National Register of Historic Places listings in Douglas County, Wisconsin
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Douglas County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Douglas 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 21 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.
Business block built in 1892 in Romanesque Revival style with exterior of Kasota limestone, and finished by Scandinavian craftsmen. First housed the State Bank of Wisconsin, later department stores, Holden Insurance, and now AMSOIL.[6]
The core of this house is a log cabin built in 1859 by the founder of Gordon as his home, trading post, and a resting place on the stagecoach line running from Fort Snelling to Bayfield. The Gordons helped support a local Ojibwa and Metis community into the 1880s.[11]
380-foot whaleback freighter, the last remaining in the world. Built in 1896 in Superior, the Meteor hauled iron ore, grain, and liquids up and down the Great Lakes until 1969. Now a museum. A boundary decrease was approved on April 26, 2018.
Four-story Neoclassical building, supposedly fireproof, designed by C. C. Haight and built in 1892[14] by the Land and River Improvement Company. Housed Spicer-Fanning Dry Goods in lower floors and Board of Trade in upper.[15]
Business block built in 1889 in Romanesque Revival style by the Land and River Improvement Co. Named for the investors, from New Jersey. Originally housed 5 storefronts on street level and six luxury apartments above.[6]
Romanesque Revival business block built in 1890 by the Land and River Improvement Co. Named for the investors, from New York. Housed ten stores at street level.[15]
Queen Anne-style home with four-story turret, built around 1890 by Pattison, a lumber and mining baron and mayor of Superior. Became the Superior Children's Home orphanage from 1920 to 1962. Now the Fairlawn Museum.[16]
Office block built in 1890 by the Land and River Improvement Company and W. H. Folsom of New York. Housed the Northwest Hanna Coal Company offices, among others.[15]
Commercial building, probably designed by Carl Wirth, with elements of Romanesque and Classical Revival styles. Built in 1892 by the Land and River Improvement Company and named for its manager, Rowland J. Wemyss.[15] The building was demolished.[20]
Office block designed by Carl Wirth in Romanesque Revival style and constructed 1889. Part of Speculative Commercial Blocks of Superior's Boom Period 1888–1892Thematic Resource. Demolished 1990.[15]
^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.
^ abNumbers 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.
^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.