National Register of Historic Places listings in Vilas County, Wisconsin
Location of Vilas County in Wisconsin
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Vilas County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Vilas 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 15 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.
- This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 2, 2016.[2]
Current listings
| [3] | Name on the Register[4] | Image | Date listed[5] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anvil Lake Campground Shelter |  |
(#96000542) |
Jct. of Anvil Lake Rd. and WI 70 45°56′14″N 89°03′39″W / 45.937222°N 89.060833°W |
Eagle River | Rustic styled picnic shelter and bathhouse built by the CCC in 1936, during the Great Depression.[6] |
| 2 | Archeological Site No. 47VI197 |  |
(#94000816) |
Address Restricted |
St. Germain | |
| 3 | Big Sand Lake Club |  |
(#04001487) |
4571 Big Sand Lake Club Rd. 46°04′14″N 88°57′12″W / 46.070556°N 88.953333°W |
Phelps | Private resort of wealthy Chicagoans, among others, since 1891. When the hemlock clubhouse was rebuilt around 1924, it was considered the largest log building in Wisconsin.[7] |
| 4 | Eagle River Stadium |  |
(#94000650) |
4149 WI 70 45°54′38″N 89°12′48″W / 45.910556°N 89.213333°W |
Eagle River | Built in 1925 by local townspeople, this was the first indoor hockey arena in Wisconsin. It also houses the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame.[8] |
| 5 | The Everett Resort |  |
(#08000982) |
1269 Everett Rd. 45°54′35″N 89°10′24″W / 45.909803°N 89.173239°W |
Washington | Large resort on Eagle River chain of lakes started in 1890s, charging on the American Plan. Buildings are in Craftsman and Rustic styles. In the 1930s the dining room could serve 300 guests.[9] |
| 6 | Fort Eagle |  |
(#98001090) |
934 Fort Eagle Ln. 46°03′10″N 88°59′27″W / 46.052778°N 88.990833°W |
Phelps | Vacation estate of "Homeless Homer" Galpin, once-tarnished head of the Chicago Republican party and promoter of Northwoods tourism. The estate consists of a southern Colonial Revival mansion, cottages, boathouse, etc., built from 1919 to 1927.[10] |
| 7 | Government Boarding School at Lac du Flambeau | |
(#04001005) |
Address Restricted |
Lac du Flambeau | School where the federal government tried to forcibly assimilate Ojibwe, Potawatomi and Menominee children into white society from 1895 to 1940. The school continued under tribal control into the 1990s.[11] |
| 8 | Nicolaus H. Hultin House |  |
(#96001582) |
2196 To-To-Tom Ln., N of jct. with Indian Village Rd. 45°57′23″N 89°54′17″W / 45.956389°N 89.904722°W |
Lac du Flambeau | Rustic French Norman "piece sur piece" chateau with Scandinavian overtones, built in 1923, with boathouse, on the peninsula between Lake To To Tom and Long Interlaken. Hultin was a Swedish immigrant who became a prominent funeral director in Chicago, and built this retreat up north.[12] |
| 9 | Jabodon |  |
(#09000164) |
1460 Everett Road 45°54′58″N 89°10′00″W / 45.915997°N 89.166781°W |
Washington | Vacation estate on Cranberry Lake. The Craftsman style house was built in 1924, the boathouse in 1937.[13] |
| 10 | Mayo School |  |
(#94000135) |
2301 Townhall Rd. 45°57′52″N 89°13′03″W / 45.964444°N 89.2175°W |
Eagle River | Stucco-clad grade school built in 1924 by Paul Scharf and M. Sauer.[14] Now serves as the Washington Town Hall. |
| 11 | Region Nine Training School |  |
(#96000890) |
611 Sheridan St. 45°55′18″N 89°14′45″W / 45.921667°N 89.245833°W |
Eagle River | Complex of Rustic-style buildings, with the oldest built in 1937 by CCCs. Until 1942, used as a training center for National Forest managers; since 1946, as the conference center of Trees For Tomorrow.[15][16] |
| 12 | Ben and Margaret Stone Boathouse | Upload image | (#08000017) |
8810 Co. Rd. N 45°59′42″N 89°32′08″W / 45.995°N 89.535556°W |
Plum Lake | Two-story wet boathouse on Plum Lake, built in Craftsman style in 1928.[17] Ben worked in various lumber companies in Wausau and Ladysmith.[18] |
| 13 | Strawberry Island Site | |
(#78000340) |
Address Restricted |
Lac du Flambeau | Largely undisturbed site of three Native American occupations, starting in 200 BC. The site is also important in Ojibwe beliefs.[19] |
| 14 | Sunset Point |  |
(#93001169) |
1024 Everett Rd. 45°54′03″N 89°11′00″W / 45.900833°N 89.183333°W |
Eagle River | Chicago gambler Mont Tennes had his estate on Catfish Lake built in French Normandy style in 1928.[20] |
| 15 | Wallila Farm | |
(#92000851) |
Address Restricted 46°02′22″N 89°06′58″W / 46.039444°N 89.116111°W |
Phelps | Pioneer Finnish farm from early 1900s.[21] |
Former listings
| [3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presque Isle State Graded School | Upload image | (#93000158) | Jct. of Co. Trunk Hwy. B and School Loop St. |
Presque Isle | School designed in Art Deco style by Oppenhamer and Obel of Wausau and built in 1939. Demolished by 2001.[22] |
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin
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 Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.
- 1 2 Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-24). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Anvil Lake Campground Shelter". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ↑ "Big Sand Lake Club". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ↑ "Eagle River Stadium". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ↑ "The Everett Resort". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ↑ "Fort Eagle". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ↑ Laabs, Joyce (2010-11-10). "The untold story of the Ldf Government Boarding School - Restoration of school continues". The Lakeland Times. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ↑ Hartung, Richard P. (1995-06-20). "Hultin, Nicolaus H., House" (PDF). NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ↑ "Jabodon". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ↑ "Mayo School". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ↑ "List of Buildings at Region Nine Training School". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ↑ Conrad, David E. (1997). "8: THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN REGIONS 9 & 7". The Land We Cared For... A History of the Forest Service's Eastern Region (1st ed.). Milwaukee, WI: Forest History Society. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ↑ "Stone, Ben and Margaret, Boathouse". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ↑ Hart, Bill. "Stone, Ben D.". Marathon County Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ↑ Biermeier, Carol Brown. "Strawberry Island, Lac du Flambeau Sacred Site". Midwest Treaty Network. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ↑ "Sunset Point". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ↑ "Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forests - Final Environmental Impact Statement" (PDF). USDA. pp. Appendix N. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ↑ "Presque Isle State Graded School". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
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