Author: Christine Martens
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – Wausau Feed
It’s a rainy Tuesday and time for WHAT! This week’s building was a request from a fellow history lover and avid bicyclist about town. It’s a bit off the beaten path at 739 Jefferson Street. Some of the history of this building can be seen on its front sign, which has been well preserved by…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – The Kleinheinz Dairy Company Milk Plant
It’s June Dairy Month! So today’s WHAT takes us to 121 South Second Avenue on Wausau’s westside – the Kleinheinz Dairy Company milk plant. The dairy has been an important presence in the neighborhood since it was built in 1926. Many neighbors remember stopping in for ice cream. Architect Fred Fielder designed it in a…
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Architecture Amble: Thomas Street Neighborhood
The Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks will host their June Architecture Amble on Thursday, June 26 starting at 6 pm. This special tour will not only look at the architecture and history of the area, but will include information about the continuing environmental impact of the industries that once populated and still do populate the…
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Pat Peckham Memorial History Bike Ride
The Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks will begin their season of architecture and history tours with a special bike tour to honor Pat Peckham on Saturday, May 3 at 1:00 pm. The ride will explore Wausau’s Southeast side, which Pat called home and represented on the Wausau City Council for many years. The bike ride…
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Voices of Preservation: Live! Speakers Dive Into Architecture
The Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks are celebrating May Historic Preservation Month with a night of presentations about architecture. Voices of Preservation: Live is set for Friday, May 9 beginning at 6 pm in the lower level of the former Whitewater Music Hall (130 N. First Street) in Wausau. The event will begin with Ben…
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Landmarking News Update
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…
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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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We have a BIG May coming up! Be sure to mark your calendars!
Saturday, May 3 – The Pat Peckham Memorial Historic Bike Ride. We will ride through the Southeast side and discover the architecture and history of Pat’s neighborhood. Friday, May 9 at 6 pm- Voices of Historic Preservation: Live! We are to have Ben Tyjeski of Tyjeski Tile Co. (and author of “The Animal Tiles of…
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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…