List of National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin
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This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. National Historic Landmarks are designated by the U.S. National Park Service, which recognizes buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites which satisfy certain criteria for historic significance. There are 45 National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin.
Current landmarks
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|article=Johnson Wax Headquarters
|name=Administration Building and Research Tower, S.C. Johnson Company
|image=Johnsonwax600.jpg
|alt=The "Great Workroom" at the Johnson Wax Headquarters
|date=1976-01-7
|address=Racine
|lat=42.712198
|lon=-87.791466
|county=Racine
|description= Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building.
|refnum=74002275
|commonscat=Johnson Wax Headquarters
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|pos=2
|article=Astor Fur Warehouse
|name=Astor Fur Warehouse
|image=AstorFurWarehouse.JPG
|alt=center
|date=1960-10-9
|address=Prairie du Chien
|lat=43.053062
|lon=-91.160099
|county=Crawford
|description= Oldest known surviving fur trade warehouse in the upper Mississippi River valley.
|refnum=66000800
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|pos=3
|article=Aztalan State Park
|name=Aztalan
|image=Aztalan platform mound steps.jpg
|alt=center
|date=1964-07-19
|address=Lake Mills
|lat=43.065557
|lon=-88.862884
|county=Jefferson
|description= Prehistoric site, now a state park.
|refnum=66000022
|commonscat=Aztalan State Park
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|pos=4
|article=Harold C. Bradley House
|name=Harold C. Bradley House
|image=Harold-c-bradley-house.jpg
|date=1976-01-7
|address=Madison
|lat=43.069785
|lon=-89.421209
|county=Dane
|description= Prairie School home designed by Louis H. Sullivan.
|refnum=72000047
|commonscat=Bradley House (Madison, Wisconsin)
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|pos=5
|article=Brisbois House
|name=Brisbois House
|image=BrisboisHouse.JPG
|alt=Brisbois House
|date=1960-10-9
|address=Prairie du Chien
|lat=43.052336
|lon=-91.159752
|county=Crawford
|description= Built with stone left over from Fort Crawford.
|refnum=66000801
|commonscat=Brisbois House
}}
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|pos=6
|article=USS Cobia (SS-245)
|name=USS Cobia
|image=USSCobia2006.jpg
|alt=USS Cobia in 2006
|date=1986-01-14
|address=Manitowoc
|lat=44.089914
|lon=-87.658064
|county=Manitowoc
|description= Representative of the Gato class of U.S. World War II submarines.
|refnum=86000087
|commonscat=USS Cobia (SS-245)
}}
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|pos=7
|article=Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House
|name=Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House
|image=FHDayHouse-Milw-Apr09.jpg
|date=1997-09-25
|address=Wauwatosa
|lat=43.052382
|lon=-88.012694
|county=Milwaukee
|description= Associated with noted geologist Fisk Holbrook Day.
|refnum=97001268
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|pos=8
|article=Dousman Hotel
|name=Dousman Hotel
|image=DousmanHotel.JPG
|date=1960-10-9
|address=Prairie du Chien
|lat=43.051949
|lon=-91.159739
|county=Crawford
|description= Hotel with ties to fur traders in area.
|refnum=66000122
|commonscat=Dousman Hotel
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|pos=9
|article=Farmers and Merchants Union Bank (Columbus, Wisconsin)
|name=Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank
|image=Farmers&MerchantsBankColumbusWisconsinPublicEnemiesSet.jpg
|alt=Farmers and Merchants Union Bank
|date=1976-01-7
|address=Columbus
|lat=43.338782
|lon=-89.015342
|county=Columbia
|description= One of eight "jewel box" banks designed by Louis Sullivan
|refnum=72000044
|commonscat=Farmers and Merchants Union Bank (Columbus, Wisconsin)
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|pos=10
|article=First Unitarian Society of Madison
|name=First Unitarian Society Meetinghouse
|image=1st-Unitarian.jpg
|date=2004-08-18
|address=Shorewood Hills
|lat=43.075889
|lon=-89.435181
|county=Dane
|description= Frank Lloyd Wright-designed church.
|refnum=73000076
|commonscat=First Unitarian Society Meetinghouse
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|pos=11
|article=Fountain Lake Farm
|name=Fountain Lake Farm
|image=JohnMuirFountianLakeFarm.jpg
|alt=Fountain Lake Farm
|date=1990-06-21
|address=Montello
|lat=43.691537
|lon=-89.387353
|county=Marquette
|description= Home of John Muir from 1849-1856.
