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National Register of Historic Places listings in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

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Location of Eau Claire County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Eau Claire 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 64 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.


          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 Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Brady Anderson and Waldemar Ager House
Brady Anderson and Waldemar Ager House
Brady Anderson and Waldemar Ager House
March 16, 2000
(#00000190)
514 W. Madison St.
44°48′57″N 91°30′50″W / 44.815833°N 91.513889°W / 44.815833; -91.513889 (Brady Anderson and Waldemar Ager House)
Eau Claire Carpenter Brady Anderson built this ornate Victorian house between 1892 and 1894 for his own family.[5] Norwegian-American writer Waldemar Ager bought the house in 1903, and wrote and raised his family there.[6]
2 James Barber House
James Barber House
James Barber House
January 28, 1983
(#83003374)
132 Marston Ave.
44°48′15″N 91°29′45″W / 44.804167°N 91.495833°W / 44.804167; -91.495833 (James Barber House)
Eau Claire Tudor Revival house designed by Harry Wild Jones and built around 1904. Barber was an executive of the Northwestern Lumber Company, involved in other Eau Claire businesses,[7] and a defendant in a case about logging public land in Idaho that went to the Supreme Court.[8][9]
3 Barnes Block
Barnes Block
Barnes Block
January 22, 1982
(#82000665)
15-21 S. Barstow St.
44°48′46″N 91°30′04″W / 44.812778°N 91.501111°W / 44.812778; -91.501111 (Barnes Block)
Eau Claire 1893 Romanesque Revival building, also known as Chippewa Valley Bank, and Cameron-Drummond-Slagsvold Building.[10]
4 Martin Van Buren Barron House
Martin Van Buren Barron House
Martin Van Buren Barron House
January 28, 1983
(#83003375)
221 Washington St.
44°48′15″N 91°29′33″W / 44.804167°N 91.4925°W / 44.804167; -91.4925 (Martin Van Buren Barron House)
Eau Claire Carpenter Gothic house built in 1871 for Barron, who operated an early flour and feed store, then worked for the Rust-Owen lumber company.[11]
5 Einar and Alice Borton House
Einar and Alice Borton House
Einar and Alice Borton House
July 23, 2013
(#13000541)
1819 Lyndale Avenue
44°48′23″N 91°28′31″W / 44.806358°N 91.475199°W / 44.806358; -91.475199 (Einar and Alice Borton House)
Eau Claire Lustron house, (inexpensive, prefabricated, enameled-steel) built in 1949. Einar was a teller at American National Bank and Trust.[12]
6 Orlando Brice House
Orlando Brice House
Orlando Brice House
January 28, 1983
(#83003376)
120 Marston Ave.
44°48′14″N 91°29′47″W / 44.803889°N 91.496389°W / 44.803889; -91.496389 (Orlando Brice House)
Eau Claire Georgian Revival home of an executive of the Wisconsin Refrigerator Company, built 1918.[13]
7 California Wine and Liquor Store
California Wine and Liquor Store
California Wine and Liquor Store
March 1, 1982
(#82000666)
201 Farmers St.
44°36′03″N 90°57′55″W / 44.600833°N 90.965278°W / 44.600833; -90.965278 (California Wine and Liquor Store)
Fairchild 1896 brick commercial building.[14]
8 Carson Park Baseball Stadium
Carson Park Baseball Stadium
Carson Park Baseball Stadium
July 25, 2003
(#03000698)
Carson Park Dr., Carson Park
44°48′26″N 91°31′14″W / 44.807222°N 91.520556°W / 44.807222; -91.520556 (Carson Park Baseball Stadium)
Eau Claire The stadium, constructed as a WPA project in 1936 from Downsville sandstone, hosted the Eau Claire Bears and a young Hank Aaron.[15]
9 Clarence Chamberlin House
Clarence Chamberlin House
Clarence Chamberlin House
January 27, 2000
(#99001726)
322 W. Grand Ave.
44°48′31″N 91°30′22″W / 44.808611°N 91.506111°W / 44.808611; -91.506111 (Clarence Chamberlin House)
Eau Claire Chamberlin came to Eau Claire in 1856 as a salesman for the Ingram and Kennedy Lumber company. He built this house in 1881 in Second Empire style. After a fire he added Queen Anne and Classical Revival elements.[16]
10 Pearl and Eva Chambers House
Pearl and Eva Chambers House
Pearl and Eva Chambers House
January 12, 2012
(#11001027)
