For generations, Wausau citizens have known East Hill as the neighborhood where ¿important people¿ lived. After northern Wisconsin¿s virgin pine timber was exhausted, many prominent lumbermen settle in East Hill and built large houses overlooking the city and nearby Rib Mountain.

The East Hill Residential Historic District encompasses 171 houses, a school, a store and a park. The neighborhood is distinguished by a broad representation of architectural styles ranging from elaborate Queen Anne houses to the Philosopher Press, a simple log cabin. Many local architects, as well as Milwaukee architect Alexander Eschweiler, and Chicago Prairie architect George Q. Maher designed homes in East Hill. Other notable features include beautiful Stewart Park, designed in 1928, which sits near the top of the hill, using the hillside as an amphitheater and the 1936 Wausau East High School, a fine example of W. P. A. design.

East Hill continues today as a prestigious and distinguished neighborhood containing architecturally important houses of many significant Wausau individuals. Most buildings in East Hill are privately owned, please respect the privacy of their residents.