National Register of Historic Places listings in Sauk County, Wisconsin facts for kids

Location of Sauk County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sauk County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Sauk 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 62 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Three of these are further designated as National Historic Landmarks.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Baraboo Public Library		September 14, 1981 (#81000058)	230 4th Ave. 43°28′16″N 89°44′44″W / 43.471111°N 89.745556°W / 43.471111; -89.745556 (Baraboo Public Library)	Baraboo	1903 Carnegie library designed in Neoclassical style by Louis Claude. Served the workers at Badger Ordnance during World War II, and still serves the community.
2	Chicago and North Western Depot		December 26, 1984 (#84000639)	240 Railroad St. 43°31′49″N 90°00′27″W / 43.530278°N 90.0075°W / 43.530278; -90.0075 (Chicago and North Western Depot)	Reedsburg	1905 red brick depot of Chicago and North Western Railway with a Classical Revival entry. At this site in 1873 a crowd of Reedsburg locals protested the deportation of a local Ho-Chunk family to Nebraska.
3	City Hotel		December 26, 1984 (#84000642)	125 Main St. 43°31′57″N 90°00′33″W / 43.5325°N 90.009167°W / 43.5325; -90.009167 (City Hotel)	Reedsburg	Red brick hotel built in 1886 in Second Empire style by Abner Harris' building company for German immigrant William Roper, who operated the hotel.
4	William Clark House		April 8, 1980 (#80000193)	320 Walnut St. 43°27′48″N 89°44′27″W / 43.463333°N 89.740833°W / 43.463333; -89.740833 (William Clark House)	Baraboo	Second Empire styled house with mansard roof built in mid-1800s. Clark was an engineer for the C&NW.
5	J. W. Corwith Livery		April 20, 2004 (#84004018)	121 S. Webb Ave. 43°31′54″N 90°00′34″W / 43.531667°N 90.009444°W / 43.531667; -90.009444 (J. W. Corwith Livery)	Reedsburg	Livery stable, built in 1911 near the hotels and the depot, where a traveler could rent a horse and buggy or board a horse. Only a few livery buildings are left in the state.
6	August W. Derleth House		April 30, 1991 (#91000468)	S10431a Lueders Rd. 43°15′59″N 89°44′26″W / 43.266288°N 89.74061°W / 43.266288; -89.74061 (August W. Derleth House)	Sauk City	Derleth built this home from local limestone near his beloved Wisconsin River about 1939 to house his books and his writing career. He called his home Place of Hawks.
7	Devil's Lake State Park		January 21, 2015 (#14001192)	S5975 Park Rd. 43°25′39″N 89°44′02″W / 43.427492°N 89.733816°W / 43.427492; -89.733816 (Devil's Lake State Park)	Baraboo	The lake between two stone bluffs was sacred to Native Americans, who built effigy mounds on its shores. The state park was founded in 1911. The CCCs built most of the rustic structures in the 1930s. Now Wisconsin's largest and most popular state park.
8	Downtown Baraboo Historic District		June 8, 2015 (#15000340)	Roughly bounded by 5th & 2nd Aves., 5th, Ash, 1st, Oak & Birch Sts. 43°28′13″N 89°44′39″W / 43.470393°N 89.744265°W / 43.470393; -89.744265 (Downtown Baraboo Historic District)	Baraboo	Concentration of 75 commercial and civic buildings including the 1872 Italianate Draper Brothers Meat Market, the 1873 Moeller Wagon Shop, the 1885 Ewing Livery, the 1888 Miller Saloon, the 1896 Civil War Memorial, the 1896 Romanesque Revival First Methodist Episcopal Church, the 1900 Romanesque Wellington Hotel, the 1907 Baraboo Steam Laundry, the 1922 Colonial Revival Trimpey Building, the 1928 Prairie Style Baraboo High School, and the 1938 Art Moderne Juliar Theatre.
9	Durst-Bloedau Site		December 19, 1978 (#78000137)	North of Leland Coordinates missing	Leland	50 foot long rock shelter, in which Archaic and later points have been found.
10	Freethinkers' Hall		March 31, 1988 (#88000237)	309 Polk St. 43°16′34″N 89°43′28″W / 43.276111°N 89.724444°W / 43.276111; -89.724444 (Freethinkers' Hall)	Sauk City	1884 meeting hall designed by Alfred Clas. The Freethinkers' congregation was formed by German immigrants in 1852, and meets to this day, the last such congregation in North America.
