Category: History
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Wausau 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…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – Paul F. Stolze Building
It’s the second Tuesday of the month, so it’s back to our regularly scheduled program! It’s time for WHAT! Let’s head just outside of downtown to 628 East Jefferson Street – the Paul F. Stolze Building, or as some may know it, the Fine Clock Shop. Although the building says 1907, the building goes back…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – The DenMar
Good Tuesday afternoon! It’s time for WHAT! (Wausau Historic Architecture Tuesday). Today let’s visit a favorite local watering hole at 601 West Thomas Street- The DenMar. Pull up a stool and let’s talk about history and architecture. The building was raised in about 1936 in a tavern/commercial style with a nod to cape cod design,…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – John Marshall Elementary
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…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – The Wausau Club
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…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – Rothschild Pavilion
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…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – The Helke Funeral
And just like that it is time for our last WHAT of Historic Preservation Month! Today we head downtown to Jefferson Street- 413 Jefferson Street. This stone English Revival was built in 1939. It has arches, a steeply pitched roofline, and its front elevation is asymmetrical – which are all typical of the style. Charles…