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Roughly bounded by Main and Crescent Sts., Fifth St., Wilson, and Second St. and Broadway

Historic Name:
Menomonie Downtown Historic District
Reference Number:
86001667
Property Location:
Roughly bounded by Main and Crescent Sts., Fifth St., Wilson, and Second St. and Broadway
County:
Dunn
City/Village:
Menomonie
Township:

Summary

Constructed southwest of Lake Menomin between 1883 and 1925, this district contains 33 commercial and civic buildings. The primarily two-story buildings are constructed of red brick Italianate, Neoclassical, Renaissance Revival, and Commercial Vernacular styles. The district is dominated by the massive Mabel Tainter Memorial (1889) in Richardsonian Romanesque style and the Neoclassical U.S. Post Office (1913). The Trades Building (1906, part of UW-Stout) has been demolished.

Property Details

Criteria
Event,Person,Architecture/Engineering
Area Of Significance
Architecture,Commerce,Education
Period of Significance
1883-1925
Architectural Style
Romanesque,Classical Revival,Other
Architect
Tainter,Andrew,Et al.
Resource Type
District
Historic Use
Business,Specialty Store,College

Resources Within The Property

Contributing Buildings
33
Contributing Sites
0
Contributing Structures
0
Contributing Objects
0
Non-Contributing Buildings
4
Non-Contributing Sites
0
Non-Contributing Structures
0
Non-Contributing Objects
0

Designations

Listed in the National Register
Jul 14, 1986
Listed in the State Register
Jan 1, 1989
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