Tag: Wausau Architecture Tuesday
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – the former home of Wausau Insurance (a/k/a Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. and Employers Mutual of Wausau)
Whoa! It’s WHAT time again! This week we head over to the westside to Westwood Drive- the former home of Wausau Insurance (a/k/a Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Co. and Employers Mutual of Wausau) and now part of the Aspirus Hospital Complex. The complex includes a 3-story building, a 4-story building in the middle, and a…
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Wausau Historic Architecture Tuesday – St. Mary’s Hospital/Wausau Hospital North (Forest Park Village)
WHAT! time is it? It’s Wausau Historic Architecture Tuesday time! Today we wander into the hills of Wausau to the St. Mary’s Hospital/Wausau Hospital North (Forest Park Village) complex that sits on North 7th Street, between Parcher and Brown Streets. This area includes a number of buildings of varying ages and styles (and it’s a…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – the old Coca-Cola Bottling building
It’s Tuesday – time for WHAT! By request, we head back down the avenue to the old Coca-Cola Bottling building at 1930 Grand Avenue.This building was under construction by around 1948 and became the Coca-Cola plant by 1950. It is a brick building in the commercial style, with additions later added, including the front elevation…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Sylvan Hill
Last WHAT of February and spring is on the way (hopefully)! We took time to explore Sylvan Hill before all the snow left. Sylvan Hill (at 1329 Sylvan Street) was created in 1964 after the land was sold to the city by Ted Will, who had moved to California. The design included a ski hill…
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Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday – Koschmann General Store
WHAT? That’s right it’s time for Wausau Historical Architecture Tuesday. We wandered a little further down 3rd Street to the corner of DeKalb and Third Streets – Koschmann General Store or Stone Office Service. Bernard Koschmann and wife, Emma, started their store in 1888 at a different location, and then decided to build a new…