National or State Registers Record
Roughly bounded by Main and Crescent Sts., Fifth St., Wilson, and Second St. and Broadway
National or State Register of Historic Places
| Historic Name: | Menomonie Downtown Historic District |
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| Reference Number: | 86001667 |
| Location (Address): | Roughly bounded by Main and Crescent Sts., Fifth St., Wilson, and Second St. and Broadway |
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| County: | Dunn |
| City/Village: | Menomonie |
| Township: |
| Constructed southwest of Lake Menomin between 1883 and 1925, this district contains 33 commercial and civic buildings. The primarily two-story buildings are constructed of red brick Italianate, Neoclassical, Renaissance Revival, and Commercial Vernacular styles. The district is dominated by the massive Mabel Tainter Memorial (1889) in Richardsonian Romanesque style and the Neoclassical U.S. Post Office (1913). The Trades Building (1906, part of UW-Stout) has been demolished. |
| Period of Significance: | 1883-1925 |
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| Area of Significance: | Architecture |
| Area of Significance: | Commerce |
| Area of Significance: | Education |
| Applicable Criteria: | Event |
| Applicable Criteria: | Person |
| Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
| Historic Use: | Commerce/Trade: Business |
| Historic Use: | Commerce/Trade: Specialty Store |
| Historic Use: | Education: College |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque |
| Architectural Style: | Classical Revival |
| Architectural Style: | Other |
| Resource Type: | District |
| Architect: | Tainter,Andrew |
| Architect: | Et al. |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 07/14/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 01/01/1989 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 33 |
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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 |