|refnum=90000471
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|pos=12
|article=Golda Meir School
|name=Fourth Street (Meir) School
|image=FourthStreetSchool-Mke-Apr09.jpg
|date=1990-12-14
|address=Milwaukee
|lat=43.051180
|lon=-87.914848
|county=Milwaukee
|description= Golda Meir attended school from 1906-1912.
|refnum=84003720
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|pos=13
|article=Hamlin Garland House
|name=Hamlin Garland House
|image=HamlinGarlinHouseWestSalemWisconsin2010.jpg
|alt=Hamlin Garlin House
|date=1971-11-11
|address=West Salem
|lat=43.899075
|lon=-91.085381
|county=La Crosse
|description= Author Hamlin Garland visited and wrote here regularly.
|refnum=71000040
|commonscat=Hamlin Garland House
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|pos=14
|article=Greendale Historic District
|name=Greendale Historic District
|image=Greendale WI Mar2012.jpg
|alt=Greendale, Wisconsin
|date=2012-10-16
|address=Greendale
|lat=42.941389
|lon=-87.995833
|county=Milwaukee
|description= One of three "greenbelt" towns built by the federal government.{{cite news|title=Greendale originals designated landmark|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=October 18, 2012|pages=2B}}
|refnum=05000763
|commonscat=Greendale Historic District
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|pos=15
|article=Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum
|name=Thomas A. Greene Memorial Museum
|image=UWM-0904-greenemuseum.jpg
|date=1993-11-4
|address=Milwaukee
|lat=43.078787
|lon=-87.877829
|county=Milwaukee
|description= Former museum of geology on University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee campus.
|refnum=93001615
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|pos=16
|article=Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House
|name=Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House
|image=Jacobs First House - front.jpg
|alt=Herbert and Katherine Jacobs First House
|date=2003-07-31
|address=Madison
|lat=43.058611
|lon=-89.441389
|county=Dane
|description= First of more than 300 Usonian houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
|refnum= 03001037
|commonscat=Jacobs First House
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|pos=17
|article=Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House
|name=Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House
|image=Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House - panoramio.jpg
|date=2003-07-31
|address=Madison
|lat=43.073889
|lon=-89.534722
|county=Dane
|description= Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home.
|refnum=03001038
|commonscat=Jacobs Second House
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|pos=18
|article=Wingspread
|name=Herbert Johnson House
|image=WingspreadFrankLloydWrightKenoshaWisconsin.jpg
|alt=center
|date=1989-06-29
|address=Wind Point
|lat=42.780378
|lon=-87.770761
|county=Racine
|description= Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home for the Johnson of Johnson Wax.
|refnum=75000076
|commonscat=Wingspread
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|pos=19
|article=Robert M. LaFollette House
|name=Robert M. La Follette Home
|image=Robert M. LaFollette House, Maple Bluff (Dane County, Wisconsin).jpg
|alt=Robert M. La Follette House
|date=1964-01-29
|address=Maple Bluff
|lat=43.114889
|lon=-89.372153
|county=Dane
|description= A home of Robert M. La Follette
|refnum=66000020
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|pos=20
|type=NHLD
|article=Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm
|name=Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm
|image=Aldo Leopold Shack.jpg
|date=2009-01-16
|address=Fairfield
|lat=43.562778
|lon=-89.659167
|county=Sauk
|description= Farm associated with the writing of Sand County Almanac
|refnum=78000082
|commonscat=Aldo Leopold Shack
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|pos=21
|article=Little White Schoolhouse
|name=Little White Schoolhouse
|image=LittleWhiteSchoolhouse.jpg
|alt=Birthplace of the US Republican Party / The Little White Schoolhouse
|date=1974-05-30
|address=Ripon
|lat=43.841943
|lon=-88.836386
|county=Fond du Lac
|description= Birthplace of the U.S. Republican Party.
|refnum=73000079
|commonscat=Little White Schoolhouse
}}
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|pos=22
|article=Man Mound
|name=Man Mound
|image=Man Mound.jpg
|alt=
|date=2016-10-31
|address=Greenfield
|lat=43.488611
|lon=-89.670833
|county=Sauk
|description= The only surviving earthen anthropomorphic mound in North America.{{cite news|title=Secretary Jewell, Director Jarvis Announce 10 New National Historic Landmarks Illustrating America's Diverse History, Culture|url=https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-jewell-director-jarvis-announce-10-new-national-historic-landmarks|access-date=3 November 2016|publisher=Department of the Interior|date=November 2, 2016}}
|refnum=16000861
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|pos=23
|article=Milton House (Milton, Wisconsin)
|name=Milton House
|image=MiltonHouse2010WIS26.jpg
|alt=HABS photo
|date=1998-08-6
|address=Milton
|lat=42.776781
|lon=-88.936521
|county=Rock
|description= Underground railway station in unusual hotel.
