List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
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Wisconsin National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. National Historic Landmarks are designated by the U.S. National Park Service, which recognizes buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites which satisfy certain criteria for historic significance. There are 45 National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin.
Current landmarks
[1] | Landmark name | Image | Date designated[2] | Location | County | Description |
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1 | Administration Building and Research Tower, S.C. Johnson Company | More images | January 7, 1976 (#74002275) | Racine 42°42′44″N 87°47′29″W / 42.712198°N 87.791466°W / 42.712198; -87.791466 (Administration Building and Research Tower, S.C. Johnson Company) | Racine | Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building. |
2 | Astor Fur Warehouse | October 9, 1960 (#66000800) | Prairie du Chien 43°03′11″N 91°09′36″W / 43.053062°N 91.160099°W / 43.053062; -91.160099 (Astor Fur Warehouse) | Crawford | Oldest known surviving fur trade warehouse in the upper Mississippi River valley. | |
3 | Aztalan | More images | July 19, 1964 (#66000022) | Lake Mills 43°03′56″N 88°51′46″W / 43.065557°N 88.862884°W / 43.065557; -88.862884 (Aztalan) | Jefferson | Prehistoric site, now a state park. |
4 | Harold C. Bradley House | More images | January 7, 1976 (#72000047) | Madison 43°04′11″N 89°25′16″W / 43.069785°N 89.421209°W / 43.069785; -89.421209 (Harold C. Bradley House) | Dane | Prairie School home designed by Louis H. Sullivan. |
5 | Brisbois House | More images | October 9, 1960 (#66000801) | Prairie du Chien 43°03′08″N 91°09′35″W / 43.052336°N 91.159752°W / 43.052336; -91.159752 (Brisbois House) | Crawford | Built with stone left over from Fort Crawford. |
6 | USS Cobia | More images | January 14, 1986 (#86000087) | Manitowoc 44°05′24″N 87°39′29″W / 44.089914°N 87.658064°W / 44.089914; -87.658064 (USS Cobia) | Manitowoc | Representative of the Gato class of U.S. World War II submarines. |
7 | Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House | September 25, 1997 (#97001268) | Wauwatosa 43°03′09″N 88°00′46″W / 43.052382°N 88.012694°W / 43.052382; -88.012694 (Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House) | Milwaukee | Associated with noted geologist Fisk Holbrook Day. | |
8 | Dousman Hotel | More images | October 9, 1960 (#66000122) | Prairie du Chien 43°03′07″N 91°09′35″W / 43.051949°N 91.159739°W / 43.051949; -91.159739 (Dousman Hotel) | Crawford | Hotel with ties to fur traders in area. |
9 | Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank | More images | January 7, 1976 (#72000044) | Columbus 43°20′20″N 89°00′55″W / 43.338782°N 89.015342°W / 43.338782; -89.015342 (Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank) | Columbia | One of eight "jewel box" banks designed by Louis Sullivan |
10 | First Unitarian Society Meetinghouse | More images | August 18, 2004 (#73000076) | Shorewood Hills 43°04′33″N 89°26′07″W / 43.075889°N 89.435181°W / 43.075889; -89.435181 (First Unitarian Society Meetinghouse) | Dane | Frank Lloyd Wright-designed church. |
11 | Fountain Lake Farm | June 21, 1990 (#90000471) | Montello 43°41′30″N 89°23′14″W / 43.691537°N 89.387353°W / 43.691537; -89.387353 (Fountain Lake Farm) | Marquette | Home of John Muir from 1849-1856. | |
12 | Fourth Street (Meir) School | December 14, 1990 (#84003720) | Milwaukee 43°03′04″N 87°54′53″W / 43.051180°N 87.914848°W / 43.051180; -87.914848 (Fourth Street (Meir) School) | Milwaukee | Golda Meir attended school from 1906-1912. | |
13 | Hamlin Garland House | More images | November 11, 1971 (#71000040) | West Salem 43°53′57″N 91°05′07″W / 43.899075°N 91.085381°W / 43.899075; -91.085381 (Hamlin Garland House) | La Crosse | Author Hamlin Garland visited and wrote here regularly. |
14 | Greendale Historic District | More images | October 16, 2012 (#05000763) | Greendale 42°56′29″N 87°59′45″W / 42.941389°N 87.995833°W / 42.941389; -87.995833 (Greendale Historic District) | Milwaukee | One of three "greenbelt" towns built by the federal government.[3] |
15 | Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum | November 4, 1993 (#93001615) | Milwaukee 43°04′44″N 87°52′40″W / 43.078787°N 87.877829°W / 43.078787; -87.877829 (Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum) | Milwaukee | Former museum of geology on University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee campus. | |