1615 State St.
44°47′54″N 91°29′41″W / 44.798441°N 91.494732°W / 44.798441; -91.494732 (Pearl and Eva Chambers House)
Eau Claire 1928 Colonial Revival home. Pearl was the vice-president of the New Dells Lumber Company.[17]
11 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Depot
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Depot
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Depot
October 24, 1985
(#85003383)
324 Putnam St.
44°49′00″N 91°29′47″W / 44.816667°N 91.496389°W / 44.816667; -91.496389 (Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Depot)
Eau Claire Brownstone depot of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, designed by Charles Sumner Frost Richardsonian Romanesque style and built in 1893. Now demolished.[18]
12 Christ Church Cathedral and Parish House
Christ Church Cathedral and Parish House
Christ Church Cathedral and Parish House
January 28, 1983
(#83003377)
510 S. Farwell St.
44°48′33″N 91°29′48″W / 44.809167°N 91.496667°W / 44.809167; -91.496667 (Christ Church Cathedral and Parish House)
Eau Claire The Episcopal congregation built the Tudor Revival parish house in 1910.[19] In 1916 they built the Gothic Revival church building, which was designed by Purcell & Elmslie.[20]
13 City Hall
City Hall
City Hall
January 28, 1983
(#83003378)
203 S. Farwell St.
44°48′44″N 91°29′54″W / 44.812222°N 91.498333°W / 44.812222; -91.498333 (City Hall)
Eau Claire Eau Claire's second city hall, this Classical Revival/Beaux-Arts building, designed by George Awsumb, was built in 1916.[21]
14 Cobblestone House
Cobblestone House
Cobblestone House
November 19, 1974
(#74000084)
1011 State St.
44°48′18″N 91°29′38″W / 44.805°N 91.493889°W / 44.805; -91.493889 (Cobblestone House)
Eau Claire 1866 house with exterior of local cobblestones constructed in Gothic Revival style for stonemason Bradley Marcy.[22][23]
15 Community House, First Congregational Church
Community House, First Congregational Church
Community House, First Congregational Church
July 18, 1974
(#74000085)
310 Broadway
44°48′19″N 91°30′22″W / 44.805278°N 91.506111°W / 44.805278; -91.506111 (Community House, First Congregational Church)
Eau Claire Prairie School church hall built in 1915, designed by Purcell & Elmslie with touches of Gothic Revival style. The building was funded by Cornelia Ingram, wife of a local lumber baron and member of the Congregational church.[24]
16 Confluence Commercial Historic District
Confluence Commercial Historic District
Confluence Commercial Historic District
October 3, 2007
(#07001047)
2-28 S Barstow; 206-316 Eau Claire & 8 S Farwell Sts.
44°48′46″N 91°30′04″W / 44.812772°N 91.500975°W / 44.812772; -91.500975 (Confluence Commercial Historic District)
Eau Claire Point of origin of city of Eau Claire, at the confluence of the Eau Claire and Chippewa rivers,[25] with contributing buildings including the 1861 Kneer House hotel,[26] the 1875 Derge cigar factory,[27] and the 1893 grand Romanesque Revival Drummond-Cameron building.[28]
17 Dells Mill
Dells Mill
Dells Mill
December 24, 1974
(#74000086)
About 3 mi. NNW of Augusta off WI 27
44°43′32″N 91°08′54″W / 44.725556°N 91.148333°W / 44.725556; -91.148333 (Dells Mill)
Augusta The gristmill on Bridge Creek was built in 1864, when wheat was the cash crop in this part of Wisconsin.[29]
18 Drummond Business Block
Drummond Business Block
Drummond Business Block
October 10, 2007
(#07001084)
409-417 Galloway St.
