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

Polk County Wisconsin has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Dalles Bluff Site, Cushing Land Agency Building, First Baptist Church, Frederic Depot and Geiger Building--Old Polk County Courthouse.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Woodland dating back to 500.

Several famous people are associated with these Polk County historic places including Thomas Henry Thompson, Alvah A. Heald and Charles E. Lewis.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Polk County places including Orff & Guilbert, Ernest Myrick Hartford, John Montgomery, John Mangseth, St. Paul Sault St. Mari Minneapolis, Charles Alfred Hausler, Abraham M. Radcliff and Harry Wild Jones. Prominent architectural styles found in Polk Country are Italianate, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements and Romanesque.

Cushing Land Agency Building (added 2005 - - #05000955)

Also known as Baker Land and Title Company Building, St. Croix Falls Historical Society Museum

106 S. Washington St. , St. Croix Falls

McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Radcliff, Abraham M.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Business, Organizational

More Information:

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Dalles Bluff Site (added 1981 - - #81000054)

Also known as 47PK67

Address Restricted , St. Croix Falls

Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Native American, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland

Period of Significance:

1000-500 AD

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

First Baptist Church (added 2008 - - #08000201)

201 3rd Ave. , Osceola

Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Jones, Harry Wild

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Current Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Professional, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Frederic Depot (added 2003 - - #03000133)

Also known as Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie Railroad Depot, Soo Line Depot

210 Oak St. W , Frederic

Fafinney, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Geiger Building--Old Polk County Courthouse (added 1985 - - #85003030)

201 Cascade St. , Osceola

Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

More Information:

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Heald, Alvah A., House (added 1985 - - #85003097)

202 Sixth Ave. , Osceola

Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Montgomery,John

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Heald,Alvah A.

Significant Year:

1880, 1879

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Lamar Community Center (added 1982 - - #82001860)

Also known as Lamar State Grade school,District No. 5

NE of St. Croix Falls , St. Croix Falls

McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic, Meeting Hall, Theater

More Information:

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Lindstrom, John, Round Barn (added 2016 - - #16000741)

Balsam Lake, Balsam Lake

Fafinney, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1913-1913 AD

Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Saint Marie Railway Depot (added 2000 - - #00001535)

114 Depot Rd. , Osceola

Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Minneapolis, St. Paul Sault St. Mari

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Professional, Rail-Related

More Information:

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Osceola Commercial Historic District (added 2000 - - #00001533)

Roughly along Cascade St., from First Ave. to Third Ave. , Osceola

Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Meeting Hall

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Post Office

More Information:

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Polk County Courthouse (added 1982 - - #82000697)

Also known as 1030741846;1020751833;0502783014;1031771749;0902712;02047721

Main St. , Balsam Lake

Appraiser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Orff & Guilbert

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Seven Pines Lodge (added 1978 - - #78000125)

Also known as Charles E. Lewis Estate

SE of Lewis of WI 35 , Lewis

Lgohlike, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Mangseth,John

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Lewis,Charles E.

Significant Year:

1919, 1903

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Resort

More Information:

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St. Croix Falls Auditorium (added 2007 - - #07000711)

Also known as Auditorium Theatre

201 N Washington St , St. Croix Falls

McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Theater

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Library, Theater

More Information:

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Thompson, Thomas Henry, House (added 1984 - - #84003777)

205 South Adams St. , St. Croix Falls

McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Thompson,Thomas Henry

Significant Year:

1882

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

More Information:

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