201 W WASHINGTON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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201 W WASHINGTON ST

Architecture and History Inventory
201 W WASHINGTON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Wausau East Hydro-Electric Power Plant
Other Name:Wausau Paper Mill Offices
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:50899
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):201 W WASHINGTON ST
County:Marathon
City:Wausau
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1904
Additions:
Survey Date:198320172018
Historic Use:public utility/power plant/sewage/water
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
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. One story gabled wing to south; sensitively remodeled into office building. Marker commemorates 1912 flood. "South of the depot on Clarke Island is the site of George Stevens' second mill, better known as the Clarke Mill after John C. Clarke who operated it until the 1880s. In 1904, the Commercial style building, now housing Wausau Paper Mills headquarters, was built as a Wisconsin River hydroelectric plant. A bronze plaque on the building reminds of Wausau's worst disaster, the 1912 flood. Beneath the inscription, "Lest You Forget," citizens are warned to deal with floods "which are as certain as the passing of time."" City in the Pinery, A Guide to Wausau's Historic Architecture, The City of Wausau, 1984.
Bibliographic References:(A) Wausau Daily Record Herald 6/20/1980. City in the Pinery, A Guide to Wausau's Historic Architecture, The City of Wausau, 1984.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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