44°48′54″N 91°30′05″W / 44.815°N 91.501389°W / 44.815; -91.501389 (Drummond Business Block)
Eau Claire Built from 1879 to 1884, the buildings housed a meat-packing company, a wholesale grocer, and later the Farmers Store.[30]
19 David Drummond House
David Drummond House
David Drummond House
July 30, 1974
(#74000087)
1310 State St.
44°48′05″N 91°29′44″W / 44.801389°N 91.495556°W / 44.801389; -91.495556 (David Drummond House)
Eau Claire Brick Queen Anne-styled house built in 1888 by Drummond, who started a meat-packing business, Eau Claire Gas and Light, a real estate business, and the Pioneer Furniture Company.[31]
20 Eau Claire High School
Eau Claire High School
Eau Claire High School
January 28, 1983
(#83003379)
314 Doty St.
44°48′43″N 91°29′47″W / 44.811944°N 91.496389°W / 44.811944; -91.496389 (Eau Claire High School)
Eau Claire This Collegiate Gothic school, built in 1925, was Eau Claire's only public high school until 1957. Since 1982 it's been used as offices and storage for the school district.[32]
21 Eau Claire Masonic Temple
Eau Claire Masonic Temple
Eau Claire Masonic Temple
November 14, 2007
(#07001197)
317-319 S Barstow & 306 Main Sts.
44°48′37″N 91°29′54″W / 44.810278°N 91.498333°W / 44.810278; -91.498333 (Eau Claire Masonic Temple)
Eau Claire Built in 1899,[33] the former (1899-1927) Eau Claire Masonic Temple is now the Antique Emporium.
22 Eau Claire Park Company Addition Historic District
Eau Claire Park Company Addition Historic District
Eau Claire Park Company Addition Historic District
September 10, 2004
(#04000950)
Roosevelt, McKinley, and Garfield between Park Ave. and State St.
44°47′51″N 91°29′47″W / 44.7975°N 91.496389°W / 44.7975; -91.496389 (Eau Claire Park Company Addition Historic District)
Eau Claire 38 contributing homes in various styles,[34] ranging from the Dutch Colonial Revival Stokes home built in 1907[35] to a 1936 house in International Style on Roosevelt Ave.[36] to Ranch-style houses built in the early 1950s.
23 Eau Claire Public Library
Eau Claire Public Library
Eau Claire Public Library
January 28, 1983
(#83003380)
217 S. Farwell St.
44°48′43″N 91°29′53″W / 44.811944°N 91.498056°W / 44.811944; -91.498056 (Eau Claire Public Library)
Eau Claire Carnegie library built in 1903. Designed in Classical Revival style by Patton & Miller.[37]
24 Eau Claire Vocational School
Eau Claire Vocational School
Eau Claire Vocational School
November 12, 2014
(#14000917)
1300 1st Ave.
44°48′51″N 91°30′32″W / 44.8142°N 91.5089°W / 44.8142; -91.5089 (Eau Claire Vocational School)
Eau Claire 3.5-story factory built in 1891, in which the Eau Claire Trunk Company made suitcases. The city converted it to a vocational school in 1941. Housed the city's Parks, Rec and Forestry department from 1968 to 2009.[38][39]
25 Christine Eichert House
Christine Eichert House
Christine Eichert House
January 28, 1983
(#83003381)
527 N. Barstow St.
44°49′09″N 91°31′37″W / 44.819167°N 91.526944°W / 44.819167; -91.526944 (Christine Eichert House)
Eau Claire Queen Anne house built in 1897-98 for Eichert, a partner in the John Walter Brewing Company, and sister to John.[40]
26 Emery Street Bungalow District
Emery Street Bungalow District
Emery Street Bungalow District
May 20, 1983
(#83003382)
Emery St. between Chauncey and Agnes Sts.
44°48′39″N 91°28′47″W / 44.810833°N 91.479722°W / 44.810833; -91.479722 (Emery Street Bungalow District)
Eau Claire Largely intact neighborhood of middle-class bungalow-style homes built between 1915 and 1930.[41][42]
27 First Methodist Episcopal Church
First Methodist Episcopal Church
First Methodist Episcopal Church
February 18, 1999
(#99000241)
421 S. Farwell St.
44°48′37″N 91°29′48″W / 44.810278°N 91.496667°W / 44.810278; -91.496667 (First Methodist Episcopal Church)
Eau Claire The Neo-Gothic church, built in 1911, still contains its original Kimball and Company pipe organ.
