Pomeroy, who helped organize the International Bank in Amherst,[50] pushed on the county board for better roads, and managed the Amherst opera house.[51]
17 Rising Star Flouring Mill
Rising Star Flouring Mill
Rising Star Flouring Mill
 May 11, 2018
(#100002444) 		3190 Cty. Rd. Q
44°29′38″N 89°18′38″W / 44.4938°N 89.3105°W / 44.4938; -89.3105 (Rising Star Flouring Mill) 		Nelsonville Wooden gristmill built by Jerome Nelson in 1868. In early years it ground local winter wheat into flour which was sold to logging camps and other customers. Still very intact.[52][53]
18 John Gilbert Rosholt House
John Gilbert Rosholt House
John Gilbert Rosholt House
 April 27, 2010
(#10000232) 		237 N. Main St.
44°37′54″N 89°18′34″W / 44.6317°N 89.3095°W / 44.6317; -89.3095 (John Gilbert Rosholt House) 		Rosholt 2.5-story Queen Anne style house finished in 1906, with a garage built in 1908 when John bought his first auto. Rosholt started the sawmill and bank and was the central figure in the community's development.[54][55]
19 Severance-Pipe Farmstead
Severance-Pipe Farmstead
Severance-Pipe Farmstead
 October 29, 1993
(#93001163) 		Pipe Rd., 1/8 mi. E of Co. Hwy. T
44°24′39″N 89°13′54″W / 44.4108°N 89.2317°W / 44.4108; -89.2317 (Severance-Pipe Farmstead) 		Lanark Remarkably intact old farm begun by New Hampshire immigrant John Severance, and later run by Thomas Pipe and his family for over 100 years. Structures are the balloon framed, Greek Revival-influenced farmhouse and a granary built in the 1850s, a small animal barn built around 1860, an 1880 dairy barn, an 1880 privy, a 1900 corn crib, and a 1900 garage.[56][57]
20 Sisters of St. Joseph Complex
Sisters of St. Joseph Complex
Sisters of St. Joseph Complex
 October 23, 2023
(#100009476) 		1300 Maria Drive
44°32′04″N 89°34′49″W / 44.5344°N 89.5804°W / 44.5344; -89.5804 (Sisters of St. Joseph Complex) 		Stevens Point Convent complex of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis, begun in 1902. This order focused on staffing parochial schools for Polish Catholic parishes in the Midwest.[58][59] Includes grotto built in 1923.[60]
21 Stevens Point State Normal School
Stevens Point State Normal School
Stevens Point State Normal School
 December 12, 1976
(#76000074) 		2100 Main St.
44°31′28″N 89°34′07″W / 44.5244°N 89.5686°W / 44.5244; -89.5686 (Stevens Point State Normal School) 		Stevens Point Built in 1894, the building now known as "Old Main" was at that time Wisconsin's sixth normal school. Selby and Perkins of Chicago designed the Richardsonian Romanesque-styled hall, since added to.[61][62][63]
22 Temple Beth Israel
Temple Beth Israel
Temple Beth Israel
 March 1, 2007
(#07000101) 		1475 Water St.
