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

Dunn County Wisconsin has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Tainter, Mabel, Memorial Building, Colfax Municipal Building, Evergreen Cemetery, Menomonie Downtown Historic District and Tainter, Louis Smith, House.

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

Several famous people are associated with these Dunn County historic places including Andrew Tainter, James H. Stout and Louis Smith Tainter.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Dunn County places including Harvey Ellis, Carl Volkman, Cleveland and French, Andrew Tainter and Wisconsin Construction Company. Prominent architectural styles found in Dunn Country are Romanesque, Classical Revival and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Colfax Municipal Building (added 2004 - - #03001542)

613 Main St. , Colfax

Jeff the quiet, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

More Information:

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Evergreen Cemetery (added 2006 - - #06001117)

Also known as BDN-13

N end of Shorewood Dr. , Menomonie

XF Law, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cleveland and French

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

More Information:

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Menomonie Downtown Historic District (added 1986 - - #86001667)

Also known as See Also:Tainter, Mabel, Memorial

Roughly bounded by Main and Crescent Sts., Fifth St., Wilson, and Second St. and Broadway , Menomonie

Fafinney, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Tainter,Andrew

Architectural Style:

Other, Romanesque, Classical Revival

Historic Person:

Stout,James H.

Significant Year:

1925, 1883

Area of Significance:

Education, Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Business, College, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education

Current Sub-function:

Business, College, Specialty Store

More Information:

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Menomonie Omaha Depot (added 2018 - - #100002856)

700 4th Steet, West, Menomonie

Devinberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation

Tainter, Louis Smith, House (added 1974 - - #74000082)

Broadway at Crescent , Menomonie

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ellis,Harvey

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Other

Historic Person:

Tainter,Louis Smith

Significant Year:

1889

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education, Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Tainter, Mabel, Memorial Building (added 1974 - - #74000083)

205 Main St. , Menomonie

Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ellis,Harvey

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Other

Historic Person:

Tainter,Andrew

Significant Year:

1889

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Library, Meeting Hall, Theater

Current Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Library, Meeting Hall, Theater

More Information:

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Upper Wakanda Park Mound Group (added 1999 - - #99000818)

Also known as 47DN185

Address Restricted , Menomonie

Fafinney, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Late Woodland

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Ceremonial Site, Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park