28 Gilbert Gikling House
Gilbert Gikling House
Gilbert Gikling House
January 16, 2001
(#00001668)
421 Talmadge St.
44°48′43″N 91°29′31″W / 44.811944°N 91.491944°W / 44.811944; -91.491944 (Gilbert Gikling House)
Eau Claire Gikling worked in a lumber mill and for the Linderman Box and Veneer Company. He built this Queen Anne house in 1895.[43]
29 James Stephen Hoover and Elizabeth Borland Memorial Chapel
James Stephen Hoover and Elizabeth Borland Memorial Chapel
James Stephen Hoover and Elizabeth Borland Memorial Chapel
January 7, 2000
(#99001662)
Lakeview Cemetery, Buffington Dr.
44°48′44″N 91°31′28″W / 44.812222°N 91.524444°W / 44.812222; -91.524444 (James Stephen Hoover and Elizabeth Borland Memorial Chapel)
Eau Claire Neo-Gothic cemetery chapel, constructed in 1936.
30 John Johnson Saloon January 28, 1983
(#83003383)
216 Fifth Ave.
44°48′10″N 91°30′35″W / 44.802778°N 91.509722°W / 44.802778; -91.509722 (John Johnson Saloon)
Eau Claire Wooden "Boomtown" style tavern constructed in 1882. Now demolished.[44]
31 Kaiser Lumber Company Office
Kaiser Lumber Company Office
Kaiser Lumber Company Office
January 28, 1983
(#83003384)
1004 Menomonie St.
44°48′05″N 91°31′12″W / 44.801389°N 91.520000°W / 44.801389; -91.520000 (Kaiser Lumber Company Office)
Eau Claire Brick commercial vernacular office built in 1905. Kaiser was the last lumber company established in Eau Claire. It subsumed the Daniel Shaw company, and operated sawmills, lumber kilns, a planing mill, a lath mill, and a box factory, operating from 1905 to 1939.[45]
32 A. L. Kenyon House
A. L. Kenyon House
A. L. Kenyon House
January 28, 1983
(#83003385)
333 Garfield Ave.
44°47′54″N 91°29′34″W / 44.798333°N 91.492778°W / 44.798333; -91.492778 (A. L. Kenyon House)
Eau Claire Upscale bungalow built in 1915.[46]
33 Kline's Department Store
Kline's Department Store
Kline's Department Store
June 14, 1984
(#84003669)
6-10 S. Barstow St.
44°48′46″N 91°30′02″W / 44.812778°N 91.500556°W / 44.812778; -91.500556 (Kline's Department Store)
Eau Claire Department store built in 1926 with elements of Commercial Gothic and Art Deco styles.[47] Demolished in 2014[48]
34 Levi Merrill House
Levi Merrill House
Levi Merrill House
June 20, 1985
(#85001358)
120 Ferry St.
44°47′54″N 91°32′05″W / 44.798333°N 91.534722°W / 44.798333; -91.534722 (Levi Merrill House)
Eau Claire 1873 house mixing elements of Gothic Revival and Classical Revival styles. Merrill was a stonemason who owned the Mount Washington stone quarry, up the bluff behind the house.[49][50]
35 Oatman Filling Station
Oatman Filling Station
Oatman Filling Station
January 16, 2001
(#00001669)
102 Ferry St.
44°47′56″N 91°32′05″W / 44.798889°N 91.534722°W / 44.798889; -91.534722 (Oatman Filling Station)
Eau Claire This 1931 house-type gas station was designed to blend into its suburban neighborhood.[51]
36 Ottawa House
Ottawa House
Ottawa House
January 28, 1983
(#83003386)
602 Water St.
44°48′08″N 91°30′42″W / 44.802222°N 91.511667°W / 44.802222; -91.511667 (Ottawa House)
Eau Claire Wooden false front saloon and home constructed after the 1882 fire. May have catered to French-Canadian laborers from the lumber mills nearby.[52]
37 John S. Owen House
John S. Owen House
John S. Owen House
January 28, 1983
(#83003387)
