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National Register of Historic Places listings in Bayfield County, Wisconsin
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bayfield County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Bayfield 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]
Location of Bayfield County in Wisconsin
There are 26 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another 2 properties were once listed but have been removed.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 20, 2023.[2]
Current listings
| [3] | Name on the Register[4] | Image | Date listed[5] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apostle Islands Lighthouses | March 8, 1977 (#77000145) | N and E of Bayfield on Michigan, Raspberry, Outer, Sand and Devils Islands 46°59′38″N 90°36′06″W / 46.9939°N 90.6017°W | Bayfield | Six lighthouses built on various islands as early as 1856, to guide ships through and around the islands.[6] | |
| 2 | Bank of Washburn | January 17, 1980 (#80000105) | Bayfield St. and Central Ave. 46°40′24″N 90°53′29″W / 46.6733°N 90.8914°W | Washburn | Monumental building designed by Conover and Porter in Romanesque style and built in 1890, of brownstone quarried north of Washburn. Now houses historical museum and cultural center.[7] | |
| 3 | Bayfield County Courthouse | January 17, 1975 (#75000060) | 117 E. 5th St. 46°40′37″N 90°53′34″W / 46.6770°N 90.8927°W | Washburn | Courthouse designed by James Nader of Madison in Neoclassical revival style and built in 1894 of locally quarried brownstone.[8] | |
| 4 | Bayfield Fish Hatchery | July 22, 1981 (#81000033) | WI State Highway 13 46°47′10″N 90°51′49″W / 46.7861°N 90.8636°W | Salmo | R. D. Pike operated a private fish hatchery on this site from the 1860s to 1895, when he donated the land to the state. The state built a new hatchery, with the gambrel-roofed Victorian building holding an office, living quarters, and a fish egg propagation area washed by the waters of Birch Run Creek.[9] | |
| 5 | Bayfield Historic District | November 25, 1980 (#80000106) | WI J and WI 13 46°48′43″N 90°49′07″W / 46.8119°N 90.8186°W | Bayfield | A 60-block area in the city of Bayfield,[10] encompassing commercial buildings from wooden false front to brownstone, and residences from modest to Queen Anne.[11] | |
| 6 | Booth Cooperage | August 13, 1976 (#76000049) | 1 East Washington St. 46°48′45″N 90°48′47″W / 46.8124°N 90.8131°W | Bayfield | Built as a fish storehouse around 1900, partly on cribbing. In 1914, Booth Fisheries converted part of the building to a factory in which five coopers hand-made wooden barrels - up to 75,000 a year - for packing locally caught salted fish.[11] | |
| 7 | Frank Boutin, Jr. House | December 27, 1974 (#74000056) | 7 Rice St. 46°48′50″N 90°48′50″W / 46.8138°N 90.8138°W | Bayfield | Queen Anne home built in 1908 with exterior of sandstone, brick and clapboard. Boutin's father was an early lumberman and fisherman in Bayfield.[11] | |
| 8 | Christ Episcopal Church | December 27, 1974 (#74000057) | 121-125 North 3rd. St. 46°48′47″N 90°49′08″W / 46.8130°N 90.8188°W | Bayfield | The chapel was built in 1870, the first Episcopal church in northern Wisconsin.[11] The whole is in Carpenter Gothic style, with board and batten exterior.[12] | |
| 9 | East Third Street Residential Historic District | July 18, 2014 (#14000430) | E. 3rd St. from Central Ave. to 4th Ave. E. 46°40′32″N 90°53′22″W / 46.6755°N 90.8895°W | Washburn | 31 contributing homes built from 1885 through 1950 including Colonial Revival style, Queen Anne, Prairie School, and Craftsman. Some were constructed by DuPont for employees[13] who worked at its Barksdale explosives plant.[14] | |
| 10 | Forest Lodge | February 14, 2002 (#02000031) | Garmisch Rd. 46°12′13″N 91°06′31″W / 46.2036°N 91.1087°W | Namakagon | Rustic retreat of the Livingston/Griggs family of St. Paul on Namekagon Lake, on the site of a logging camp. Buildings constructed from 1893 to 1950 include the lodge, two-story boathouse, and maid's cabin.[15] | |
| 11 | Forest Lodge Library | July 11, 2001 (#01000735) | 13450 Cty Hwy M 46°12′28″N 91°17′30″W / 46.2079°N 91.2918°W | Cable | St. Paul socialite Mary Livingston Griggs built this Rustic log building in 1925-26 for the community of Cable, in honor of her mother and their family lodge on Namekagon Lake.[16] | |
