Property Record
500 FOREST ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL; ANGEL OF DEATH |
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| Reference Number: | 27583 |
| Location (Address): | 500 FOREST ST |
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| County: | Marathon |
| City: | Wausau |
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| Year Built: | 1923 |
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| Survey Date: | 19942018 |
| Historic Use: | statue/sculpture |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Architect: | CARL A. HEBER |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. PHOTOS 38/6-14 ARE FILED WITH THE SOS! NEGATIVES. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE SOS! FILES AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART IN WASHINGTON, D.C. NEW YORK SCULPTOR CARL A. HEBER DESIGNED THE BRONZE AND GRANITE MONUMENT TO THE SOLDIERS OF MARATHON COUNTY WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR I. GRANITE WORK WAS EXECUTED BY HERMAN NORDE OF WAUSAU IN 1923. MOVED IN 1954. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) WAUSAU SURVEY REPORT. (B) "CONTRACTS LET FOR MOUNUMENT," WAUSAU DAILY RECORD HERALD, 1922. (C) "FIVE OFFICIAL COUNTY BUILDINGS OVER YEARS," WAUSAU DAILY RECORD HERALD, FEB. 4, 1955, P. 14. In Aucutt, Hettinga & Jansen, "Wausau Beautiful" (2nd ed., 2010), 23. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |