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National Register of Historic Places listings in Marquette County, Wisconsin

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Location of Marquette County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Marquette County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Marquette 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 6 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]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Bonnie Oaks Historic District
Bonnie Oaks Historic District
Bonnie Oaks Historic District
April 3, 1986
(#86000626)
Grouse Dr.
43°39′05″N 89°33′39″W / 43.651389°N 89.560833°W / 43.651389; -89.560833 (Bonnie Oaks Historic District)
Briggsville Estate of the Atwood, Ormsby and Green family, which served as an artist's retreat in the 1920s and 1930s, with visits from Robert Fitzgerald, Zona Gale, Paul Robeson, and others.[5]
2 Fountain Lake Farm
Fountain Lake Farm
Fountain Lake Farm
June 21, 1990
(#90000471)
Co. Hwy. F and Gillette Rd.
43°41′24″N 89°23′15″W / 43.69°N 89.3875°W / 43.69; -89.3875 (Fountain Lake Farm)
Montello Boyhood home of naturalist John Muir, where some of his ideas were formed.[6]
3 Marquette County Courthouse and Marquette County Sheriff's Office and Jail
Marquette County Courthouse and Marquette County Sheriff's Office and Jail
Marquette County Courthouse and Marquette County Sheriff's Office and Jail
March 9, 1982
(#82000685)
77 W. Park St.
43°47′36″N 89°19′48″W / 43.793333°N 89.33°W / 43.793333; -89.33 (Marquette County Courthouse and Marquette County Sheriff's Office and Jail)
Montello 1918 Beaux-Arts courthouse built of Montello granite and Bedford limestone.[7]
4 Montello Commercial Historic District
Montello Commercial Historic District
Montello Commercial Historic District
March 7, 1996
(#96000238)
Roughly, parts of W. Montello and Main Sts. at the Montello R. and the quarry on E. Montello St.
43°47′31″N 89°19′38″W / 43.791944°N 89.327222°W / 43.791944; -89.327222 (Montello Commercial Historic District)
Montello Quarry which operated from 1881 to 1976, most notably providing red granite for President Grant's tomb.[8] Also old Italianate and Queen Anne buildings.
5 Charles Samuel Richter House
Charles Samuel Richter House
Charles Samuel Richter House
August 16, 1996
(#96000908)
55, 103, and 105 Underwood Ave.
43°47′36″N 89°19′49″W / 43.793333°N 89.330278°W / 43.793333; -89.330278 (Charles Samuel Richter House)
Montello Colonial Revival house designed by Parkinson & Dockendorff and built in 1912 for the president of the Montello Granite Company from locally quarried granite.[9]
6 Vaughn's Hall and Blacksmith Shop
Vaughn's Hall and Blacksmith Shop
Vaughn's Hall and Blacksmith Shop
June 12, 2007
(#07000556)
55 W. Montello St.
43°47′31″N 89°19′46″W / 43.791944°N 89.329444°W / 43.791944; -89.329444 (Vaughn's Hall and Blacksmith Shop)
Montello Cement block building built in 1912 as a blacksmith shop with a community hall upstairs. Later a garage, car dealership, hardware store, and now a museum.[10]

See also

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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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Atwood, Ormsby and Green family papers, 1853-1998". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  6. ^ "John Muir Lake". Photograph. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  7. ^ "Marquette Co. Courthouse, Sheriff's Office and Jail". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  8. ^ Sprain, Fran (1991). Place and Faces in Marquette County, Wis, Vol. I. Westfield, WIsconsin: Isabella Press.
  9. ^ "Charles Samuel Richter House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  10. ^ "Vaughn's Hall and Blacksmith Shop". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2011-12-15.