Tag: WHAT
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Wausau 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 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 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 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 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…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – 2108 N. 6th Street
November has blown in and by request we headed north on 6th Street for today’s WHAT (Wausau Historic Architecture Tuesday) – to the corner East Wausau and North 6th Street (2108 N. 6th Street). Built in 1895 this retail building is in the Commercial style – but has some Italianate details. These details include hoods…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – Little Bavaria
Well, it’s Tuesday again and time to head out to find another WHAT candidate! Today we wandered to the edge of town to the north and found 1810 Merrill Avenue! Most recently it has been Newch’s Eatery & Bar. This building was built in about 1890. It has some neat details including the caps over…
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Wausau Architecture Tuesday – Ely and Ella Wright home
Rain, cold, and grey skies won’t stop us from wandering out this Tuesday for another look at Wausau Historic Architecture Tuesday (WHAT!). By request, today we feature another Wright (no Frank Lloyd with this one), this time at 901 6th Street. Historically, this house is known as the Ely (born 1838) and Ella (born 1840)…
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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…