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National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Wisconsin

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Location of Crawford County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Crawford 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]

There are 28 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 16, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register[4] Image Date listed[5] Location City or town Description
1 Astor Fur Warehouse
Astor Fur Warehouse
Astor Fur Warehouse
October 15, 1966
(#66000800)
Water Street, Saint Feriole Island
43°03′18″N 91°09′36″W / 43.055°N 91.16°W / 43.055; -91.16 (Astor Fur Warehouse)
Prairie du Chien Built by Joseph Rolette around 1828 for John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, this is the only known fur trade warehouse left in the Upper Mississippi Valley.[6]
2 Michael Brisbois House
Michael Brisbois House
Michael Brisbois House
October 15, 1966
(#66000801)
Water Street, Saint Feriole Island
43°03′15″N 91°09′35″W / 43.054167°N 91.159722°W / 43.054167; -91.159722 (Michael Brisbois House)
Prairie du Chien Federal style house built of locally-quarried limestone around 1837 by fur trader Joseph Rolette for his estranged wife Jane.[7]
3 Carved Cave
Carved Cave
Carved Cave
September 27, 1996
(#96001026)
Address Restricted
Petersburg Crevice in a sandstone outcrop in the Kickapoo Valley, in which early people carved over 100 grooves.[8]
4 Cipra Wayside Mound Group
Cipra Wayside Mound Group
Cipra Wayside Mound Group
February 7, 2007
(#07000034)
Highway 60, 5 miles E of Bridgeport
43°02′20″N 90°59′18″W / 43.038986°N 90.988461°W / 43.038986; -90.988461 (Cipra Wayside Mound Group)
Wauzeka Linear and conical burial mounds[9] near the Wisconsin River, built by Late Woodland people.[10]
5 Commercial Hotel
Commercial Hotel
Commercial Hotel
November 15, 2002
(#02001342)
201 West Blackhawk Avenue
43°03′06″N 91°08′52″W / 43.051667°N 91.147778°W / 43.051667; -91.147778 (Commercial Hotel)
Prairie du Chien Built in 1866 as the Schweizer Block, this Italianate-styled building first housed retail, offices and storage. It later became the Commodore Hotel, the Commercial Hotel, and the Fort Crawford Hotel.[11]
6 Crawford County Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse
March 9, 1982
(#82000645)
220 North Beaumont Road
43°03′17″N 91°08′44″W / 43.054722°N 91.145556°W / 43.054722; -91.145556 (Crawford County Courthouse)
Prairie du Chien Italianate-styled courthouse built in 1867 of limestone quarried nearby in Bridgeport. The dungeon-like jail in the basement may have been built as early as 1843, one of the oldest remaining in the state.[12]
7 Crow Hollow Site
Crow Hollow Site
Crow Hollow Site
March 13, 2002
(#02000256)
Address Restricted
Petersburg Rare Middle Archaic campsite along the Kickapoo River, occupied as early as 5000 years ago, where archaeologists have found points, scrapers, grindstones, and refuse and storage pits.[13]
8 Dousman Hotel
Dousman Hotel
Dousman Hotel
October 15, 1966
(#66000122)
Fisher Street and River Road
43°03′14″N 91°09′35″W / 43.053889°N 91.159722°W / 43.053889; -91.159722 (Dousman Hotel)
Prairie du Chien Grand 3-story Victorian brick hotel near the river, built around 1864 by the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad and named for Hercules Dousman, fur agent cum railroad developer. In 1937 the building was gutted to become a slaughterhouse,[14] but it's now restored.[15]
9 Benjamin F. and Wilhelmina Fay House
Benjamin F. and Wilhelmina Fay House
Benjamin F. and Wilhelmina Fay House
August 6, 2019
(#100004227)
