Category: History
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Press Release: Philip Dean: Architects That Built Wausau’s Neighborhoods and Skyline
Join the Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks on Saturday, January 24, at 1:30 pm at the Marathon Public Library – Wausau Headquarters for their second in a series of presentations about the architects who helped create Wausau’s unique architectural heritage. Philip Dean’s legacy can be seen in the designs of the buildings he created, from…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Colin Arnold “Arnie” Clarke Jet
For our first WHAT of the year we went off course a bit. It’s not a building, but it is most definitely a landmark. And it’s definitely historic. We stopped over for a quick visit near Wausau’s Downtown Airport at Alexander Airport Park. It’s hard to miss the jet sitting there – even with a…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Blue Willow
And just like that it is time for our final WHAT of 2025. It has been a great year of celebrating Wausau’s architecture and history. Thank you for coming along for the ride! Today we are on the northwest side of Wausau and we decided it was time to stop for a little something to…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Longfellow School
It’s Winter Break! But Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks is headed to school. This week’s WHAT! is Longfellow School, or you can call it by its historic name, First Ward School at 415 Seymour Street. Built in 1894, it was designed by Milwaukee architect Henry J. Van Ryn, and includes a 1990 addition done by…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Underwood Memorial Chapel
It’s time for WHAT and by request we are still hanging out over on West Thomas Street. We just scooted down a few yards to what is historically known as the Underwood Memorial Chapel. This church was built in 1912 by Eunice Underwood in memoriam to her husband Jarvis Underwood, who owned Underwood Veneer which…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Mayer-Lotz Building
The snow is blowing and the temperature is dropping- but we grabbed our mittens and hats and went out looking at Wausau’s architecture in the newly added blanket of white. We wandered downtown and stopped at the Mayer-Lotz Building at 408-412 Third Street (across from the 400 Block). This staple of downtown Wausau was built…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Hammond Park
Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit! And welcome to Oktoberfest season here in Wisconsin and WHAT! day. In a city with a multitude of breweries, a beer garden just seems right. And that is where we are headed today – the corner of Grand and Thomas to what is now known as Hammond Park. But it has…
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News – New Landmarked Building
Great news! Last night the city council chose to amend what the Planning Commission sent that only landmarked part of the East Gate Building (Youth Building). Instead the Council chose to go with the Historic Preservation Commission recommendation which was landmarking the whole building. The Council voted 9-2 to landmark the East Gate Building (Youth…
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Press Release: Oppenhamer & Obel: Architects That Built Wausau’s Neighborhoods and Skyline
Oppenhamer & Obel: Architects That Built Wausau’s Neighborhoods and Skyline Join the Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks on Saturday, December 6, at 1:30 pm at the Marathon Public Library – Wausau Headquarters for their first in a series of presentations about the architects who helped create many of Wausau’s unique buildings. Oppenhamer and Obel, with…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – The Prange’s Building
Snow cannot stop WHAT! It’s time again for Wausau Historic Architecture Tuesday. And this week we are going to stay with the 1960s architecture theme. Today we stop at the corner of Third and Grant Streets to what many call the Prange’s building. The building was raised in 1968 and is made of cement slabs…