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Historical Essay

Phillips

Origin of Phillips, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Phillips, Wisconsin.
National or State Registers Record

300 Cherry St.

Community: Phillips
County: Price
Historic Name: Phillips High School
Reference Number: 95000156
Postcard

Elevated View of Town

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of town. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Phillips, Wis."
Postcard

Price County Jail

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn towards the Price County Jail. Caption reads: "Price County Jail Phillips, Wis."
Postcard

Avon Street

Date: 1905
Description: View looking across Avon Street. Caption reads: "Avon St., Phillips, Wis."
Photograph

Cranberry Ditches

Date: 1935
Description: Digging flood ditches on a cranberry marsh near Phillips.
Property Record

336 North Lake Street

Community: Phillips
County: Price
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 237258
Photograph

Rebuilding after Fire

Date: 1895
Description: Rebuilding of homes and barns after the fire in 1894.
Photograph

Forest near Phillips

Date: 01 1934
Description: Aerial view of a forest with a river running through it.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 09 15 1957
Description: Mary Lynn Norton and Cathy Mess unveiling the Phillips Fire historical marker, while Avrid Bostrom and Alderman Victor Cress (seated) look on. Bostrom, a l...
Photograph

View of Town

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of the town as it appeared before the fire of 1894.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 12 09 1964
Description: Mrs. James Sima, a child when the Phillips Fire of 1894 raged, standing next to the historical marker documenting the horrific fire.
Photograph

Moose Statue at Concrete Park

Date: 
Description: Sculpture of a moose at Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Photograph

View of Town after the fire of July 27, 1894

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view of the town as it appeared following the fire of 1894.
Photograph

Normal School Building

Date: 
Description: Three-story brick building with two entrances, windows, and a hip roof. Signs above both entrances says: County Normal.
Property Record

186 N ARGYLE AVE

Community: Phillips
County: Price
Historic Name: DR SPERRY HOUSE
Reference Number: 19144
Property Record

S AVON AVE

Community: Phillips
County: Price
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 19148
Photograph

Fred Smith's Concrete park

Date: 
Description: Detail of a statue of a man at Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Property Record

SW CNR OF BEEBE ST AND CENTER ST

Community: Phillips
County: Price
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 19151
Photograph

Fred Smith's Concrete Park

Date: 
Description: View of several sculptures in Fred Smith's Concrete Park.

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