List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
Ringling Circus
Aztalan
Dairy Barn, State Capitol
Bradley House
North Hall,
Armory and Gymnasium, Unitarian Meetinghouse
Jacobs House 1, Jacobs House 2
LaFollette House, Science Hall
Bradley House
North Hall,
Armory and Gymnasium, Unitarian Meetinghouse
Jacobs House 1, Jacobs House 2
LaFollette House, Science Hall
USS Cobia
Oconto Site
Taliesen
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 44 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 | January 7, 1976 (#74002275) |
Racine 42°42′44″N 87°47′29″W / 42.712198°N 87.791466°W | 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 | Crawford | Oldest known surviving fur trade warehouse in the upper Mississippi River valley. | |
3 | Aztalan | July 19, 1964 (#66000022) |
Lake Mills 43°03′56″N 88°51′46″W / 43.065557°N 88.862884°W | Jefferson | Prehistoric site, now a state park. | |
4 | Harold C. Bradley House | January 7, 1976 (#72000047) |
Madison 43°04′11″N 89°25′16″W / 43.069785°N 89.421209°W | Dane | Prairie School home designed by Louis H. Sullivan. | |
5 | Brisbois House | October 9, 1960 (#66000801) |
Prairie du Chien 43°03′08″N 91°09′35″W / 43.052336°N 91.159752°W | Crawford | Built with stone left over from Fort Crawford. | |
6 | USS COBIA | January 14, 1986 (#86000087) |
Manitowoc 44°05′24″N 87°39′29″W / 44.089914°N 87.658064°W | Manitowoc | Representative of 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 | Milwaukee | Associated with noted geologist Fisk Holbrook Day. | |
8 | Dousman Hotel | October 9, 1960 (#66000122) |
Prairie du Chien 43°03′07″N 91°09′35″W / 43.051949°N 91.159739°W | Crawford | Hotel with ties to fur traders in area. | |
9 | Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank | January 7, 1976 (#72000044) |
Columbus 43°20′20″N 89°00′55″W / 43.338782°N 89.015342°W | Columbia | One of eight "jewel box" banks designed by Louis Sullivan | |
10 | First Unitarian Society Meetinghouse | August 18, 2004 (#73000076) |
Shorewood Hills 43°04′33″N 89°26′07″W / 43.075889°N 89.435181°W | 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 | 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 | Milwaukee | Golda Meir attended school from 1906-1912. | |
13 | Hamlin Garland House | November 11, 1971 (#71000040) |
West Salem 43°53′57″N 91°05′07″W / 43.899075°N 91.085381°W | La Crosse | Author Hamlin Garland visited and wrote here regularly. | |
14 | Greendale Historic District | October 16, 2012 (#05000763) |
Greendale 42°56′29″N 87°59′45″W / 42.941389°N 87.995833°W | 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 | Milwaukee | Former museum of geology on University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee campus. | |
16 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House | July 31, 2003 (#03001037) |
Madison 43°03′31″N 89°26′29″W / 43.058611°N 89.441389°W | Dane | First of more than 300 Usonian houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. | |
17 | Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House | July 31, 2003 (#03001038) |
Madison 43°04′26″N 89°32′05″W / 43.073889°N 89.534722°W | Dane | Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home. | |
18 | Herbert Johnson House | June 29, 1989 (#75000076) |
Wind Point 42°46′49″N 87°46′15″W / 42.780378°N 87.770761°W | 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 | Dane | A home of Robert M. La Follette | |
20 | Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm | January 16, 2009 (#78000082) |
Fairfield 43°33′46″N 89°39′33″W / 43.562778°N 89.659167°W | Sauk | Farm associated with the writing of Sand County Almanac | |
21 | Little White Schoolhouse | May 30, 1974 (#73000079) |
Ripon 43°50′31″N 88°50′11″W / 43.841943°N 88.836386°W | 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 | Sauk | The only surviving earthen anthropomorphic mound in North America.[4] | |
23 | Milton House | August 6, 1998 (#72000065) |
Milton 42°46′36″N 88°56′11″W / 42.776781°N 88.936521°W | Rock | Underground railway station in unusual hotel. | |
24 | Milwaukee City Hall | April 5, 2005 (#73000085) |
Milwaukee 43°02′30″N 87°54′35″W / 43.0417°N 87.9098°W | Milwaukee | Germanic architecture; United States' tallest habitable building 1885-1899. | |
25 | Namur Historic District | December 14, 1990 (#87002553) |