16 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House | More images | July 31, 2003 (#03001037) | Madison 43°03′31″N 89°26′29″W / 43.058611°N 89.441389°W / 43.058611; -89.441389 (Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House) | Dane | First of more than 300 Usonian houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
17 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House | More images | July 31, 2003 (#03001038) | Madison 43°04′26″N 89°32′05″W / 43.073889°N 89.534722°W / 43.073889; -89.534722 (Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House) | Dane | Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home. |
18 | Herbert Johnson House | More images | June 29, 1989 (#75000076) | Wind Point 42°46′49″N 87°46′15″W / 42.780378°N 87.770761°W / 42.780378; -87.770761 (Herbert Johnson House) | Racine | Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home for the Johnson of Johnson Wax. |
19 | Robert M. La Follette Home | January 29, 1964 (#66000020) | Maple Bluff 43°06′54″N 89°22′20″W / 43.114889°N 89.372153°W / 43.114889; -89.372153 (Robert M. La Follette Home) | Dane | A home of Robert M. La Follette | |
20 | Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm | More images | January 16, 2009 (#78000082) | Fairfield 43°33′46″N 89°39′33″W / 43.562778°N 89.659167°W / 43.562778; -89.659167 (Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm) | Sauk | Farm associated with the writing of Sand County Almanac |
21 | Little White Schoolhouse | More images | May 30, 1974 (#73000079) | Ripon 43°50′31″N 88°50′11″W / 43.841943°N 88.836386°W / 43.841943; -88.836386 (Little White Schoolhouse) | Fond du Lac | Birthplace of the U.S. Republican Party. |
22 | Man Mound | October 31, 2016 (#16000861) | Greenfield 43°29′19″N 89°40′15″W / 43.488611°N 89.670833°W / 43.488611; -89.670833 (Man Mound) | Sauk | The only surviving earthen anthropomorphic mound in North America.[4] | |
23 | Milton House | More images | August 6, 1998 (#72000065) | Milton 42°46′36″N 88°56′11″W / 42.776781°N 88.936521°W / 42.776781; -88.936521 (Milton House) | Rock | Underground railway station in unusual hotel. |
24 | Milwaukee City Hall | More images | April 5, 2005 (#73000085) | Milwaukee 43°02′30″N 87°54′35″W / 43.0417°N 87.9098°W / 43.0417; -87.9098 (Milwaukee City Hall) | Milwaukee | Germanic architecture; United States' tallest habitable building 1885-1899. |
25 | Namur Historic District | More images | December 14, 1990 (#87002553) | Namur 44°44′03″N 87°39′59″W / 44.734129°N 87.666482°W / 44.734129; -87.666482 (Namur Historic District) | Door | District of Belgian-American settlers, where French with a Walloon accent is still spoken. |
26 | North Hall, University of Wisconsin | More images | December 21, 1965 (#66000021) | Madison 43°04′26″N 89°24′11″W / 43.073776°N 89.402951°W / 43.073776; -89.402951 (North Hall, University of Wisconsin) | Dane | First structure on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. |
27 | Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers | More images | June 17, 2011 (#05000530) | 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee 43°01′14″N 87°58′42″W / 43.020429°N 87.978195°W / 43.020429; -87.978195 (Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers) | Milwaukee | 90 acres (36 ha) Milwaukee Soldiers Home (est. 1867) campus, on the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center grounds. |
28 | Oconto Site | More images | January 20, 1961 (#66000023) | Oconto 44°53′12″N 87°54′03″W / 44.886667°N 87.900833°W / 44.886667; -87.900833 (Oconto Site) | Oconto | Burial ground and artifacts dating back 5,000-6,000 years. |
29 | Pabst Theater | More images | December 4, 1991 (#72000063) | Milwaukee 43°02′27″N 87°54′38″W / 43.040852°N 87.910653°W / 43.040852; -87.910653 (Pabst Theater) | Milwaukee | Fourth-oldest continually operating theater in nation. |
30 | Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Headquarters | More images | August 4, 1969 (#69000032) | Baraboo 43°28′01″N 89°44′07″W / 43.4669°N 89.7353°W / 43.4669; -89.7353 (Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Headquarters) | Sauk | Winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus from 1884 until 1918. |
