National Register of Historic Places listings in Florence County, Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Florence County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Florence 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 Florence County in Wisconsin

There are 7 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 Fay Outlet Site (47FL13)
 
Fay Outlet Site (47FL13)
January 17, 1989
(#88000647)
Address Restricted
Long Lake Woodland/Oneota village site.
2 Fern School
 
Fern School
March 20, 1981
(#81000043)
SW of Florence on WI 101
45°50′10″N 88°23′11″W / 45.836111°N 88.386389°W / 45.836111; -88.386389 (Fern School)
Florence One to six room school, built in 1921 in Colonial Revival style.[5]
3 Florence County Courthouse and Jail
 
Florence County Courthouse and Jail
December 2, 1985
(#85003029)
501 Lake St.
45°55′16″N 88°14′56″W / 45.921111°N 88.248889°W / 45.921111; -88.248889 (Florence County Courthouse and Jail)
Florence 1897 courthouse built in Romanesque Revival style of sandstone and limestone.[6]
4 Florence Town Hall
 
Florence Town Hall
April 15, 2014
(#14000169)
748 Central Ave.
45°55′21″N 88°15′07″W / 45.92243°N 88.252008°W / 45.92243; -88.252008 (Florence Town Hall)
Florence Town hall with public auditorium designed by Max Hanisch, Sr. in Art Moderne style and built in 1936.[7]
5 David M. and Lottie Fulmer House
 
David M. and Lottie Fulmer House
May 5, 2014
(#14000196)
209 Central Ave.
45°55′19″N 88°14′44″W / 45.922028°N 88.245625°W / 45.922028; -88.245625 (David M. and Lottie Fulmer House)
Florence 2-story, stucco-clad Prairie School house built in 1899. Along with the Fulmers, it was owned by Max Sells,[8] a Florence attorney.[9]
6 Upper Twin Falls Bridge
 
Upper Twin Falls Bridge
December 12, 2012
(#12001028)
Over the Menominee River
45°52′39″N 88°04′43″W / 45.8775°N 88.0785°W / 45.8775; -88.0785 (Upper Twin Falls Bridge)
Florence Highway bridge, built 1910-11 to Dickinson County, Michigan because the Twin Falls Power Dam would soon flood the previous bridge. One of two pin-connected, camelback, through-truss bridges remaining in Wisconsin. Site of liquor inspections from 1914-20, when Michigan was dry and Wisconsin wet.[10]
7 Robert B. and Estelle J. Webb House
 
Robert B. and Estelle J. Webb House
May 5, 2014
(#14000197)
200 Central Ave.
45°55′21″N 88°14′42″W / 45.922584°N 88.245135°W / 45.922584; -88.245135 (Robert B. and Estelle J. Webb House)
Florence Queen Anne-styled home built in 1883 with bargeboards and elaborate porches.[11] Robert was involved in mining and ran a hardware store in Florence.[12]

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. ^ 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. ^ "Fern School". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Main Page Photos of Wisconsin Courthouses". Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Florence Town Hall". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  8. ^ "David M. and Lottie Fulmer House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Florence County, Wisconsin". Wisconsin State Journal. 17 January 1935. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  10. ^ Hoffman, Lisa M. (17 May 2012). "Twin Falls Bridge Nominated". The Daily News. Iron Mountain, MI. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Robert B. And Estelle J. Webb House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  12. ^ Men of Progress: Embracing Biographical Sketches of Representative Michigan Men. Detroit, Michigan: Evening News Association. 1900. p. 353. ISBN 1295692430. robert estelle webb florence wisconsin.