For Immediate Release

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe
608-261-9596
kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org

June 18, 2019

Mulberry Street Residential Historic District Listed in National Register of Historic Places

Lake Mills, Wis. - The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the Mulberry Street Residential Historic District in Lake Mills, Jefferson County, in the National Register of Historic Places. National Register designation provides access to certain benefits, including qualification for grants and for rehabilitation income tax credits, while it does not restrict private property owners in the use of their property.

The Mulberry Street Residential Historic District is a small, but architecturally distinguished grouping of buildings located in the historic heart of the city of Lake Mills.  The 11 homes represent a variety of popular architectural styles including the Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, and Craftsman styles. 

Individually, a number of these houses are the finest, and in some cases, also the largest examples of their respective styles in Lake Mills.  At least one of these houses is known to have been designed by John Hunzicker, a local architect, and several others are also known to have been architect-designed, although the identity of these other architects is not yet known.  These homes, originally constructed for founding members of the community and influential leaders, continue to be a distinctive presence in the community.

The register is the official national list of historic properties in America deemed worthy of preservation and is maintained by the National Park Service in the U.S. Department of the Interior. The Wisconsin Historical Society administers the program within Wisconsin. It includes sites, buildings, structures, objects and districts that are significant in national, state or local history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture.

To learn more about the State and National Register programs in Wisconsin, visitwww.wisconsinhistory.org.

About the Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active and most diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories. The Wisconsin Historical Society serves millions of people every year through a wide range of sites, programs and services. For more information, visit wisconsinhistory.org.

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