Wisconsin - Dunn County
Dunn County Wisconsin has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Tainter, Mabel, Memorial Building, Colfax Municipal Building, Evergreen Cemetery, Menomonie Downtown Historic District and Tainter, Louis Smith, House.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Late Woodland dating back to 500.

Several famous people are associated with these Dunn County historic places including Andrew Tainter, James H. Stout and Louis Smith Tainter.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Dunn County places including Harvey Ellis, Carl Volkman, Cleveland and French, Andrew Tainter and Wisconsin Construction Company. Prominent architectural styles found in Dunn Country are Romanesque, Classical Revival and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Colfax Municipal Building (added 2004 - - #03001542)
613 Main St. , Colfax
Jeff the quiet, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Government Office
More Information:
Evergreen Cemetery (added 2006 - - #06001117)
Also known as BDN-13
N end of Shorewood Dr. , Menomonie
XF Law, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Cleveland and French
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
More Information:
Menomonie Downtown Historic District (added 1986 - - #86001667)
Also known as See Also:Tainter, Mabel, Memorial
Roughly bounded by Main and Crescent Sts., Fifth St., Wilson, and Second St. and Broadway , Menomonie
Fafinney, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Tainter,Andrew
Architectural Style:
Other, Romanesque, Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Stout,James H.
Significant Year:
1925, 1883
Area of Significance:
Education, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private, Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Business, College, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education
Current Sub-function:
Business, College, Specialty Store
More Information:
Menomonie Omaha Depot (added 2018 - - #100002856)
700 4th Steet, West, Menomonie
Devinberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Tainter, Louis Smith, House (added 1974 - - #74000082)
Broadway at Crescent , Menomonie
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ellis,Harvey
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other
Historic Person:
Tainter,Louis Smith
Significant Year:
1889
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education, Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Tainter, Mabel, Memorial Building (added 1974 - - #74000083)
205 Main St. , Menomonie
Bobak, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ellis,Harvey
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other
Historic Person:
Tainter,Andrew
Significant Year:
1889
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Library, Meeting Hall, Theater
Current Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Library, Meeting Hall, Theater
More Information:
Upper Wakanda Park Mound Group (added 1999 - - #99000818)
Also known as 47DN185
Address Restricted , Menomonie
Fafinney, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Woodland
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site, Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
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