| 12 | Herbster Community Center | August 15, 1997 (#97000888) | Lenawee Rd., S of jct. of Lenawee Rd. and WI 13 46°49′51″N 91°15′44″W / 46.8309°N 91.2622°W | Herbster | Town hall/gymnasium/community center constructed in Rustic style in 1939-40, a WPA project.[17] | |
| 13 | Hokenson Fishing Dock | June 18, 1976 (#76000050) | N of Bayfield at Little Sand Bay 46°56′48″N 90°53′30″W / 46.9467°N 90.8916°W | Bayfield | Dock built on crib piers in 1927 by the three Hokensen brothers, who ran an independent fishing boat and packing operation out of Sand Island from the 1920s to the 1950s.[18] | |
| 14 | Island Lake Camp | March 12, 1982 (#82000629) | Island Lake Rd. 46°23′11″N 91°31′50″W / 46.3864°N 91.5306°W | Drummond | Rustic log cabin built in 1888,[19] summer retreat of the McCormick family and Dr. William Gray, newspaperman and editor of "The Interior," a Presbyterian publication.[20] | |
| 15 | Lake Owen Archeological District | October 11, 2012 (#12000333) | Address Restricted | Drummond vicinity | ||
| 16 | Old Bayfield County Courthouse | December 27, 1974 (#74000058) | Washington St. between 4th and 5th Sts. 46°48′47″N 90°49′14″W / 46.8130°N 90.8205°W | Bayfield | Built in 1884 of local brownstone with elements of Neoclassical and Romanesque Revival styles, served as county courthouse until 1892, when Washburn snatched the county seat. Later used as school, German POW camp, community center, and warehouse. Now headquarters for the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.[11] | |
| 17 | Ottawa (Tug) Shipwreck Site | June 8, 1992 (#92000594) | northern edge of Red Cliff Bay 46°53′00″N 90°45′49″W / 46.8832°N 90.7637°W | Russell | 151-foot tugboat built in Chicago in 1881 that first towed rafts of logs across Lake Michigan. In November 1909, after helping free a grounded steamship, she mysteriously caught fire in the night, burned and sank.[21] | |
| 18 | John and Justina Palo Homestead | September 12, 2002 (#02001007) | 71055 Muskeg Rd. 46°36′19″N 91°28′12″W / 46.6053°N 91.47°W | Oulu | Log house and outbuildings, including sauna, built from 1910 to 1949 by Finnish immigrant farmers.[22] | |
| 19 | Pureair Sanatorium | August 20, 1981 (#81000034) | S of Bayfield 46°47′27″N 90°50′50″W / 46.7908°N 90.8472°W | Bayfield | Tuberculosis sanatorium, built from 1918 to 1923 before antibiotics, when TB was called consumption and treatment consisted of isolation, rest, and fresh air. Also called the Tri-County Sanatorium because it was shared by Bayfield, Ashland and Iron counties.[23] | |
| 20 | Sevona (Bulk Carrier) Shipwreck Site | April 9, 1993 (#93000229) | north of Sand Island 47°00′24″N 90°54′32″W / 47.0066°N 90.9089°W | Bayfield | 372 foot steel steamer, built 1890 in Bay City, Michigan. Caught by a nor-easter on Sept 2, 1905, running from West Superior for Erie with 6000 tons of iron ore. Tried to shelter in Apostle Islands but ran aground on shoals north of Sand Island. Seven died - 16 escaped in lifeboats.[24] | |
| 21 | Sevona Cabin | September 29, 1976 (#76000051) | N of Bayfield on Sand Island 46°57′49″N 90°56′14″W / 46.9636°N 90.9372°W | Bayfield | Cottage built partly from salvage from the nearby Sevona shipwreck in its memory by Samuel Fifield, an Ashland businessman and lieutenant governor of Wisconsin.[25] | |
| 22 | Shaw Farm | June 18, 1976 (#76000052) | Sand Island 46°57′47″N 90°56′03″W / 46.9631°N 90.9342°W | Bayfield | Francis Shaw received land on Sand Island for his Civil War service and built a cabin in 1871, the first permanent home on the island. For 50 years he and the next generation fished and farmed, and later ran a workshop and a store, serving as the social center of the island.[26] | |
| 23 | Shaw Point Historic District | July 27, 2020 (#100005371) | Sand Island 46°57′48″N 90°56′02″W / 46.9634°N 90.9340°W | Bayfield | Group of historic buildings on Sand Island: Shaw Hill farm, an early fishing camp and farm; Camp Stella resort; and the Campbell-Jensch summer cottage.[27] | |
| 24 | Thomas Friant shipwreck (gill net tug) | November 18, 2019 (#100004627) | 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota 46°52′00″N 91°29′00″W / 46.8667°N 91.4833°W | Port Wing vicinity | Built in 1884 by Duncan Robertson in Grand Haven, the 96-foot wooden steam screw initially operated as a ferry on the Grand River before moving out to Lake Michigan. In 1908 she burned to the waterline in Sault Ste. Marie. Rebuilt as a fish tug in 1911. Sank off Two Harbors in January 1924, damaged by ice.[28][29] | |
