This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Monroe County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Monroe 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 14 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
This
National Park Service list is complete through
NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.
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Current listings
| [3] | Name on the Register [4] | Image | Date listed [5] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kendalls Depot |  |
August 12, 1981 ( #81000050) |
North Railroad Street 43°47′35″N 90°22′09″W / 43.7931°N 90.3692°W | Kendall | Wooden hip-roofed depot of the C&NW Railway, built in 1900. [6] [7] Now a railroad museum and headquarters of the Elroy-Sparta bike trail. [8] |
| 2 | Albert and Theresa Marx House |  |
August 16, 2007 ( #07000835) |
805 Cashton Avenue 43°44′45″N 90°46′54″W / 43.7458°N 90.7817°W | Cashton | 1906 2.5-story Queen Anne home, with a 2-story round veranda with Neoclassical columns in place of the typical corner tower. [9] Albert and his brother William ran a hardware store/carriage shop/implement dealership, a garage, Reo dealership, and music store. [10] |
| 3 | Monroe County Courthouse |  |
March 9, 1982 ( #82000689) |
418 West Main Street 43°56′37″N 90°48′44″W / 43.9436°N 90.8122°W | Sparta | Red sandstone courthouse designed by Mifflin E. Bell in Romanesque Revival style and built in 1895. [11] |
| 4 | St. John's Episcopal Church |  |
March 18, 1983 ( #83003406) |
400 North Water Street 43°56′49″N 90°50′36″W / 43.9469°N 90.8433°W | Sparta | Gothic Revival-styled Episcopal church with board and batten exterior, constructed in 1862. [12] |
| 5 | St. Lucas Evangelical German Lutheran Church and Cemetery |  |
August 14, 2019 ( #100004276) |
30013 Oxford Rd. 43°44′40″N 90°21′09″W / 43.7445°N 90.3524°W | Glendale | Classic rural frame church constructed in 1899 in Gothic Revival style to serve as spiritual and social center of its German Lutheran community. [13] |
| 6 | Sparta Free Library |  |
September 3, 1981 ( #81000051) |
Court and Main Streets 43°56′39″N 90°48′41″W / 43.9442°N 90.8114°W | Sparta | One-story Neoclassical Carnegie Library, built 1902. Sparta's first public library. [14] |
| 7 | Sparta High School | July 26, 2021 ( #100006747) |
201 East Franklin St. 43°56′45″N 90°48′32″W / 43.9458°N 90.8088°W | Sparta | School with Gothic Revival-styled accents decorating plain brick walls, designed by Parkinson & Dockendorff of La Crosse and built 1922-23 by Naset Brothers. [15] | |
| 8 | Sparta Masonic Temple |  |
September 25, 1987 ( #87001734) |
200 West Main Street 43°56′41″N 90°48′45″W / 43.9447°N 90.8125°W | Sparta | Yellow brick Masons' hall and private club with red tile roof, designed by Parkinson & Dockendorff in Classical Revival style with Prairie School elements and built in 1923 by the Naset brothers of Sparta. [16] Now hosts the Monroe County Museum. [17] |
| 9 | Tomah Boy Scout Cabin |  |
November 27, 2017 ( #100001856) |
415 E Council St. 43°58′29″N 90°30′01″W / 43.9748°N 90.5002°W | Tomah | Log cabin built in 1934 as a meeting hall for the local Boy Scout troop. The project was spearheaded by the Tomah Lions Club. Fred Leonard built the cabin with help from Boy Scouts, community members, and Federal Emergency Relief workers. [18] [19] |
| 10 | Tomah Post Office |  |
December 7, 2000 ( #00001498) |
903 Superior Avenue 43°58′42″N 90°30′18″W / 43.9783°N 90.505°W | Tomah | The first dedicated post office building in Tomah, designed in Classical Revival style by architects at the US Treasury Dept and built 1927-28 by the Fred R. Comb Company of Minneapolis. Facade is almost identical to the Merrill Post Office. Now used as offices. [20] |
| 11 | Tomah Public Library |  |
May 28, 1976 ( #76000068) |
716 Superior Avenue 43°58′47″N 90°30′14″W / 43.9797°N 90.5039°W | Tomah | Small 1916 Carnegie Library designed by Claude and Starck in Prairie Style, with a Sullivanesque frieze. Similar to the library in Merrill. [21] [22] |
| 12 | Walczak-Wontor Quarry Pit Workshop |  |
July 8, 1999 ( #99000819) |
Address Restricted | Cataract | |
| 13 | Water Street Commercial Historic District |  |
November 12, 1992 ( #92001554) |
Roughly bounded by K, Main, Bridge, and Spring Streets and Jefferson Avenue 43°56′39″N 90°48′41″W / 43.9442°N 90.8114°W | Sparta | Early commercial district of Sparta. Buildings include the 1870 Italianate Union Block, the 1890 Italianate Hoffman Meat Market, the 1895 I.O.O.F Hall, the 1896 Olin Block with iron-clad turret, the 1896 Romanesque Revival Williams Block [23] (pictured), the 1896 courthouse, the 1902 Queen Anne W.E. Foote Grocery and Bakery, the 1917 Jefferson Tobacco Warehouse, the 1927 Franklin Street bridge, the Modernist 1932 Lanham Funeral Home, and the 1943 Camp McCoy USO Recreation Club. [24] |
| 14 | William G. and Anne Williams House |  |
June 1, 2005 ( #05000531) |
220 East Franklin Street 43°56′46″N 90°48′29″W / 43.9461°N 90.8081°W | Sparta | 2.5 story Queen Anne-styled house built from 1891 to 1900, with carriage house. William was a banker, register of deeds, and led development of the Williams block downtown. [25] [26] Now a B&B. [27] |
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin
- Listings in neighboring counties: Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Vernon
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Kendalls Depot". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ Filipowicz, Diane (February 1981). "Kendalls Depot". NRHP Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ "Elroy-Sparta State Bike Trail". Elroy-Sparta State Bike Trail. Archived from the original on 2005-07-22. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ "Marx, Albert & Theresa, House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ Rausch, Joan (2006-08-02). "Marx, Albert and Theresa, House". NRHP Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ "Monroe County Courthouse". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ "St. John's Episcopal Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ "St. Evangelical German Lutheran Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ^ "Sparta Free Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ^ "Sparta High School". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ Middleman, Miss Julia E. (1987-04-24). "Sparta Masonic Temple". NRHP Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ^ "Monroe County Local History Room and Museum". Monroe County Local History Room and Museum. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ^ "Tomah Boy Scout Cabin". National or State Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ "Tomah Boy Scout Cabin". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ Kooiman, Barbara M. (1999-10-18). "Tomah Post Office". NRHP Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ^ "Tomah Public Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ^ Orr, Gordon D. (1975-12-02). "Tomah Public Library". NRHP Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ^ "Williams Block". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ Kooiman, Barbara (October 2004). "Water Street Commercial Historic District". NRHP Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ "William G. and Anne Williams House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ Kooiman, Barbara (October 2004). "Williams, William G. and Anne, House". NRHP Registration Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
- ^ "Franklin Victorian Bed & Breakfast". Retrieved 2015-02-21.
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