roughly bounded by North Seventh, Adams, North Tenth, Scott, and North Bellis streets
Historic Name: | East Hill Residential Historic District |
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Reference Number: | 04000360 |
Location (Address): | roughly bounded by North Seventh, Adams, North Tenth, Scott, and North Bellis streets |
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County: | Marathon |
City/Village: | Wausau |
Township: |
East Hill Residential Historic District Roughly bounded by North Seventh, Adams, North Tenth, Scott, and North Bellis streets Wausau, Marathon County Dates of Construction of contributing buildings: 1883 to 1945 For generations, Wausau citizens have known East Hill as the neighborhood where ¿important people¿ lived. After northern Wisconsin¿s virgin pine timber was exhausted, many prominent lumbermen settle in East Hill and built large houses overlooking the city and nearby Rib Mountain. The East Hill Residential Historic District encompasses 171 houses, a school, a store and a park. The neighborhood is distinguished by a broad representation of architectural styles ranging from elaborate Queen Anne houses to the Philosopher Press, a simple log cabin. Many local architects, as well as Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, and Chicago Prairie architect George Q. Maher designed homes in East Hill. Other notable features include beautiful Stewart Park, designed in 1928, which sits near the top of the hill, using the hillside as an amphitheater and the 1936 Wausau East High School, a fine example of W. P. A. design. East Hill continues today as a prestigious and distinguished neighborhood containing architecturally important houses of many significant Wausau individuals. Most buildings in East Hill are privately owned, please respect the privacy of their residents.
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Period of Significance: | 1883-1945 |
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Area of Significance: | Architecture |
Area of Significance: | Social History |
Applicable Criteria: | Event |
Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
Historic Use: | Domestic: Single Dwelling |
Historic Use: | Education: School |
Architectural Style: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
Architectural Style: | Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements |
Architectural Style: | Second Empire |
Architectural Style: | Italianate |
Resource Type: | District |
Architect: | Maher, George W. |
Architect: | Eschweiler, Alexander |
Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
National Register Listing Date: | 04/21/2004 |
State Register Listing Date: | 01/16/2004 |
Number of Contributing Buildings: | 151 |
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Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |