Property Record
324 E WAUSAU AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Yawkey Field |
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| Other Name: | Athletic Park |
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| Reference Number: | 51466 |
| Location (Address): | 324 E WAUSAU AVE |
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| County: | Marathon |
| City: | Wausau |
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| Year Built: | 1936 |
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| Survey Date: | 19832018 |
| Historic Use: | fence/wall |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Wall Material: | Granite Stone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | An athletic field was begun here in 1912. In 1936 the granite wall was erected as part of a WPA project. "Early Wausau professional baseball and semi-professional football teams played here, as do today's Wausau Timbers. A bronze plaque above the corner entrance commemorates the building of the seven-foot-high granite wall under a WPA program during the Great Depression." City in the Pinery, A Guide to Wausau's Historic Architecture, The City of Wausau, 1984. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Plaque on wall. (B) Wausau Pilot 4/13/12. City in the Pinery, A Guide to Wausau's Historic Architecture, The City of Wausau, 1983. City in the Pinery, A Guide to Wausau's Historic Architecture, The City of Wausau, 1984. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |