National Register of Historic Places - Wisconsin (WI), Ashland County

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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