44°31′13″N 89°34′59″W / 44.5203°N 89.5831°W / 44.5203; -89.5831 (Temple Beth Israel) 		Stevens Point Synagogue of Point's local Jewish community, built in 1905 and used through 1986. Once surrounded by a largely Jewish neighborhood. Now a museum.[64][65]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  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. ^ "Clark Street - Main Street Historic District". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  7. ^ "Edward McGlachlin House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  8. ^ "Ludvig Peder Moen House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  9. ^ "Andrew Scott House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  10. ^ "George B. Atwell House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  11. ^ "Patrick Cashin House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  12. ^ "Charles Abb House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  13. ^ "Dr. Ferdinand R. Krembs House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  14. ^ "Raymond X. Pfiffner House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  15. ^ "Bernard E. Nigbur House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  16. ^ "Louis C. Molepske House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  17. ^ "Folding Furniture Works Building". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  18. ^ "Fox Theater". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  19. ^ "Theresa and August G. Green House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  20. ^ Hettinga, Mary Jane (June 2004). "Green, August G. and Theresa, House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  21. ^ Adams, Peter J. (1993-10-25). "Hardware Mutual Insurance Companies Building". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  22. ^ "Hardware Mutual Insurance Company Building". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  23. ^ "Hotel Whiting". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  24. ^ Adams, Peter J. (1990-01-20). "Hotel Whiting". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  25. ^ "Jensen, John L. House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  26. ^ Maher, Bonita; Maher, William (1988-01-15). "Jensen, J.L., House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  27. ^ "Dreams of Yesteryear - Victorian Bed & Breakfast". Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  28. ^ "Christina Kuhl House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  29. ^ a b Farnham, Julie; Causier, Charles; Warner, Marge (1986-07-09). "Mathias Mitchell Public Square-Main Street Historic District". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  30. ^ "Public Square Historical Marker". Portage County Historical Society. 1962. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  31. ^ "Bank of Stevens Pt; McCulloch's Bank; Commercial Bank". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  32. ^ "Ossowksi Saloon and Glinski Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  33. ^ "J.O. Johnsen General Store". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  34. ^ "A. Zinda Saloon/E. Razner Men's Furnishings". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  35. ^ "Shafton Block". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  36. ^ "Citizens National Bank". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  37. ^ "David McMillan House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  38. ^ Town of McMillan Centennial (1888-1988). 1988. p. 4.
  39. ^ "J. H. Morgan House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  40. ^ Ksicinski, Joyce (1974-02-27). "Morgan, J.H., House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  41. ^ "History of UW-Stevens Point - John F. Sims". Portage County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  42. ^ "Nelson Hall". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  43. ^ Julin, Kathleen; Yonke, Eric (2004-09-28). "Nelson Hall". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  44. ^ "New Hope Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  45. ^ "The Old Plover Methodist Church". Portage County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  46. ^ Nelson, Wendell (January 1979). "Old Plover Methodist Church". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  47. ^ "Lanark News" (PDF). Town of Lanark. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  48. ^ "Pipe School". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  49. ^ Cartwright, Carol Lohry (1992-07-13). "Pipe School". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  50. ^ Edward McGlachlin; George W. Fleming; John G. Rosholt; John W. Glennon; Orestes A. Crowell; Steven H. Worzella; Louis A. Pomeroy, eds. (1919). A Standard History of Portage County Wisconsin. Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 661.
  51. ^ Maher, Bonita (1991-06-25). "Pomeroy, L.A., House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  52. ^ "Rising Star Flouring Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  53. ^ "The Wisconsin Historical Society Placed the Rising Star Flouring Mill on the State Register of Historic Places". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  54. ^ "John Gilbert Rosholt House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  55. ^ Seiler, Mark R. (2009-12-04). "Rosholt, John Gilbert, House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  56. ^ "Severance-Pipe Farmstead". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  57. ^ Cartwright, Carol Lohry (1992-07-23). "Severance-Pipe Farmstead". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  58. ^ "Sisters of St Joseph Complex". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  59. ^ "Sisters of St Joseph Complex". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  60. ^ "Sisters of St Joseph Complex grotto". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  61. ^ "UW Stevens Point - Contest". Malcolm Rosholt Online Archives. Portage County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  62. ^ "Stevens Point State Normal School". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  63. ^ Anderson, Donald N.; Cleary, Richard L. (1976-07-12). "Stevens Point State Normal School". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  64. ^ "Temple Beth Israel". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  65. ^ Seiler, Mark R. (2006-04-25). "Temple Beth Israel". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Register of Historic Places in Portage County, Wisconsin.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Portage_County,_Wisconsin&oldid=1213293898"