Tag: Wausau Architecture Tuesday
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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 – 1701 and 1703 6th Street – Blazin’ Gifts
Welcome to Autumn in Wausau! A great day to do a bit of research about a cool, old building – this time at 1701 and 1703 6th Street. You probably haven’t noticed all the cool brick details in this building as you are heading down this busy street. The Wausau City Assessor records the building…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – 411 and 415 Thomas Street
The roads are a bit slushy, and snow is on the way, but Wausau’s historic architecture was calling – so, out we went to document another piece of history…but today’s buildings helped create more mystery rather than solving one! Welcome to this week’s WHAT (Wausau Historic Architecture Tuesday), where we take a look at two…
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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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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Jim’s Corner Pub
It’s WHAT time! And we have been out wandering and looking at buildings again! This time we headed down to the Kolbe neighborhood to 1244 South 9th Avenue- Jim’s Corner Pub. We heard this is the place to get a little blackberry brandy to chase the chill. As the date by the roofline says, this…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Wausau Pilot Building
As Spooky Season descends upon us we are out checking out downtown Wausau for WHAT! We decided to explore a downtown staple and known to be haunted- 324 Scott Street! This building was erected in 1901 in a commercial style. Although the facade has been changed, you can still see the arched windows in the…