907 Porter Ave.
44°48′20″N 91°29′46″W / 44.805556°N 91.496111°W / 44.805556; -91.496111 (John S. Owen House)
Eau Claire Colonial Revival home built in 1923 for Owen, one of Eau Claire's lumber barons.[53]
38 Owen Park Bandshell
Owen Park Bandshell
Owen Park Bandshell
September 2, 2003
(#03000896)
First Ave., Owen Park
44°48′19″N 91°29′58″W / 44.805278°N 91.499444°W / 44.805278; -91.499444 (Owen Park Bandshell)
Eau Claire Designed by Alex Garnock and built in 1938 by the WPA to accommodate the popularity of the Eau Claire Municipal Band, the bandshell was dedicated in 1992 to Donald I. "Sarge" Boyd in recognition of the profound influence his half century of musical leadership had on the cultural development of the Chippewa Valley.
39 Pioneer Block
Pioneer Block
Pioneer Block
August 27, 1980
(#80000134)
401-409 Water St.
44°48′07″N 91°30′28″W / 44.801944°N 91.507778°W / 44.801944; -91.507778 (Pioneer Block)
Eau Claire Gothic styled block of brick stores built in 1882.[54]
40 Jane E. Putnam Memorial Chapel
Jane E. Putnam Memorial Chapel
Jane E. Putnam Memorial Chapel
January 7, 2000
(#99001663)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Emery St.
44°48′31″N 91°29′17″W / 44.808611°N 91.488056°W / 44.808611; -91.488056 (Jane E. Putnam Memorial Chapel)
Eau Claire Neo-Gothic-styled chapel in Forest Hill Cemetery built in 1908 by Jane and her husband, Henry C. Putnam, land agent and philanthropist.
41 Randall Park Historic District
Randall Park Historic District
Randall Park Historic District
May 20, 1983
(#83003390)
Roughly bounded by Lake and Niagara Sts., 3rd and 5th Aves.
44°48′18″N 91°30′23″W / 44.805°N 91.506389°W / 44.805; -91.506389 (Randall Park Historic District)
Eau Claire Early Eau Claire residential neighborhood, where both businessmen and laborers lived near the mills on Half Moon Lake.[55]
42 Adin Randall House
Adin Randall House
Adin Randall House
January 28, 1983
(#83003389)
526 Menomonie St.
44°48′05″N 91°30′38″W / 44.801389°N 91.510556°W / 44.801389; -91.510556 (Adin Randall House)
Eau Claire Upright and Wing house built in 1862. Randall was an early settler and promoter of Eau Claire. He ran a ferry across the Chippewa, a planing mill, a sash and door factory, and invented the sheer boom to efficiently shunt logs into Half Moon Lake.[56]
43 Roosevelt Avenue Historic District
Roosevelt Avenue Historic District
Roosevelt Avenue Historic District
April 15, 2009
(#09000219)
415,419,429,443,449 & 455 Roosevelt Ave.
44°47′48″N 91°29′31″W / 44.796561°N 91.491994°W / 44.796561; -91.491994 (Roosevelt Avenue Historic District)
Eau Claire Cluster of five houses built from 1929 to 1941 along Little Niagara Creek.[57][58]
44 Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Church
March 3, 1983
(#83003391)
418 N. Dewey St.
44°49′05″N 91°29′59″W / 44.818056°N 91.499722°W / 44.818056; -91.499722 (Sacred Heart Church)
Eau Claire Romanesque Revival church built in 1928 by Catholic congregation to replace earlier church buildings which had been on the site since around 1875.[59]
45 Saint Edward's Chapel
Saint Edward's Chapel
Saint Edward's Chapel
January 7, 2000
(#99001661)
1129 Bellevue Ave.
44°49′01″N 91°29′29″W / 44.816944°N 91.491389°W / 44.816944; -91.491389 (Saint Edward's Chapel)
Eau Claire Neo-Gothic mission church building built 1889-1896 by the local Episcopal congregation. Converted to a home 1923-1926.[60]
46 St. Joseph's Chapel
St. Joseph's Chapel
St. Joseph's Chapel
January 14, 1988
(#87002436)
Sacred Heart Cemetery, Omaha St.