Namur 44°44′03″N 87°39′59″W / 44.734129°N 87.666482°W | Door | District of Belgian-American settlers, where French with a Walloon accent is still spoken. | |
26 | North Hall, University of Wisconsin | December 21, 1965 (#66000021) |
Madison 43°04′26″N 89°24′11″W / 43.073776°N 89.402951°W | Dane | First structure on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. | |
27 | Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers | June 17, 2011 (#05000530) |
5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee 43°01′14″N 87°58′42″W / 43.020429°N 87.978195°W | Milwaukee | 90 acres (36 ha) Milwaukee Soldiers Home (est. 1867) campus, on the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center grounds. | |
28 | Oconto Site | January 20, 1961 (#66000023) |
Oconto 44°53′12″N 87°54′03″W / 44.886667°N 87.900833°W | Oconto | Burial ground and artifacts dating back 5,000-6,000 years. | |
29 | Pabst Theater | December 4, 1991 (#72000063) |
Milwaukee 43°02′27″N 87°54′38″W / 43.040852°N 87.910653°W | Milwaukee | Fourth-oldest continually operating theater in nation. | |
30 | Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Headquarters | August 4, 1969 (#69000032) |
Baraboo 43°28′01″N 89°44′07″W / 43.4669°N 89.7353°W | Sauk | Winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus from 1884 until 1918. | |
31 | Schoonmaker Reef | September 25, 1997 (#97001266) |
Wauwatosa 43°02′43″N 87°59′37″W / 43.045171°N 87.993629°W | Milwaukee | Fossilized reef, among the earliest discovered in the world. | |
32 | Second Fort Crawford Military Hospital | October 9, 1960 (#66000121) |
Prairie du Chien 43°02′30″N 91°08′49″W / 43.041675°N 91.14696°W | Crawford | Dates back to first half of 19th century, now houses medical museum. | |
33 | Silver Mound Archeological District | February 17, 2006 (#75000067) |
Hixton 44°25′36″N 90°57′35″W / 44.426628°N 90.959592°W | Jackson | Site of early Native American settlement. | |
34 | Soldiers' Home Reef | November 4, 1993 (#93001617) |
Milwaukee 43°01′40″N 87°58′29″W / 43.027778°N 87.974722°W | Milwaukee | Fossilized reef, among the earliest discovered in the world. | |
35 | Taliesin | January 7, 1976 (#73000081) |
Spring Green 43°08′30″N 90°04′15″W / 43.14153°N 90.07091°W | Iowa | Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home and studio. | |
36 | Ten Chimneys | July 31, 2003 (#03001042) |
Genesee 42°57′51″N 88°22′38″W / 42.964167°N 88.377222°W | Waukesha | Residence of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. | |
37 | Turner Hall | November 15, 1996 (#77000041) |
Milwaukee 43°02′37″N 87°54′56″W / 43.043611°N 87.915556°W | Milwaukee | Associated with German-American Turners. | |
38 | University of Wisconsin Arboretum | January 13, 2021 (#100006237) |
1207 Seminole Hwy. 43°02′29″N 89°25′51″W / 43.0414°N 89.4307°W | Dane | ||
39 | University of Wisconsin Armory & Gymnasium | November 4, 1993 (#93001618) |
Madison 43°04′33″N 89°23′52″W / 43.075827°N 89.397867°W | Dane | Associated with Wisconsin Progressive Republican movement. | |
40 | University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn | April 5, 2005 (#02000600) |
Madison 43°04′28″N 89°25′06″W / 43.074547°N 89.418267°W | Dane | Site of veterinary nutrition research. | |
41 | University of Wisconsin Science Hall | November 4, 1993 (#93001616) |
Madison 43°04′32″N 89°24′02″W / 43.075689°N 89.400616°W | Dane | Associated with noted geology instructor Charles R. Van Hise. | |
42 | Van Hise Rock | September 25, 1997 (#97001267) |
Rock Springs 43°29′15″N 89°54′55″W / 43.487478°N 89.915304°W | Sauk | Rock outcropping that Charles R. Van Hise used to create principles of structural geology. | |
43 | Villa Louis | October 9, 1960 (#66000123) |
Prairie du Chien 43°03′21″N 91°09′33″W / 43.055833°N 91.159167°W | Crawford | Fur trader mansion built in 1871. | |
44 | Wisconsin State Capitol | January 3, 2001 (#70000031) |
Madison 43°04′28″N 89°23′05″W / 43.074444°N 89.384722°W | 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 3 November 2016.
External links[]
- National Register Information System, National Park Service.
Categories:
- Lists of National Historic Landmarks by state
- National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin-related lists
- Lists of buildings and structures in Wisconsin