31 | Rock Island II Site | December 11, 2023 (#100009834) | Rock Island 45°24′27″N 86°49′21″W / 45.4075°N 86.8225°W / 45.4075; -86.8225 (Rock Island II Site) | Door | Site of camps of Native Americans, ranging from Middle Woodland around 0 CE to Oneota, to Potawatomi in the 1670s, to Ottawa in the 1760s.[5] | |
32 | Schoonmaker Reef | September 25, 1997 (#97001266) | Wauwatosa 43°02′43″N 87°59′37″W / 43.045171°N 87.993629°W / 43.045171; -87.993629 (Schoonmaker Reef) | Milwaukee | Fossilized reef, among the earliest discovered in the world. | |
33 | Second Fort Crawford Military Hospital | More images | October 9, 1960 (#66000121) | Prairie du Chien 43°02′30″N 91°08′49″W / 43.041675°N 91.14696°W / 43.041675; -91.14696 (Second Fort Crawford Military Hospital) | Crawford | Dates back to first half of 19th century, now houses medical museum. |
34 | Silver Mound Archeological District | February 17, 2006 (#75000067) | Hixton 44°25′36″N 90°57′35″W / 44.426628°N 90.959592°W / 44.426628; -90.959592 (Silver Mound Archeological District) | Jackson | Site of early Native American settlement. | |
35 | Soldiers' Home Reef | November 4, 1993 (#93001617) | Milwaukee 43°01′40″N 87°58′29″W / 43.027778°N 87.974722°W / 43.027778; -87.974722 (Soldiers' Home Reef) | Milwaukee | Fossilized reef, among the earliest discovered in the world. | |
36 | Taliesin | More images | January 7, 1976 (#73000081) | Spring Green 43°08′30″N 90°04′15″W / 43.14153°N 90.07091°W / 43.14153; -90.07091 (Taliesin) | Iowa | Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home and studio. |
37 | Ten Chimneys | More images | July 31, 2003 (#03001042) | Genesee 42°57′51″N 88°22′38″W / 42.964167°N 88.377222°W / 42.964167; -88.377222 (Ten Chimneys) | Waukesha | Residence of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. |
38 | Turner Hall | More images | November 15, 1996 (#77000041) | Milwaukee 43°02′37″N 87°54′56″W / 43.043611°N 87.915556°W / 43.043611; -87.915556 (Turner Hall) | Milwaukee | Associated with German-American Turners. |
39 | University of Wisconsin Arboretum | More images | January 13, 2021 (#100006237) | 1207 Seminole Hwy. 43°02′29″N 89°25′51″W / 43.0414°N 89.4307°W / 43.0414; -89.4307 (University of Wisconsin Arboretum) | Dane | |
40 | University of Wisconsin Armory & Gymnasium | More images | November 4, 1993 (#93001618) | Madison 43°04′33″N 89°23′52″W / 43.075827°N 89.397867°W / 43.075827; -89.397867 (University of Wisconsin Armory & Gymnasium) | Dane | Associated with Wisconsin Progressive Republican movement. |
41 | University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn | April 5, 2005 (#02000600) | Madison 43°04′28″N 89°25′06″W / 43.074547°N 89.418267°W / 43.074547; -89.418267 (University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn) | Dane | Site of veterinary nutrition research. | |
42 | University of Wisconsin Science Hall | More images | November 4, 1993 (#93001616) | Madison 43°04′32″N 89°24′02″W / 43.075689°N 89.400616°W / 43.075689; -89.400616 (University of Wisconsin Science Hall) | Dane | Associated with noted geology instructor Charles R. Van Hise. |
43 | Van Hise Rock | More images | September 25, 1997 (#97001267) | Rock Springs 43°29′15″N 89°54′55″W / 43.487478°N 89.915304°W / 43.487478; -89.915304 (Van Hise Rock) | Sauk | Rock outcropping that Charles R. Van Hise used to create principles of structural geology. |
44 | Villa Louis | More images | October 9, 1960 (#66000123) | Prairie du Chien 43°03′21″N 91°09′33″W / 43.055833°N 91.159167°W / 43.055833; -91.159167 (Villa Louis) | Crawford | Fur trader mansion built in 1871. |
45 | Wisconsin State Capitol | More images | January 3, 2001 (#70000031) | Madison 43°04′28″N 89°23′05″W / 43.074444°N 89.384722°W / 43.074444; -89.384722 (Wisconsin State Capitol) | Dane | Example of Renaissance Revival and Beaux-Arts architecture. |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin.
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin
- List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Greendale originals designated landmark". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. October 18, 2012. pp. 2B.
- ^ "Secretary Jewell, Director Jarvis Announce 10 New National Historic Landmarks Illustrating America's Diverse History, Culture". Department of the Interior. November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
- ^ Mason, Ronald J. (Summer 1991). "Biography of an Island". Wisconsin Academic Review. Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters: 35–39.
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