Wisconsin - Ashland County - Vacant / Not In Use
Ashland County Wisconsin (Vacant / Not In Use) has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry, LUCERNE (Shipwreck), MARQUETTE (shipwreck), MOONLIGHT shipwreck and NOQUEBAY (Schooner--Barge) Shipwreck Site.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Ashland County places including Alvin A. Turner, Wolf and Davidson, Almson Sweet, George Presley, Parsons & Humble, James Davidson, Edwards,O;Hadland,C;benson,C&F., Nelson,J;Erickcson,M., et al., Willoughby J. Edbrooke and Charles Sumner Frost. Prominent architectural styles found in Ashland Country are Late Victorian and Romanesque.

BIG BAY SLOOP shipwreck (sloop) (added 2009 - - #08001327)
Also known as ASI#025547
Address Restricted , La Pointe
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Maritime History, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bass Island Brownstone Company Quarry (added 1978 - - #78000075)
Also known as Basswood Island Quarry
N of La Pointe on Basswood Island , La Pointe
Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal, Private, State
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
LUCERNE (Shipwreck) (added 1991 - - #91001775)
Also known as Schooner Lucerne
Address Restricted , La Pointe
Billertl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Parsons & Humble
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Transportation, Engineering
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
MARQUETTE (shipwreck) (added 2008 - - #08000027)
5 mi. E. of Michigan Island, Lake Superior , La Pointe
Billertl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Maritime History, Commerce
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
MOONLIGHT shipwreck (added 2008 - - #08000979)
Address Restricted , La Pointe
Billertl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce, Maritime History
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
NOQUEBAY (Schooner--Barge) Shipwreck Site (added 1992 - - #92000593)
Address Restricted , La Pointe
Billertl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Turner,Alvin A.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Old Ashland Post Office (added 1974 - - #74000054)
601 West Second St. , Ashland
Billertl, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Edbrooke,Willoughby J.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Post Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
PRETORIA (schooner--barge) Shipwreck Site (added 1994 - - #94000835)
Also known as 47-As-191
Address Restricted , Bayfield
Billertl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Davidson, James
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Engineering, Transportation
Cultural Affiliation:
Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Rocky Island Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000016)
Also known as Rice's Island, Ironwood Island, Sinsibakwado Miniss, See Also: Hadland Fishing Camp
Rocky Island, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore , La Pointe
Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Maritime History, Entertainment/Recreation, European
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Camp, Fishing Facility Or Site, Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Camp, Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure
Union Depot (added 1979 - - #79000058)
Also known as Ashland Depot, Chicago & Northwest Railroad Co.
417 Chapple Ave. , Ashland
Billertl, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Frost,Charles Sumner
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Rail-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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