11	Gust Brothers' Store		August 5, 2002 (#02000834)	101 Fourth St. 43°28′16″N 89°44′32″W / 43.471111°N 89.742222°W / 43.471111; -89.742222 (Gust Brothers' Store)	Baraboo	1877 limestone commercial building, with Italianate features. Originally a meat market, it later housed banks and offices.
12	Edward M. Hackett House		December 26, 1984 (#84000644)	612 E. Main St. 43°31′56″N 90°00′08″W / 43.532222°N 90.002222°W / 43.532222; -90.002222 (Edward M. Hackett House)	Reedsburg	High Victorian Gothic home built 1877-78 by Edward M. Hackett, a local lumberman, builder and architect.
13	Otto Sr. and Lisette Hahn House		January 4, 2012 (#11001015)	626 Water St. 43°16′26″N 89°43′13″W / 43.273783°N 89.720169°W / 43.273783; -89.720169 (Otto Sr. and Lisette Hahn House)	Sauk City	Red brick house built between 1850 and 1857. Hahn, an immigrant harness-maker bought the house in 1866 and built a workshop next to it. After his wife Lisette died in 1871, he raised the children in the house.
14	Abner L. Harris House		December 26, 1984 (#84000649)	226 N. Pine St. 43°31′58″N 90°00′13″W / 43.532778°N 90.003611°W / 43.532778; -90.003611 (Abner L. Harris House)	Reedsburg	Three story Second Empire house built around 1873. Harris was postmaster, mayor, merchant and promoter of Reedsburg.
15	Harrisburg School		March 24, 2015 (#15000109)	E7646 Cty. Rd. B 43°15′23″N 89°56′22″W / 43.256364°N 89.939463°W / 43.256364; -89.939463 (Harrisburg School)	Troy	One-room rural school rebuilt in 1890s on site of an 1856 school. Served as a school until 1955, when it closed for school consolidation.
16	Honey Creek Swiss Rural Historic District		April 6, 1990 (#89000484)	SE of Prairie du Sac 43°18′10″N 89°51′08″W / 43.302778°N 89.852222°W / 43.302778; -89.852222 (Honey Creek Swiss Rural Historic District)	Prairie du Sac	Rural area settled chiefly by immigrants from Graubünden canton, Switzerland starting in 1842. Some characteristic stone and timber-framed buildings remain.
17	Hulburt Creek Garden Beds		August 8, 1991 (#91000958)	Birchwood Road near CTH H 43°37′08″N 89°49′38″W / 43.61891°N 89.827092°W / 43.61891; -89.827092 (Hulburt Creek Garden Beds)	Delton	Raised garden beds built around 1000 AD. The oldest radio-carbon dated ridged fields in the upper Midwest.
18	Island Woolen Company Office Building		August 18, 2011 (#11000559)	900 2nd Ave. 43°28′10″N 89°45′24″W / 43.469444°N 89.756667°W / 43.469444; -89.756667 (Island Woolen Company Office Building)	Baraboo	Only remaining building from textile mill complex, designed by Claude & Starck in Prairie School style and built 1917-18. In the 1920s, Island Woolen was the biggest employer in Sauk County.
19	Lachmund Family House		March 29, 2000 (#00000257)	717 Water St. 43°16′22″N 89°43′16″W / 43.272778°N 89.721111°W / 43.272778; -89.721111 (Lachmund Family House)	Sauk City	Gothic Revival-styled home built in 1861 by Charles Halasz, who founded Lachmund Lumber Company. Now apartments.
20	Aldo Leopold Shack		July 14, 1978 (#78000082)	Levee Rd. 43°33′46″N 89°39′33″W / 43.562778°N 89.659167°W / 43.562778; -89.659167 (Aldo Leopold Shack)	Baraboo vicinity	Former chicken coop where conservationist Aldo Leopold wrote much of A Sand County Almanac.
21	Main Street Commercial Historic District		December 26, 1984 (#84000654)	Roughly bounded by N. Park, S. Park, N. Walnut, and S. Walnut Sts. on Main 43°31′57″N 90°00′25″W / 43.5325°N 90.006944°W / 43.5325; -90.006944 (Main Street Commercial Historic District)	Reedsburg	Commercial buildings in various styles, ranging from the 1873 Italianate Kelsey Block to the 1888 Romanesque Revival Free Press Block, to the large 1896 Queen Anne Hotel Stolte, to the 1920 Neoclassical Reedsburg Bank.