| 25 | Washburn Public Library | March 1, 1984 (#84003621) | Washington Ave. and W. 3rd St. 46°40′22″N 90°53′43″W / 46.6728°N 90.8953°W | Washburn | Carnegie library, designed by Henry Wildhagen and built in Neoclassical style in 1904. Still in use![30] | |
| 25 | West Bay Club | July 28, 2015 (#14000385) | Sand Island 46°58′19″N 90°58′35″W / 46.9720°N 90.9765°W | Bayfield | Rustic-styled clubhouse designed by Buechner & Orth and built in 1913 for hay fever sufferers from St. Paul.[31] |
Former listings
| [3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reiten Boatyard | May 13, 1982[32] (#82000630) | June 15, 1984 | Broad St. on The Waterfront | Bayfield | Boneyard of lake-going wooden boats, docks and engines, demolished in 1984.[33] | |
| 2 | South Shore Public School | November 15, 1978 (#78003443) | July 16, 1980 | Grand Ave. and WI 13 | Port Wing | Known as the "Big White School" |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Register of Historic Places in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wisconsin
- Listings in neighboring counties: Ashland, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn
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 Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ^ a b Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Lighthouses of the Apostles". Apostle Islands National Lakeshore - Wisconsin. National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Bank of Washburn". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ . Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
- ^ Riley, Julia; Darren Miller; Karl Scheidegger (October 2011). "A Gift that Spawns Great Lakes Fisheries". Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
- ^ "BHA'S First Major Accomplishments (page 3)" (PDF). Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Gould, Whitney; Stephen Wittman (1981). Brownstone and Bargeboard - a Walking Tour of Historic Bayfield (PDF). Sea Grant Institute - University of Wisconsin System. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
- ^ "Christ Episcopal Church". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ "East Third Street Residential Historic District". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ^ "Washburn through the Years". City of Washburn. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ "Forest Lodge". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ^ "Forest Lodge Library - Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ^ "Herbster Community Center". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ^ "NPS Restoring Historic Hokenson Brothers Fishery Dock" (PDF). Apostle Islands News Release. National Park Service - US Dept of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ^ "Island Lake Camp". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ "William C. Gray obituary". New York Times. 1901-09-29.
- ^ "Ottawa (1881)". Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ "Palo, John and Justina, Homestead". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ^ Landmark Research, Inc. (1988). An Analysis of Dane County Lakeview Sanatorium Property. p. 257.
- ^ "Sevona (1890)". Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ "Sevona". Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks. University of Wisconsin Sea Grant - Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ^ . National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2015-12-28. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
- ^ "Dec. 4, 2019 - Shaw Point Historic District listed in the State Register of Historic Places". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
- ^ "Thomas Friant (1884)". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Wisconsin Sea Grant, Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^ "Thomas Friant". Superior Trips, LLC. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^ "Washburn Public Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ^ "West Bay Club". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2015-07-30.
- ^ 1982 Federal Register, page 8670
- ^ "Reiten Boatyard". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-04-07.