|refnum=72000065
|commonscat=Milton House
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|article=Milwaukee City Hall
|name=Milwaukee City Hall
|image=Milwaukeecityhall.jpg
|date=2005-04-5
|address=Milwaukee
|lat=43.0417
|lon=-87.9098
|county=Milwaukee
|description= Germanic architecture; United States' tallest habitable building 1885-1899.
|refnum=73000085
|commonscat=Milwaukee City Hall
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|type=NHLD
|pos=25
|article=Namur Historic District
|name=Namur Historic District
|image=NamurHistoricDistrictLogBarn.jpg
|date=1990-12-14
|address=Namur
|lat=44.734129
|lon=-87.666482
|county=Door
|description= District of Belgian-American settlers, where French with a Walloon accent is still spoken.
|refnum=87002553
|commonscat=Namur Historic District
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|article=North Hall, University of Wisconsin
|name=North Hall, University of Wisconsin
|image=North Hall, UW Madison.jpg
|date=1965-12-21
|address=Madison
|lat=43.073776
|lon=-89.402951
|county=Dane
|description= First structure on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.
|refnum=66000021
|commonscat=North Hall (University of Wisconsin)
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|type=NHLD
|pos=27
|article=Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District
|name=Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
|image=Perspective view of east elevation, looking southwest - National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Ward Memorial Hall, 5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee, HABS WI-360-B-5.tif
|alt=center
|date=2011-06-17
|address=5000 West National Avenue, Milwaukee
|lat=43.020429
|lon=-87.978195
|county=Milwaukee
|description= {{convert|90|acre}} Milwaukee Soldiers Home (est. 1867) campus, on the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center grounds.
|refnum=05000530
|commonscat=National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch
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|pos=28
|article=Copper Culture State Park
|name=Oconto Site
|image=Gfp-wisconsin-copper-culture-state-park-copper-age-stone-tools.jpg
|alt=center
|date=1961-01-20
|address=Oconto
|lat=44.886667
|lon=-87.900833
|county=Oconto
|description= Burial ground and artifacts dating back 5,000-6,000 years.
|refnum=66000023
|commonscat=Copper Culture State Park
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|pos=29
|article=Pabst Theater
|name=Pabst Theater
|image=Pabst Theater (vintage).jpg
|date=1991-12-4
|address=Milwaukee
|lat=43.040852
|lon=-87.910653
|county=Milwaukee
|description= Fourth-oldest continually operating theater in nation.
|refnum=72000063
|commonscat=Pabst Theater
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|article=Circus World Museum
|name=Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Headquarters
|image=Ringling Bros Winter HQ May10.jpg
|date=1969-08-4
|address=Baraboo
|lat=43.4669
|lon=-89.7353
|county=Sauk
|description= Winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus from 1884 until 1918.
|refnum=69000032
|commonscat=Circus World
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|pos=31
|refnum=100009834, 72000050
|type=NHLD
|article=Rock Island II Site
|name=Rock Island II Site
|address=Rock Island
|county=Door
|date=2023-12-11
|image=Rock_Island_Historic_District.jpg
|lat=45.4075
|lon=-86.8225
|description=Site of camps of Native Americans, ranging from Middle Woodland around 0 CE to Oneota, to Potawatomi in the 1670s, to Ottawa in the 1760s.{{cite journal|last=Mason|first=Ronald J.|title=Biography of an Island|journal=Wisconsin Academic Review|date=Summer 1991|pages=35–39|publisher=Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters}}
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|article=Schoonmaker Reef
|name=Schoonmaker Reef
|image=Schoonmaker-Reef Jul09.jpg
|date=1997-09-25
|address=Wauwatosa
|lat=43.045171
|lon=-87.993629
|county=Milwaukee
|description= Fossilized reef, among the earliest discovered in the world.
|refnum=97001266
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|pos=33
|article=Fort Crawford
|name=Second Fort Crawford Military Hospital
|image=FortCrawford2ca1840.jpg
|date=1960-10-9
|address=Prairie du Chien
|lat=43.041675
|lon=-91.14696
|county=Crawford
|description= Dates back to first half of 19th century, now houses medical museum.
|refnum=66000121
|commonscat=Fort Crawford
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|type=NHLD
|pos=34
|article=Silver Mound Archeological District
|name=Silver Mound Archeological District
|image=Silver Mound Archeological District Sign.jpg
|date=2006-02-17
|address=Hixton
|lat=44.426628
|lon=-90.959592
|county=Jackson
|description= Site of early Native American settlement.
