National Register of Historic Places listings in Forest County, Wisconsin
Location of Forest County in Wisconsin
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Forest County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Forest County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.[1]
There are 9 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
- This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 2, 2016.[2]
Current listings
| [3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[4] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armstrong Creek Bridge |  |
(#11000841) |
Old 101 Rd. over Armstrong Cr. 45°38′29″N 88°26′47″W / 45.641258°N 88.446356°W |
Armstrong Creek | Standard, Prat pony truss bridge built of steel in 1908. This type was once common on Wisconsin roads, but only a handful remain.[5] |
| 2 | Butternut-Franklin Lakes Archeological District |  |
(#07000429) |
Along the Hidden Lakes Trail near Butternut and Franklin Lakes[6] 45°55′36″N 88°59′34″W / 45.926666°N 88.992777°W |
Hiles | 20 sites spanning 4000 years of Native American occupation.[6] |
| 3 | Camp Five Farmstead |  |
(#95001506) |
5466 Connor Farm Rd. 45°34′18″N 88°42′08″W / 45.571667°N 88.702222°W |
Laona | 1890s logging camp and the farm that supplied that camp. Now a living history museum.[7] |
| 4 | Chicago and North-Western Land Office |  |
(#93001446) |
4556 N. Branch St. 45°26′21″N 88°39′39″W / 45.439167°N 88.660833°W |
Wabeno | 1897 log building from which land was sold. Now Wabeno's public library.[8] |
| 5 | Dinesen-Motzfeldt-Hettinger Log House |  |
(#04001486) |
3125 WI 55 45°29′06″N 88°58′31″W / 45.485°N 88.975278°W |
Mole Lake, Wisconsin (listed as Crandon) | 1870s location of a stopping place on the Military Road north of Green Bay. The cabin was once occupied by the father of Karen Blixen who wrote Out of Africa, during his trapping and trading days.[9] Under restoration as of 2010. |
| 6 | Franklin Lake Campground | Upload image | (#88001573) |
National Forest Rd. 2181 45°55′51″N 88°59′37″W / 45.930833°N 88.993611°W |
Alvin | Rustic-styled buildings built by CCCs and WPA starting in 1936.[10] |
| 7 | Minertown-Oneva |  |
(#09001315) |
State Trunk Hwy. 32 45°22′57″N 88°37′32″W / 45.382394°N 88.625561°W |
Carter | One-company lumbering town which boomed from 1899 until the mill burned in 1931. Abandoned by 1939.[11] |
| 8 | Otter Spring House | Upload image | (#99000684) |
Approx. 80 meters S of Spring Pond Rd. 45°35′22″N 88°48′49″W / 45.589444°N 88.813611°W |
Lincoln | The 1933 cedar log structure was built by a CCC camp to protect the spring, which was their water supply. Water from the spring has special significance to the Potawatomi.[12] |
| 9 | John and Anna Wywialowski | Upload image | (#16000766) |
8680 WI 101 45°41′09″N 88°26′15″W / 45.685728°N 88.437489°W |
Armstrong Creek |
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin
References
- ↑ The latitude and longitude information provided is primarily from the National Register Information System, and has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For 1%, the location info may be way off. We seek to correct the coordinate information wherever it is found to be erroneous. Please leave a note in the Discussion page for this article if you believe any specific location is incorrect.
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ↑ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ↑ "Armstrong Creek Bridge". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- 1 2 "UW-SP Students partner with FS to interpret Butternut-Franklin Historic District Trail". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ↑ "Home of the Lumberjack Steam Train - About the Logging Camp". Camp 5 Museum Foundation. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ↑ "Chicago and North-western Land Office". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ↑ McCann, Dennis (2007-08-12). "Dinesen log cabin gets another chance". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ↑ "Franklin Lake Campground". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ↑ "Minertown-Onerva". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ↑ "Otter Spring House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
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