This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Fond du Lac 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 52 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.
2-story Italianate-styled fire station designed by local architect Thomas Green and built in 1875, with a 4-story hose-drying tower topped by a wooden belvedere holding a fire bell.[6][7]
Greek Revival church built in 1857 by the Baptist congregation. Sold to the local American Legion post in 1932. Now the oldest remaining church building in Ripon.[8][9]
In 1894 Charles Ellis constructed this building with a harness shop on the first floor and cold storage above. In 1897 the village of Brandon bought the building and reconfigured it for meeting halls, the fire department, and eventually the library.[10][11]
2.5 story Queen Anne house with two large towers and matching carriage house, built in 1892. Rudolph was president of the German American Savings Bank, Registrar, and city treasurer.[32][33]
Highly intact 4-story Neoclassical-styled brick apartment complex, built in 1921 by the Immel Construction Company. Its apartments were modern at the time, with gas stoves, hot and cold running water, telephones and garbage disposals.[34][35]
Italianate mansion with 3-story tower, begun by Selim Newton in 1846, and greatly expanded by Galloway from 1868 to 1880. Galloway was involved in lumber, real estate, banking, and served in the state assembly.[42][43] Now a museum.
3-story simple Neoclassical hotel built between 1902 and 1907 and expanded 1920-22. This hotel was a railroad hotel, largely serving travelers from the Chicago & Northwestern depot next door.[46][47]
Second Empire-styled house with mansard roof and high limestone foundation, built in 1874 by Charles Kendall, a Civil War veteran and painter. Around 1890 Albert Blankenburg, who owned a furniture store, added the ell with Stick style decoration.[51][52]
Reputed birthplace of the U.S. Republican Party, born from an anti-slavery meeting in 1854. Greek Revival-styled one-room school built in 1853.[59][60]
2.5 story fine Queen Anne-styled home with porte-cochère built in 1899. William was a real estate developer and philanthropist, pushing for creation of what is now McDermott Park.[62][63]
3.5-story brick Neoclassical building designed by Frank Stepnoski and built around 1923, originally with stores and a barber shop on the first floor and Moose chambers and auditorium above.[64][65]
1.5 story octagon house with grout walls designed by Orson Fowler and built around 1856 by Isaac Brown, an early builder and first mayor of Fond du Lac.[71][72]
Carefully proportioned 9-arch stone bridge built of fieldstone in 1901 by Swiss immigrant Alphonse Halter. Now the longest stone-arch bridge in the state, by three arches.[73]
This Italianate house constructed around 1858 appears to be the earliest house with walls of concrete block in the state. Pedrick, a mason, constructed it himself.[74][75]
Large Oneota village on a gravel knoll east of Lake Winnebago. Excavations have found remnants of an oval-shaped wigwam(?), various cache and storage pits, stone wedges, scrapers, adzes, and net sinkers, awls made from copper, deer, bird bones, and the spines of freshwater drum, and numerous potsherds.[76]
Romanesque-styledCatholic church built of limestone from the surrounding fields, with a prominent steeple and spire, begun in 1857 and added to in 1892. The community is so strongly German that the language was used in services until 1948.[85][86]
Peony nursery and display garden established by Wilbur Sisson around 1920, with a fieldstonewindmill built by Jesse Phillips. Now rehabilitated by the Rosendale Historical Society.[94][95]
2-story octagon house with Italianate details and tower, built around 1857. Norman Wallace was a local jeweler. Casper Jagdfeld owned the Northwestern Railroad Hotel.[124][125]
Factory complex of the Winnebago Cheese Company, with the front 2-story section built in 1915, a 3-story addition added by 1925, and a rear cold storage section added in 1925. Operated into the 1980s.[139]
^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.
^Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^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.
^King, Beverly J. (Mrs. Alfred D.) (1984-01-14). "Horner, John Scott, House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
^Cleary, Richard L. (1975-12-19). "Pedrick, Marcellus, house". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
^Overstreet, David F. (1981). "Investigations at the Pipe Site (47Fd10) and some perspectives on Eastern Wisconsin Oneota Prehistory". The Wisconsin Archeologist. 62 (4): 365–525.
^Matucheski, Michael; Filipowicz, Diane H. (1980-03-12). "St. John the Baptist Catholic Church". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
^Causier, Charles W.; Grosse, Robert J. (1993-12-29). "Waupun Post Office". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