|refnum=75000067
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|pos=35
|article=Soldiers' Home Reef
|name=Soldiers' Home Reef
|image=SoldiersHomeReef-Apr09.jpg
|date=1993-11-4
|address=Milwaukee
|lat=43.027778
|lon=-87.974722
|county=Milwaukee
|description= Fossilized reef, among the earliest discovered in the world.
|refnum=93001617
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|pos=36
|article=Taliesin (studio)
|name=Taliesin
|image=Looking at Taliesin from Hill Crown.jpg
|alt=Looking at Taliesin East from Hill Crown
|date=1976-01-7
|address=Spring Green
|lat=43.14153
|lon=-90.07091
|county=Iowa
|description= Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home and studio.
|refnum=73000081
|commonscat=Taliesin (building)
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|pos=37
|article=Ten Chimneys
|name=Ten Chimneys
|image=Ten Chimneys - Main House 1.jpg
|alt=Ten Chimneys
|date=2003-07-31
|address=Genesee
|lat=42.964167
|lon=-88.377222
|county=Waukesha
|description= Residence of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
|refnum= 03001042
|commonscat=Ten Chimneys
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|pos=38
|article=Turner Hall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
|name=Turner Hall
|image=Turnerhall milwaukee-apr09.jpg
|date=1996-11-15
|address=Milwaukee
|lat=43.043611
|lon=-87.915556
|county=Milwaukee
|description= Associated with German-American Turners.
|refnum=77000041
|commonscat=Turner Hall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
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|pos=39
|refnum=100006237
|type=NHL
|article=University of Wisconsin Arboretum
|name=University of Wisconsin Arboretum
|address=1207 Seminole Hwy.
|city=Madison
|county=Dane
|date=2021-01-13
|image=Nuttall's prairie parsley (Polytaenia nuttallii) ~ Wisconsin Threatened Species (9382829177).jpg
|lat=43.0414
|lon=-89.4307
|description=
|commonscat=University of Wisconsin Arboretum
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|pos=40
|article=University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium
|name=University of Wisconsin Armory & Gymnasium
|image=Old-red-gym.jpg
|date=1993-11-4
|address=Madison
|lat=43.075827
|lon=-89.397867
|county=Dane
|description= Associated with Wisconsin Progressive Republican movement.
|refnum=93001618
|commonscat=Red Gym, University of Wisconsin
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|pos=41
|article=University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn
|name=University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn
|image=Dairy Barn.jpg
|date=2005-04-05
|address=Madison
|lat=43.074547
|lon=-89.418267
|county=Dane
|description= Site of veterinary nutrition research.
|refnum=02000600
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|pos=42
|article=University of Wisconsin Science Hall
|name=University of Wisconsin Science Hall
|image=Madison, Wisconsin Dec04 IMG 2776.JPG
|date=1993-11-4
|address=Madison
|lat=43.075689
|lon=-89.400616
|county=Dane
|description= Associated with noted geology instructor Charles R. Van Hise.
|refnum=93001616
|commonscat=Science Hall, University of Wisconsin
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|pos=43
|article=Van Hise Rock
|name=Van Hise Rock
|image=VanHiseRock2.jpg
|date=1997-09-25
|address=Rock Springs
|lat=43.487478
|lon=-89.915304
|county=Sauk
|description= Rock outcropping that Charles R. Van Hise used to create principles of structural geology.
|refnum=97001267
|commonscat=Van Hise Rock
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|pos=44
|article=Villa Louis
|name=Villa Louis
|image=Villa-louis.jpg
|date=1960-10-9
|address=Prairie du Chien
|lat=43.055833
|lon=-91.159167
|county=Crawford
|description= Fur trader mansion built in 1871.
|refnum=66000123
|commonscat=Villa Louis, Wisconsin
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|pos=45
|article=Wisconsin State Capitol
|name=Wisconsin State Capitol
|image=Wis-capitol.jpg
|alt=Wisconsin State Capitol
|date=2001-01-3
|address=Madison
|lat=43.074444
|lon=-89.384722
|county=Dane
|description= Example of Renaissance Revival and Beaux-Arts architecture.
|refnum=70000031
|commonscat=Wiscons
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See also
{{Commons category|National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin}}
References
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External links
{{GeoGroup}}
- [http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/designations/listsofNHLs.htm National Register Information System], National Park Service.
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{{National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of National Historic Landmarks In Wisconsin}}