Category: History
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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…
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Celebrating International Women’s Day – YWCA
Happy International Women’s Day! We’ll celebrate March with some special women focused posts. On the corner of Grant and 5th Streets is the iconic white building with red doors – The YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association). It was built in a Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival in 1927, with additions in 1974, 1975 and 1997 (Otto Holmanag…
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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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Press Release – Architecture Ambles walking Tours Season 2025
The Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks are excited to announce their 2025 season of Architecture Ambles walking tours. We start the season with Gary’s tour of historic downtown Wausau. The Downtown Historic Tour will feature the buildings that helped Wausau grow through the years. Many buildings have a unique and valuable story about how Wausau…
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Landmarking News Update
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…
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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…