22	Man Mound		November 30, 1978 (#78000138)	East of Baraboo off WI 33 on Man Mound Road 43°29′19″N 89°40′15″W / 43.488611°N 89.670833°W / 43.488611; -89.670833 (Man Mound)	Baraboo	The only remaining man-shaped effigy mound in the Upper Midwest, built by Late Woodland people between 750 and 1200 AD. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016.
23	Manchester Street Bridge		October 13, 1988 (#88002005)	Ochsner Park 43°28′13″N 89°45′21″W / 43.470278°N 89.755833°W / 43.470278; -89.755833 (Manchester Street Bridge)	Baraboo	Camelback through truss bridge across the Baraboo River, built in 1884 by Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works. Moved to a park around 1987. Now the last remaining bridge of this type in the state.
24	Marshall Memorial Hall		April 1, 1993 (#93000264)	30 Wisconsin Dells Parkway S. 43°35′20″N 89°47′37″W / 43.588889°N 89.793611°W / 43.588889; -89.793611 (Marshall Memorial Hall)	Lake Delton	Small Georgian Revival municipal building built in 1928 with a bequest from Roujet D. Marshall, a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice from the area. The building houses a library, offices and a meeting room.
25	Merrimac Ferry		December 31, 1974 (#74000330)	WI 113 at the Wisconsin River 43°22′05″N 89°37′26″W / 43.368056°N 89.623889°W / 43.368056; -89.623889 (Merrimac Ferry)	Merrimac	Car ferry across the Wisconsin River. Ferries have operated at this site since 1844.
26	Our Lady of Loretto Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery		March 9, 1990 (#90000378)	Co. Hwy. C, 1 mi. W of Denzer 43°21′03″N 89°54′17″W / 43.350833°N 89.904722°W / 43.350833; -89.904722 (Our Lady of Loretto Roman Catholic Church and Cemetery)	Honey Creek	Gothic Revival church built in 1880 as a mission church for German and Irish settlers. Includes original pews, 1887 pump organ and pot-bellied stove.
27	Park Street Historic District		December 26, 1984 (#84000656)	On N. Park St. roughly bounded by 6th, Locust, N. Pine and Main Sts. 43°32′04″N 90°00′20″W / 43.534444°N 90.005556°W / 43.534444; -90.005556 (Park Street Historic District)	Reedsburg	Largely residential district, with homes in various styles built as early as 1870.
28	Seth Peterson Cottage		November 9, 1981 (#81000059)	Dell Ave. 43°33′47″N 89°49′30″W / 43.563056°N 89.825°W / 43.563056; -89.825 (Seth Peterson Cottage)	Lake Delton	Small modernist cottage built in 1958, overlooking Mirror Lake. Frank Lloyd Wright's last building in Wisconsin. Now available for rental and tours.
29	Point of Rocks		June 11, 2010 (#10000345)	US-12 approximately .85 mi north of Ski Hi Rd. and .25 mi south of STH 159 43°26′09″N 89°46′22″W / 43.435833°N 89.772778°W / 43.435833; -89.772778 (Point of Rocks)	Baraboo	Outcrop of Baraboo quartzite. From this and other area outcrops, UW-Madison geologists developed theories on metamorphism, Pre-Cambrian and structural geology.
30	Walworth D. Porter Duplex Residence		September 27, 1996 (#96001053)	221-225 7th St. 43°28′27″N 89°44′22″W / 43.474167°N 89.739444°W / 43.474167; -89.739444 (Walworth D. Porter Duplex Residence)	Baraboo	Queen Anne duplex built in 1894. Once occupied by Charles Ringling.
31	Raddatz Rockshelter		December 18, 1978 (#78000139)	On CTH C at Natural Bridge State Park 43°20′53″N 89°55′53″W / 43.348084°N 89.931432°W / 43.348084; -89.931432 (Raddatz Rockshelter)	Leland	Oldest documented site of human occupation in the upper Midwest, dated to 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.
32	Reedsburg Brewery		December 26, 1984 (#84000661)	401 N. Walnut St. 43°32′09″N 90°00′30″W / 43.535833°N 90.008333°W / 43.535833; -90.008333 (Reedsburg Brewery)	Reedsburg	A brewery started at this site in 1870, using locally-grown hops. It burned in 1903, was rebuilt in 1905 with 8,000 barrel capacity, and ran until 1950, except during Prohibition. Now apartments.
