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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawano County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Shawano 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 6 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.


Current listings

Name on the Register Image Date listed Location City or town Description
1 Laney School
Laney School
December 4, 1998
(#98001463)
N1675 Laney Rd.
44°38′36″N 88°17′34″W / 44.643333°N 88.292778°W / 44.643333; -88.292778 (Laney School)
Maple Grove One-room schoolhouse built in 1928. Later served as town hall. Apparently burned in February 2011.
2 Lincoln School
November 7, 2013
(#13000865)
237 S. Sawyer St.
44°46′44″N 88°36′28″W / 44.778796°N 88.607903°W / 44.778796; -88.607903 (Lincoln School)
Shawano K-8 school designed by Parkinson & Dockendorff in Collegiate Gothic style and built in 1925. Progressive for its time, it contained manual training and domestic science rooms, a gym with showers, and an inviting kindergarten room with a fireplace and a bay window.
3 Lutheran Indian Mission
Lutheran Indian Mission
October 22, 1980
(#80000195)
NE of Gresham on WI G
44°52′39″N 88°45′35″W / 44.8775°N 88.759722°W / 44.8775; -88.759722 (Lutheran Indian Mission)
Gresham Mission church and school built in 1901 by Missouri Synod to serve Stockbridge Indians. The school operated until 1958 and the church continues today.
4 Shawano Main Street Historic District
Shawano Main Street Historic District
April 9, 1999
(#99000440)
Roughly including E. Division St. and S. Main St.
44°46′51″N 88°36′33″W / 44.7808°N 88.6092°W / 44.7808; -88.6092 (Shawano Main Street Historic District)
Shawano Various brick commercial buildings as old as the late 1800s. Main Street lies on the old military road from Green Bay to Ontonagon.
5 Shawano Post Office
Shawano Post Office
October 24, 2000
(#00001241)
235 S. Main St.
44°46′44″N 88°36′34″W / 44.778889°N 88.609444°W / 44.778889; -88.609444 (Shawano Post Office)
Shawano New Deal post office with mural by Eugene Higgins.
6 Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House
Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House
November 5, 2008
(#08001036)
215 Cedar St.
44°44′26″N 89°03′50″W / 44.740564°N 89.063836°W / 44.740564; -89.063836 (Tigerton Village Hall and Engine House)
Tigerton Municipal building and fire station, built in 1905 with support from Herman Swanke, partly to protect his nearby lumber mill.
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