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

There are 10 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another property was once listed but has been removed.


Current listings

Name on the Register Image Date listed Location City or town Description
1 Barron County Pipestone Quarry
December 22, 1978
(#78000077)
East of Rice Lake
Coordinates missing
Rice Lake Site where American Indians have historically quarried pipestone for making ceremonial pipes.
2 Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Passenger Station
June 21, 2007
(#07000588)
426 Tainter Ave.
45°30′21″N 91°44′19″W / 45.505833°N 91.738611°W / 45.505833; -91.738611 (Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Passenger Station)
Rice Lake Depot built in 1909, before automobiles, when railways were major carriers of both passengers and freight.
3 Cumberland Public Library
Cumberland Public Library
June 25, 1992
(#92000804)
1305 Second Ave.
45°32′03″N 92°01′18″W / 45.534167°N 92.021667°W / 45.534167; -92.021667 (Cumberland Public Library)
Cumberland Carnegie Library opened in 1906 with a $10,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie. Style is Classical Revival.
4 Franklin School
March 24, 2015
(#15000107)
1011 S. Main St.
45°29′23″N 91°43′58″W / 45.489652°N 91.732894°W / 45.489652; -91.732894 (Franklin School)
Rice Lake Brick grade school designed by William Linley Alban in Art Deco style and built in 1936 during the Great Depression, but funded by the city of Rice Lake alone.
5 Island of Happy Days
February 24, 1995
(#95000141)
Stout Island, Red Cedar Lake
45°36′39″N 91°35′16″W / 45.610833°N 91.587778°W / 45.610833; -91.587778 (Island of Happy Days)
Cedar Lake Rustic summer retreat of the heirs of the Stout of Knapp-Stout & Co, the lumber company, from 1903 to 1927.
6 Rice Lake Mounds (47 BN-90)
Rice Lake Mounds (47 BN-90)
September 7, 1979
(#79000059)
Address Restricted
Rice Lake Several burial mounds believed to have been constructed by Dakota people near the lakeshore in the northern portion of the city — now located within a city park.
7 St. Mary's Rectory
April 4, 2011
(#11000152)
1575 Second Ave.
45°32′19″N 92°01′21″W / 45.538611°N 92.0225°W / 45.538611; -92.0225 (St. Mary's Rectory)
Cumberland Catholic rectory built in 1904 in an unusual mix of Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles.
8 Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House
Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House
October 18, 2006
(#06000945)
130 E. Division Ave.
45°24′05″N 91°51′20″W / 45.401389°N 91.855556°W / 45.401389; -91.855556 (Edward N. and Mary T. Stebbins House)
Barron 1895 Georgian Revival house built by Edward N. Stebbins, factory owner and mayor of Barron, who came from Pennsylvania in 1891.
9 Wajiwan ji Mashkode Archeological District
Wajiwan ji Mashkode Archeological District
September 11, 2003
(#03000938)
Address Restricted
Rice Lake
10 ZCBJ Hall
ZCBJ Hall
April 11, 1985
(#85000768)
320 W. 3rd St.
45°36′28″N 91°46′44″W / 45.607778°N 91.778889°W / 45.607778; -91.778889 (ZCBJ Hall)
Haugen Meeting hall of Zapadni Ceska Bratrska Jednota, or Western Czechoslovakian Fraternal Association, built in 1913 in Boomtown style.

Former listings

Name on the Register Image Date listed Date removed Location City or town Summary
1 Rice Lake Carnegie Library
June 20, 1980
(#80000434)
March 20, 1986
16 S. Main St.
Rice Lake Neoclassical brownstone Carnegie library built in 1905 and demolished in 1985.
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