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| Location | 901 6th St. Wausau, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°57′50″N 89°37′22″W / 44.96389°N 89.62278°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architect | John Mercer |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000684 |
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 1982 |
The Ely Wright House is a historic house located at 901 Sixth Street in Wausau, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 1982.[1]
The fine Italianate style house is two stories, clapboard-clad, with a rectangular cupola. The hood moulds above the windows are decorated with a vine carving. The front door has an elliptical fanlight and sidelights framed by a porch with Doric columns. It was designed and built by John Mercer in 1881.[2]
The house belonged to Ely Wright. Wright was a native of Athens, Pennsylvania who came to Wausau in the 1870s[3] and founded Wausau Iron Works, which built machinery for railroads and sawmills in Wisconsin.[4]