33	Reedsburg Post Office		October 24, 2000 (#00001240)	215 N. Walnut St. 43°32′01″N 90°00′30″W / 43.533611°N 90.008333°W / 43.533611; -90.008333 (Reedsburg Post Office)	Reedsburg	Built in 1937, the post office contains a mural "Dairy Farming," painted by Richard Jansen and funded by a New Deal program.
34	Reedsburg Woolen Mill Office		December 26, 1984 (#84000664)	26 Main St. 43°31′56″N 90°00′40″W / 43.532222°N 90.011111°W / 43.532222; -90.011111 (Reedsburg Woolen Mill Office)	Reedsburg	The mill converted local wool into products from army blankets to commercial goods for Montgomery Ward and Sears. With 200 employees, it was Reedsburg's largest employer for much of its 80 years, from around 1881 to 1967.
35	Rest Haven Motel		July 20, 2011 (#11000478)	E5116 US 14 43°11′08″N 90°03′47″W / 43.185556°N 90.063056°W / 43.185556; -90.063056 (Rest Haven Motel)	Spring Green	1952 motel designed by Jesse Caraway, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Now the Usonian Inn
36	William Riggert House		December 26, 1984 (#84000666)	547 S. Park St. 43°31′35″N 90°00′22″W / 43.526389°N 90.006111°W / 43.526389; -90.006111 (William Riggert House)	Reedsburg	Riggert, a banker and city leader, had this Queen Anne house built in 1892. It still has a carriage house.
37	Ringling Brothers Circus Headquarters		August 4, 1969 (#69000032)	Bounded roughly by Water, Brian, Lynn, and East Sts. 43°28′02″N 89°44′21″W / 43.467194°N 89.739053°W / 43.467194; -89.739053 (Ringling Brothers Circus Headquarters)	Baraboo	Winter quarters for the Ringling Brothers Circus from 1884 to 1919, including the Ring Barn for horses and the Elephant House. Now part of Circus World Museum.
38	Al. Ringling Theatre		May 17, 1976 (#76000202)	136 4th Ave. 43°28′16″N 89°44′37″W / 43.471111°N 89.743611°W / 43.471111; -89.743611 (Al. Ringling Theatre)	Baraboo	The eldest Ringling brother gave this gift to Baraboo in 1915, an ornate Beaux Arts theater which was one of the first "movie palaces" in the U.S.
39	Albrecht C. Ringling House		May 17, 1976 (#76000079)	623 Broadway 43°28′25″N 89°44′41″W / 43.473611°N 89.744722°W / 43.473611; -89.744722 (Albrecht C. Ringling House)	Baraboo	1905 Romanesque Revival home of Albrecht and Lou Ringling of the Ringling Brothers Circus. Al was the "circus genius" and Lou started as the snake charmer.
40	Charles Ringling House		March 21, 1997 (#97000268)	201 8th St. 43°28′30″N 89°44′24″W / 43.475°N 89.74°W / 43.475; -89.74 (Charles Ringling House)	Baraboo	Neoclassical-styled home built in 1900 of Charles Ringling, operating manager of the Ringling Brothers Circus.
41	Salem Evangelical Church		March 29, 1988 (#86003576)	Jct. of CR PF and Church Rd. 43°17′59″N 89°50′30″W / 43.299722°N 89.841667°W / 43.299722; -89.841667 (Salem Evangelical Church)	Plain	Church of block and stack masonry built in 1875. The congregation formed at the site in 1844 was the focus of the Swiss community. A.k.a. Ragatz Church.
42	Sauk City Fire Station		July 28, 1999 (#99000920)	717 John Adams St. 43°16′14″N 89°43′23″W / 43.270556°N 89.723056°W / 43.270556; -89.723056 (Sauk City Fire Station)	Sauk City	Firehouse built in 1889, with hose-drying tower added in 1894. Also served as village hall. The volunteer fire department had organized in 1854, the first in the state.
43	Sauk City High School		February 23, 1989 (#89000071)	713 Madison St. 43°16′22″N 89°43′33″W / 43.272778°N 89.725833°W / 43.272778; -89.725833 (Sauk City High School)	Sauk City	1916 brick building designed by Alfred Clas in Mission style.
44	Sauk County Courthouse		March 9, 1982 (#82000711)	515 Oak St. 43°28′13″N 89°44′35″W / 43.470278°N 89.743056°W / 43.470278; -89.743056 (Sauk County Courthouse)	Baraboo	1905 Classical Revival building designed by Ferry and native-son Clas and built in 1905.