44°49′27″N 91°28′50″W / 44.824167°N 91.480556°W / 44.824167; -91.480556 (St. Joseph's Chapel)
Eau Claire Gothic Revival chapel built in 1896 in Sacred Heart cemetery.[61]
47 St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick's Church
January 28, 1983
(#83003392)
322 Fulton St
44°48′41″N 91°30′30″W / 44.811389°N 91.508333°W / 44.811389; -91.508333 (St. Patrick's Church)
Eau Claire Catholic church built in Gothic Revival style in 1885. Now the oldest remaining church in Eau Claire.
48 Salsbury Row House
Salsbury Row House
Salsbury Row House
April 15, 2009
(#09000220)
302-310 W. Grand Ave.
44°48′31″N 91°30′19″W / 44.808703°N 91.505239°W / 44.808703; -91.505239 (Salsbury Row House)
Eau Claire Wood-frame Victorian row house built in 1891. Owner lived in corner unit; others were rentals. Sole remaining row house in Eau Claire.[62]
49 Schofield Hall
Schofield Hall
Schofield Hall
January 28, 1983
(#83003393)
105 Garfield Ave.
44°47′55″N 91°30′00″W / 44.798611°N 91.5°W / 44.798611; -91.5 (Schofield Hall)
Eau Claire Built around 1916 to house Eau Claire State Normal School, in Collegiate Gothic style. It was then called "Old Main." Today it's the administration building for UW-Eau Claire.[63]
50 William and Tilla Schwahn House
William and Tilla Schwahn House
William and Tilla Schwahn House
January 16, 2001
(#00001670)
447 McKinley Ave.
44°47′49″N 91°29′28″W / 44.796944°N 91.491111°W / 44.796944; -91.491111 (William and Tilla Schwahn House)
Eau Claire 1928 Georgian Revival home of Schwahn, part owner of a saddlery factory on Wisconsin Street.[64]
51 Second Ward School
Second Ward School
Second Ward School
January 7, 2000
(#99001664)
1105 Main St.
44°48′43″N 91°29′10″W / 44.811944°N 91.486111°W / 44.811944; -91.486111 (Second Ward School)
Eau Claire Collegiate Gothic school built around 1916. Renamed "Boyd School" in 1951 and operated until 2002. Now apartments.[65]
52 Soo Line Locomotive 2719
Soo Line Locomotive 2719
Soo Line Locomotive 2719
January 10, 1994
(#93001453)
Carson Park
44°48′25″N 91°31′14″W / 44.806944°N 91.520556°W / 44.806944; -91.520556 (Soo Line Locomotive 2719)
Eau Claire Locomotive moved in 2006 to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota
53 Soo Line Railroad Bridge
Soo Line Railroad Bridge
Soo Line Railroad Bridge
August 12, 2022
(#100007982)
Spans the Eau Claire R. between Galloway and Gibson Sts.
44°49′04″N 91°27′58″W / 44.8177°N 91.4662°W / 44.8177; -91.4662 (Soo Line Railroad Bridge)
Eau Claire 442-foot steel Warren deck truss railroad bridge across the Eau Claire River, built in 1910 for the Soo Line by Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co. The bridge follows an S-curve to join two parallel rail lines without any sharp bends. Now a pedestrian bridge.[66]
54 Steven House
Steven House
Steven House
March 1, 1982
(#82000667)
606 Second Ave.
44°48′22″N 91°30′13″W / 44.806111°N 91.503611°W / 44.806111; -91.503611 (Steven House)
Eau Claire 1909 Prairie School home designed by Purcell & Feick. J. D. R. Steven was part owner of Eau Claire Book and Stationary.[67]
55 Temple of Free Masonry
Temple of Free Masonry
Temple of Free Masonry
January 14, 1988
(#87002450)
616 Graham Ave.
44°48′27″N 91°29′53″W / 44.8075°N 91.498056°W / 44.8075; -91.498056 (Temple of Free Masonry)
Eau Claire Built in 1927, the primary purpose of the Temple of Free Masonry, better known as the Masonic Center or Temple, has been to provide meeting space for the area's Masonic organizations. Since the mid-1990s, it has also served as the rain/rehearsal site for the Eau Claire Municipal Band.
56 Third Ward Historic District
Third Ward Historic District
Third Ward Historic District
May 20, 1983
(#83003394)
Roughly bounded by Chippewa River, Park Pl., Gilbert Ave., and Farwell St.
44°48′02″N 91°29′38″W / 44.800556°N 91.493889°W / 44.800556; -91.493889 (Third Ward Historic District)
Eau Claire Prestigious residential neighborhood.[58] Boundary increase (listed September 10, 2004): Approximately seven blocks in the Third Ward bounded by State St., Summit Ave., Farwell St. and Garfield Ave.
57 Union Auto Company
Union Auto Company
Union Auto Company
October 11, 2007
(#07001085)
505 S. Barstow St.
44°48′34″N 91°29′51″W / 44.809444°N 91.4975°W / 44.809444; -91.4975 (Union Auto Company)
Eau Claire This 1917 building had an auto showroom at street-level and an elevator to lift cars to the higher floors. The reinforced concrete structure was a rather new technology, strong enough to support cars at all three levels.[68]
58 Union National Bank
Union National Bank
Union National Bank
January 28, 1983
(#83003395)
131 S. Barstow St.
44°48′43″N 91°30′00″W / 44.811944°N 91.5°W / 44.811944; -91.5 (Union National Bank)
Eau Claire 1930 Art Deco building. Union Bank had roots in local banks that went back to the 1870s.[69]
59 US Post Office and Courthouse
US Post Office and Courthouse
US Post Office and Courthouse
July 25, 1991
(#91000899)
500 S. Barstow Commons
44°48′32″N 91°29′54″W / 44.808889°N 91.498333°W / 44.808889; -91.498333 (US Post Office and Courthouse)
Eau Claire Classical Revival courthouse and post office, built in 1907. Also known as Eau Claire Federal Building.
60 Walter-Heins House
Walter-Heins House
Walter-Heins House
March 19, 1982
(#82000668)
605 N. Barstow St.
44°49′08″N 91°30′08″W / 44.818889°N 91.502222°W / 44.818889; -91.502222 (Walter-Heins House)
Eau Claire 1897 Queen Anne house, built for John Walter, who brewed Walter's Beer[70] just a few blocks to the north.[71]
61 Water Street Historic District
Water Street Historic District
Water Street Historic District
October 11, 2007
(#07001086)
402-436 & 401-421 Water St.
44°48′07″N 91°30′28″W / 44.801944°N 91.507778°W / 44.801944; -91.507778 (Water Street Historic District)
Eau Claire This little business district began as a steamboat landing on the Chippewa River in the 1850s. Today it's a funky little "other downtown" that serves the University community.[54]
62 Dr. Nels Werner House
Dr. Nels Werner House
Dr. Nels Werner House
January 16, 2001
(#00001671)
443 Roosevelt Ave.
44°47′48″N 91°29′27″W / 44.796667°N 91.490833°W / 44.796667; -91.490833 (Dr. Nels Werner House)
Eau Claire Georgian Revival home built in 1929 for a local physician.[72]
63 Roy Wilcox House
Roy Wilcox House
Roy Wilcox House
January 28, 1983
(#83003396)
104 Wilcox St
44°48′16″N 91°29′49″W / 44.804444°N 91.496944°W / 44.804444; -91.496944 (Roy Wilcox House)
Eau Claire Wilcox was an Eau Claire trial lawyer and state senator 1917-20. He built this Prairie School/Georgian Revival home around 1915.[73]
64 George F. Winslow House
George F. Winslow House
George F. Winslow House
December 8, 1978
(#78000094)
210 Oakwood Pl.
44°48′07″N 91°29′45″W / 44.801944°N 91.495833°W / 44.801944; -91.495833 (George F. Winslow House)
Eau Claire 1889 Queen Anne house designed by architect George Franklin Barber. Winslow published the Woodsman Journal and sold patent medicines to lumbermen in northern Wisconsin.[74]

Former listing

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Phoenix Manufacturing Company
Phoenix Manufacturing Company
Phoenix Manufacturing Company
January 28, 1983
(#83003388)
December 6, 1985 Forest and Wisconsin Sts.
Eau Claire Company formed in 1861 to build and repair sawmill machinery. Moved to Forest and Wisconsin in 1874 and made bandsaws[75] and the Phoenix steam hauler, a sort of locomotive on bulldozer tracks for pulling loads of logs through the woods.[76] Now redeveloped as Phoenix Park.