203 S. Wacouta Ave.
43°03′00″N 91°08′42″W / 43.0501°N 91.1451°W / 43.0501; -91.1451 (Benjamin F. and Wilhelmina Fay House)
Prairie du Chien 2-story cream brick Italianate-styled house with polygonal bays, built in 1881. Benjamin was a storekeeper, livestock dealer, and then land agent.[16]
10 Foley Mound Group
Foley Mound Group
Foley Mound Group
July 15, 1974
(#74000062)
Address Restricted
Lynxville
11 W.H.C. Folsom House
W.H.C. Folsom House
W.H.C. Folsom House
December 6, 1984
(#84000692)
109 Blackhawk Avenue
43°03′06″N 91°08′49″W / 43.051667°N 91.146944°W / 43.051667; -91.146944 (W.H.C. Folsom House)
Prairie du Chien Greek Revival home built in 1842 for businessman Folsom. Attorney Wiram Knowlton recruited here during the Mexican–American War. John Muir worked here as a printer.[17]
12 Fort Crawford Military Hospital
Fort Crawford Military Hospital
Fort Crawford Military Hospital
October 15, 1966
(#66000121)
Rice Street and South Beaumont Road
43°02′37″N 91°08′49″W / 43.043611°N 91.146944°W / 43.043611; -91.146944 (Fort Crawford Military Hospital)
Prairie du Chien Started in 1816, Fort Crawford was one of a string of U.S. Army outposts in the Old Northwest. Here the First Treaty of Prairie du Chien was negotiated, Dr. Beaumont investigated human digestion, Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis served, and Black Hawk was imprisoned. Now a museum.[18]
13 Larsen Cave
Larsen Cave
Larsen Cave
March 5, 2002
(#02000187)
Address Restricted
Eastman
14 Old Rock School
Old Rock School
Old Rock School
December 1, 1983
(#83004265)
South Marquette Road at Parrish Street
43°02′01″N 91°08′12″W / 43.033611°N 91.136667°W / 43.033611; -91.136667 (Old Rock School)
Prairie du Chien Elementary school constructed in 1857[17] in Greek Revival style.[19]
15 Olson Mound Group
Olson Mound Group
Olson Mound Group
February 12, 1974
(#74000063)
Address Restricted
Seneca
16 Pedretti III
Pedretti III
Pedretti III
December 18, 1978
(#78000084)
Address Restricted
Prairie du Chien
17 Strange Powers House
Strange Powers House
Strange Powers House
August 27, 1979
(#79000067)
338 North Main Street
43°03′19″N 91°08′54″W / 43.055278°N 91.148333°W / 43.055278; -91.148333 (Strange Powers House)
Prairie du Chien Part of the house is constructed in a French colonial technique of vertical timbers with horizontal poles mortised between, probably built around 1820.[20] Strange Powers is the name of an early owner.
18 Prairie du Chien City Hall
Prairie du Chien City Hall
Prairie du Chien City Hall
October 16, 2002
(#02001186)
207 West Blackhawk Avenue
43°03′06″N 91°08′53″W / 43.051667°N 91.148056°W / 43.051667; -91.148056 (Prairie du Chien City Hall)
Prairie du Chien 1894 building which housed the mayor's office, police department, fire department, library, an auditorium, and later the American Legion.[21]
19 Prairie du Chien Post Office
Prairie du Chien Post Office
Prairie du Chien Post Office
October 24, 2000
(#00001263)
120 South Beaumont Road
43°03′03″N 91°08′46″W / 43.050833°N 91.146111°W / 43.050833; -91.146111 (Prairie du Chien Post Office)
Prairie du Chien Constructed with WPA help in 1936,[17] including a relief sculpture of Marquette and Jolliet.[22]
20 Alfred Reed Mound Group (47Cr311)
Alfred Reed Mound Group (47Cr311)
Alfred Reed Mound Group (47Cr311)
September 7, 1982
(#82000646)
Address Restricted
Prairie du Chien
21 Rolette House
Rolette House
Rolette House
February 1, 1972
(#72000046)
Northeast corner of North Water and Fisher Streets
43°03′14″N 91°09′33″W / 43.053889°N 91.159167°W / 43.053889; -91.159167 (Rolette House)
Prairie du Chien Frame-with-brick-nogging house[23] begun in 1840 by fur trader Joseph Rolette. Later a hotel and boarding house.[17]
22 St. Germain dit Gauthier House
St. Germain dit Gauthier House
St. Germain dit Gauthier House
May 10, 2018
(#100002411)
419 5th St.
43°03′22″N 91°09′17″W / 43.0561°N 91.1546°W / 43.0561; -91.1546 (St. Germain dit Gauthier House)
Prairie du Chien Early house built in 1837 by Guillaume St. Germain, who came from Quebec.[24] Walls are of horizontal hewn logs with dovetailed corners, the French-Canadian piece sur piece a que d'aronde construction.[25]
23 St. Mary's Academy and College
St. Mary's Academy and College
St. Mary's Academy and College
July 14, 2017
(#100001380)
604 S. Beaumont Rd.
43°02′40″N 91°08′50″W / 43.044567°N 91.147357°W / 43.044567; -91.147357 (St. Mary's Academy and College)
Prairie du Chien Italianate building begun in 1872 and added to until 1914.[26] St. Mary's was an all-female Catholic school that operated from 1872 to 1929 when it moved to Milwaukee, becoming Mount Mary College. From 1929 to 1961 the building in Prairie du Chien housed a girls' prep school.[27]
24 Tainter Cave
Tainter Cave
Tainter Cave
May 8, 2001
(#01000106)
Address Restricted
Clayton Deep cave containing charcoal drawings of birds, men, deer and abstract designs,[28] some dated around 1000 CE. The 100 drawings constitute half the known rock art drawings in the state, some in a distinct style.
25 Unpleasant Ridge
Unpleasant Ridge
Unpleasant Ridge
December 15, 1997
(#97001553)
Address Restricted
Boydtown
26 Francois Vertefeuille House
Francois Vertefeuille House
Francois Vertefeuille House
March 18, 1993
(#93000142)
Hwy. K, 0.35 mi. S of jct. with Limery Rd.
43°04′59″N 91°08′57″W / 43.083056°N 91.149167°W / 43.083056; -91.149167 (Francois Vertefeuille House)
Prairie du Chien Log cabin built around 1810 in a distinct French Canadian method by people connected to the fur trade.[29] Believed the oldest structure in Wisconsin on its original site.[17]
27 Villa Louis
Villa Louis
Villa Louis
October 15, 1966
(#66000123)
Villa Road and Bolvin Street
43°03′21″N 91°09′33″W / 43.055833°N 91.159167°W / 43.055833; -91.159167 (Villa Louis)
Prairie du Chien 1871 Italian villa style mansion built on an Indian mound by Louis Dousman, on the estate started by his father Hercules in 1843. Now a museum.[30]
28 Wall-Smethurst Mound Group
Wall-Smethurst Mound Group
Wall-Smethurst Mound Group
June 13, 1974
(#74000064)
Address Restricted
Lynxville

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 16, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Schroer, Blanche Higgins. "NRHP Nomination for Astor Fur Warehouse". U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  7. ^ "Brisbois House". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  8. ^ Boszhardt, Robert F. (2003). Deep Cave Rock Art in the Upper Mississippi Valley. St. Paul, Minn.: Prairie Smoke Press. p. 28. ISBN 0970448236.
  9. ^ Khitsun, Andrew. "Wayside Mounds (Cipra Group)". Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  10. ^ "Previous National Register Updates - Feb 9, 2007". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  11. ^ Stemper, Mary Ann. Up One Side & Down the Other: Historic BlackHawk Avenue Walking Tour (PDF). Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  12. ^ "Crawford County Courthouse". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  13. ^ "Chipped-stone tools from the Crow Hollow site". Turning Points in Wisconsin History. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  14. ^ Schroer, Blanche Higgins. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form - Dousman Hotel". Historic Sites Survey. National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  15. ^ "Dousman House History". Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  16. ^ "Benjamin F. and Wilhelmina Fay House". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  17. ^ a b c d e "History". Prairie du Chien Area Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  18. ^ "History: The Second Fort Crawford". Fort Crawford Museum. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  19. ^ "Old Rock School". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  20. ^ Hoagland, Alison K.; Frandsen, Bradley (1978). "Historic American Buildings Survey - Prairie du Chien" (PDF). National Park Service - Dept. of the Interior. p. 24. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  21. ^ "Prairie du Chien City Hall". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  22. ^ "Post Office Plaster Relief - Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin". The Living New Deal. University of California - Berkeley. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  23. ^ Hoagland, Alison K.; Frandsen, Bradley (1978). "Historic American Buildings Survey - Prairie du Chien" (PDF). National Park Service - Dept. of the Interior. p. 18. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
  24. ^ "St Germain dit Gauthier House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  25. ^ "St. Germain dit Gauthier-Coorough House" (PDF). FortCrawfordMuseum.com. Prairie du Chien Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  26. ^ "St. Mary's Institute". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  27. ^ "May 30, 2017 - St. Mary's Academy and College in Prairie du Chien placed on the State Register of Historic Places". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  28. ^ "Tainter Cave". Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  29. ^ "Vertefeuille, Francois, House". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  30. ^ "History of Villa Louis". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-11.