Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks

Category: Landmark

  • News – New Landmarked Building

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    Carl Martens
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    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…

  • Wausau Architecture Tuesday – Ely and Ella Wright home

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    Christine Martens
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    Rain, cold, and grey skies won’t stop us from wandering out this Tuesday for another look at Wausau Historic Architecture Tuesday (WHAT!). By request, today we feature another Wright (no Frank Lloyd with this one), this time at 901 6th Street. Historically, this house is known as the Ely (born 1838) and Ella (born 1840)…

  • Wausau Architecture Tuesday – John Marshall Elementary

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    Christine Martens
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    WHAT!?! It’s Tuesday again! Today we could be found on Wausau’s Southeast Side to see one of its most prominent buildings – John Marshall Elementary. John Marshall was built in 1922 in the Collegiate style – with some Late Gothic elements. The architects were Parkinson and Dockendorff. Even with the Later additions it remains a…

  • Wausau Architecture Tuesday – The Wausau Club

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    Christine Martens
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    Grab a cigar and some brandy – it’s WHAT time and today we are at 309 McClellan Street. Historically this was The Wausau Club, today it is the Wausau Museum Of Contemporary Art. Founded by a group of prominent business men (The Wausau Group), The Wausau Club was built in 1901-1902 in the Neo-Classical Revival…

  • Wausau Architecture Tuesday – Rothschild Pavilion

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    Christine Martens
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    WHAT! (Errr… maybe it’s RHAT?) As we make our way through Historic Preservation Month let’s take a look at a real preservation win that almost didn’t happen – The Rothschild Pavilion. A beautiful building that almost met a terrible fate. It was rebuilt in 1911 to replace the original building,which burned, at the cost of…

  • Wausau Architecture Tuesday – The Henry Miller House

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    Christine Martens
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    It’s WHAT Tuesday! We are strolling down the avenue and it seems obvious that we should highlight a true classic of Wausau – The Henry Miller House (1314 Grand Avenue). Built in 1894 this house has many hallmarks of the Queen Anne style. The most obvious is the polygonal turret (with an iron finial )on…

  • Landmarking News Update

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    Christine Martens
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    The positive motion of landmarking St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church and The Little Red School House continued at tonight’s Planning Commission meeting. Members voted unanimously to push forward the landmarking process to its final stage – approval by the Wausau City Council. Thank you to Father Samuel Cripps for once again speaking and explaining…

  • Landmarking News Update

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    Christine Martens
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    Good news from City Hall tonight for historic preservation! Tonight the Wausau Historic Preservation Commission approved furthering the landmarking process for the Little Red School House in Marathon Park and St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church. It will now come before Planning Commission where, as City Planner Brad Lenz pointed out in the meeting., the…

  • Landmarking News

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    Carl Martens
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    Some great news for Wausau history heads! The Historic Preservation Commission will hold two public hearings on February 26th (Wednesday) at 6pm at City Hall. They will also be streamed on YouTube. These public hearings will be for the landmarking of The Little Red School House, located in Marathon Park, and St. John The Baptist…