National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, Wisconsin

Location of Jackson County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Jackson County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in a map.[1]

There are 5 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 2, 2016.[2]

Current listings

[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Black Hawk Powwow Grounds
Black Hawk Powwow Grounds
March 28, 2007
(#07000244)
 W8426 WI 54E
44°20′07″N 90°44′18″W / 44.335414°N 90.738403°W / 44.335414; -90.738403 (Black Hawk Powwow Grounds)		 Komensky Ho-Chunk ceremonial center since at least 1884, where the people gather for ceremonial dances, meetings, and socializing.[5]
2 Black River Falls Public Library
Black River Falls Public Library
December 27, 2007
(#07001330)
 321 Main St.
44°17′43″N 90°51′05″W / 44.295278°N 90.851389°W / 44.295278; -90.851389 (Black River Falls Public Library)		 Black River Falls 1914 Carnegie library designed by Henry Ottenheimer with Prairie school influences. Now a museum of the Jackson County Historical Society.[6]
3 Gullickson's Glen
Gullickson's Glen
December 21, 1978
(#78000102)
 Address Restricted
 Irving Rock shelter with petroglyphs.[7]
4 Silver Mound Archeological District
Silver Mound Archeological District
January 17, 1975
(#75000067)
 Western side of Highway 95 south of Schroeder Rd at KOA campground.[8]
44°25′36″N 90°57′35″W / 44.4266283°N 90.9595925°W / 44.4266283; -90.9595925 (Silver Mound Archeological District)		 Alma Center Bluff where Paleo-Indians quarried quartzite for tools shortly after the last glacier receded. This Hixton orthoquartzite is distinctive, so the distribution of the tools gives clues about very early travel and commerce.[9]
5 Union High School
Union High School
January 20, 1978
(#78000103)
 N. 3rd St.223 N. Fourth St.
44°17′51″N 90°51′05″W / 44.2975°N 90.851389°W / 44.2975; -90.851389 (Union High School)		 Black River Falls 3-story brick school with tower designed by W.H.J. Nichols in Second Empire style and built in 1871. Served as high school until 1897, then elementary school, and now elderly housing.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The latitude and longitude information provided is primarily from the National Register Information System, and has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. For 1%, the location info may be way off. We seek to correct the coordinate information wherever it is found to be erroneous. Please leave a note in the Discussion page for this article if you believe any specific location is incorrect.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions". National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  4. ↑ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  5. ↑ "Black Hawk Powwow Grounds, Jackson County, Wisconsin". National American Indian Heritage Month. National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
  6. ↑ "Black River Falls Public Library". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
  7. ↑ Seurer, Daniel. "Gullickson's Glen". Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  8. ↑ Location derived from its GNIS feature record; the NRIS lists the site as "Address Restricted".
  9. ↑ "Silver Mound Archaeological Site". Mississippi Valley Archaeological Center at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  10. ↑ "Union High School". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
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