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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. ^ a b 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. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Waldemar Ager House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmarks Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  6. ^ "The Ager House". Waldemar Ager Association. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  7. ^ Judge William F. Bailey, ed. (1914). History of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, Including an account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co. pp. 643–645. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  8. ^ "GOVERNMENT WINS LAND CASE.; Barber and Moon Must Answer Charges of Fraud in Idaho" (PDF). New York Times. 1911-01-04. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  9. ^ "UNITED STATES, Plff. in Err., v. JAMES T. BARBER, Sumner G. Moon, et al". Cornell University Law School. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  10. ^ "Cameron-Drummond-Slagsvold Building" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  11. ^ "Martin Van Buren Barron House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  12. ^ "Einar and Alice Borton House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  13. ^ "Orlando Brice House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  14. ^ "California Wine and Liquor Store". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  15. ^ "Carson Park Baseball Stadium". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  16. ^ "Clarence Chamberlin House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  17. ^ "Pearl Chambers House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  18. ^ "Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Depot". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  19. ^ "Parish House, Christ Church Cathedral" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  20. ^ "Christ Church Cathedral" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  21. ^ "Eau Claire City Hall" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  22. ^ "Bradley Marcy House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  23. ^ "Cobblestone House (Uecke House)". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  24. ^ "Community House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  25. ^ "Confluence Commercial Historic District - Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  26. ^ "Kneer House/Hotel". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  27. ^ "Julius Derge Building". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  28. ^ "Drummon-Cameron Building". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  29. ^ "Dells Mill Sixty-Five Years Old". Augusta Union. 1929-11-29. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
  30. ^ "Drummond Business Block - Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  31. ^ "David Drummond House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  32. ^ "Eau Claire Senior High School" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  33. ^ "Eau Claire Masonic Temple - Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  34. ^ "Eau Claire Park Company Addition Historic District". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  35. ^ "1616 State Street". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  36. ^ "215 Roosevelt Ave". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  37. ^ "Eau Claire Public Library" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  38. ^ Dowd, Andrew (2011-12-25). "City Building Retires". Leader-Telegram. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  39. ^ "Eau Claire Trunk Company". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  40. ^ "Christina Eichert House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  41. ^ "Emery Street Bungalow District - Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  42. ^ "Typical Bungalow" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  43. ^ "Gilbert Gikling House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  44. ^ "John Johnson Saloon". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  45. ^ "Kaiser Lumber Company Office" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  46. ^ "A. L. Kenyon House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  47. ^ "Kline's Department Store" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  48. ^ Demolition of Confluence Project buildings begins, Downtown Eau Claire, July 17, 2014.
  49. ^ "Levi Merrill House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  50. ^ N. T. Andreas, ed. (1881). History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: The Western Historical Company. p. 328. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  51. ^ "Oatman Filling Station - Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
  52. ^ "Ottawa House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  53. ^ "John S. Owen House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  54. ^ a b "Water Street Historic District". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  55. ^ "West Side" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  56. ^ "Adin Randall House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  57. ^ "Roosevelt Avenue Historic District". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  58. ^ a b "Third Ward Overview" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  59. ^ "Sacred Heart Church" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  60. ^ "Saint Edward's Chapel" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  61. ^ "St. Joseph's Chapel" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  62. ^ "Salsbury Row House". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  63. ^ "Schofield Hall" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  64. ^ "William Schwahn House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  65. ^ "Second Ward School" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  66. ^ "Soo Line Railroad Bridge". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  67. ^ "J.D.R. Steven House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
  68. ^ "Union Auto Company". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
  69. ^ "Union National Bank (now U.S. Bank)" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  70. ^ "John Walter House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  71. ^ "Walter Brewery/Olinger Gardens" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  72. ^ "Dr. Nels Werner House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  73. ^ "Roy Wilcox House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  74. ^ "George Winslow House" (PDF). City of Eau Claire Landmark Commission. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  75. ^ Bailey, William F. (1914). History of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin: Past and Present. Including an account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County. Chicago: H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co. pp. 476–478.
  76. ^ Rosholt, Malcolm (1980). The Wisconsin Logging Book (PDF). Rosholt, Wisconsin: Rosholt House. pp. 60–61.