National Register of Historic Places listings in Barron County, Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Barron County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Barron County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.[1]

Location of Barron County in Wisconsin

There are 10 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 25, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Barron County Pipestone Quarry
 
Barron County Pipestone Quarry
December 22, 1978
(#78000077)
East of Rice Lake
Rice Lake Site where American Indians quarried pipestone for making ceremonial pipes.[5]
2 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Passenger Station
 
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Passenger Station
June 21, 2007
(#07000588)
426 Tainter Ave.
45°30′21″N 91°44′19″W / 45.505833°N 91.738611°W / 45.505833; -91.738611 (Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Passenger Station)
Rice Lake Depot built in 1909, before automobiles, when railways were major carriers of both passengers and freight.[6]
3 Cumberland Public Library
 
Cumberland Public Library
June 25, 1992
(#92000804)
1305 Second Ave.
45°32′03″N 92°01′18″W / 45.534167°N 92.021667°W / 45.534167; -92.021667 (Cumberland Public Library)
Cumberland Carnegie Library opened in 1906 with a $10,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie. Style is Classical Revival.[7]
4 Franklin School
 
Franklin School
March 24, 2015
(#15000107)
1011 S. Main St.
45°29′23″N 91°43′58″W / 45.489652°N 91.732894°W / 45.489652; -91.732894 (Franklin School)
Rice Lake Brick grade school designed by William Linley Alban in Art Deco style and built in 1936 during the Great Depression, but funded by the city of Rice Lake alone.[8]
5 Island of Happy Days February 24, 1995
(#95000141)
Stout Island, Red Cedar Lake
45°36′39″N 91°35′16″W / 45.610833°N 91.587778°W / 45.610833; -91.587778 (Island of Happy Days)
Cedar Lake Rustic summer retreat of the heirs of the Stout of Knapp-Stout & Co, the lumber company, from 1903 to 1927.[9]
6 Rice Lake Mounds (47 BN-90)
 
Rice Lake Mounds (47 BN-90)
September 7, 1979
(#79000059)
Address Restricted
Rice Lake Several burial mounds believed to have been constructed by Dakota people near the lakeshore in the northern portion of the city — now located within a city park.
7 St. Mary's Rectory
 
St. Mary's Rectory
April 4, 2011
(#11000152)
1575 Second Ave.
45°32′19″N 92°01′21″W / 45.538611°N 92.0225°W / 45.538611; -92.0225 (St. Mary's Rectory)
Cumberland Catholic rectory built in 1904 in an unusual mix of Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles.[10]
8 Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House
 
Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House
October 18, 2006
(#06000945)
130 E. Division Ave.
45°24′05″N 91°51′20″W / 45.401389°N 91.855556°W / 45.401389; -91.855556 (Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House)
Barron 1895 Georgian Revival house built by Edward N. Stebbins, factory owner and mayor of Barron, who came from Pennsylvania in 1891.[11]
9 Wajiwan ji Mashkode Archeological District
 
Wajiwan ji Mashkode Archeological District
September 11, 2003
(#03000938)
Address Restricted
Rice Lake
10 ZCBJ Hall
 
ZCBJ Hall
April 11, 1985
(#85000768)
320 W. 3rd St.
45°36′28″N 91°46′44″W / 45.607778°N 91.778889°W / 45.607778; -91.778889 (ZCBJ Hall)
Haugen Meeting hall of Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota, or Western Czechoslovakian Fraternal Association, built in 1913 in Boomtown style.[12]

Former listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Rice Lake Carnegie Library June 20, 1980
(#80000434)
March 20, 1986 16 S. Main St.
Rice Lake Neoclassical brownstone Carnegie library built in 1905 and demolished in 1985.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided is primarily from the National Register Information System, and has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For 1%, the location info may be way off. We seek to correct the coordinate information wherever it is found to be erroneous. Please leave a note in the Discussion page for this article if you believe any specific location is incorrect.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved October 25, 2024.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Dott Jr., Robert H.; Attig, John W. (2004). Roadside Geology of Wisconsin. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 0-87842-492-X.
  6. ^ "Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Passenger Station". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  7. ^ "Cumberland Public Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  8. ^ "Franklin School". Columns newsletter. 36 (2). Wisconsin Historical Society: 6. May–July 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
  9. ^ "The Island of Happy Days". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  10. ^ "St. Mary's Rectory". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  11. ^ "Stebbins, Edward N. and Mary T. (Clapp), House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  12. ^ "ZCBJ Hall". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
  13. ^ "Rice Lake Carnegie Library". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-07-09.