45	Seven Gables		January 20, 1978 (#78000140)	215 6th St. 43°28′23″N 89°44′23″W / 43.473056°N 89.739722°W / 43.473056; -89.739722 (Seven Gables)	Baraboo	Carpenter Gothic home built in 1860 for Terrell Thomas, a Baraboo banker.
46	Spellman Granite Works		July 14, 2015 (#15000426)	615 Phillips Blvd. 43°16′19″N 89°43′44″W / 43.272039°N 89.728823°W / 43.272039; -89.728823 (Spellman Granite Works)	Sauk City	The Spellman brothers ran a stone-finishing business that produced gravestones, urns and statuary from 1917 to 2005.
47	State Bank of Spring Green		July 16, 2010 (#10000463)	134 W. Jefferson St. 43°10′36″N 90°04′08″W / 43.176667°N 90.068889°W / 43.176667; -90.068889 (State Bank of Spring Green)	Spring Green	1915 Neoclassical Revival building with terra cotta ornamentation, designed by William Hilgen.
48	Steam Locomotive #1385		May 18, 2000 (#00000524)	E8948 Diamond Hill Rd. 43°27′31″N 89°52′29″W / 43.458611°N 89.874722°W / 43.458611; -89.874722 (Steam Locomotive #1385)	North Freedom	Built in 1907, #1385 is the only remaining operable steam locomotive of the Chicago & North Western Railway.
49	William Stolte, Jr., House		December 26, 1984 (#84000667)	432 S. Walnut St. 43°31′44″N 90°00′30″W / 43.528889°N 90.008333°W / 43.528889; -90.008333 (William Stolte, Jr., House)	Reedsburg	Queen Anne house built 1899. Stolte Jr. was a partner in the Big Store and was active in civic life and the local Old Settlers Association.
50	William Stolte, Sr., House		December 26, 1984 (#84000670)	444 S. Walnut St. 43°31′43″N 90°00′30″W / 43.528611°N 90.008333°W / 43.528611; -90.008333 (William Stolte, Sr., House)	Reedsburg	Stolte Sr. built the house in the 1880s, mixing the styles of Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne. A smokehouse and hitching post are in the back yard. Stolte built the hotel at 204 Main.
51	Thompson House Hotel		December 22, 1997 (#97001583)	200 Ash St. 43°28′02″N 89°44′24″W / 43.467222°N 89.74°W / 43.467222; -89.74 (Thompson House Hotel)	Baraboo	Semi-Italianate hotel built around 1890(?) near the C&NW depot. Later housed the City Hotel, Wilder's Tavern, and a rooming house.
52	Tripp Memorial Library and Hall		September 14, 1981 (#81000060)	565 Water St. 43°17′29″N 89°43′17″W / 43.291389°N 89.721389°W / 43.291389; -89.721389 (Tripp Memorial Library and Hall)	Prairie du Sac	J. S. Tripp, a local banker, lawyer and public servant, donated funds to build a library and village hall. William Dresen and Alfred C. Clas designed it in Neoclassical style and it opened in 1913.
53	A.G. Tuttle Estate		November 6, 1980 (#80000194)	N. Elizabeth St. 43°29′00″N 89°43′59″W / 43.483333°N 89.733056°W / 43.483333; -89.733056 (A.G. Tuttle Estate)	Baraboo	Gothic revival house built in 1869. Tuttle started a fruit tree orchard in 1853.
54	Van Hise Rock		September 25, 1997 (#97001267)	WI 136, 0.75 mi. N of WI 154 43°29′22″N 89°54′55″W / 43.489444°N 89.915278°W / 43.489444; -89.915278 (Van Hise Rock)	Rock Springs	Roadside outcrop of quartzite which shows cross-bedding. UW-Madison geologist Charles Van Hise used this outcrop and others to interpret the Precambrian rock of the Baraboo district.
55	Jacob Van Orden House		September 6, 1996 (#96000988)	531 4th Ave. 43°28′15″N 89°45′06″W / 43.470833°N 89.751667°W / 43.470833; -89.751667 (Jacob Van Orden House)	Baraboo	Tudor Revival house designed by Ferry & Clas and built in 1903. Van Orden had worked his way up from "general utility boy" to president of the First National Bank of Baraboo. Now houses the Sauk County Historical Museum.