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National Register of Historic Places listings in Walworth County, Wisconsin

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Location of Walworth County in Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Walworth County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Walworth 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 51 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another four properties were once listed but have been removed.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 16, 2024.[2]

Current listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed[4] Location City or town Description
1 Henry D. L. and Jennie Adkins House January 4, 2024
(#100009715)
24 North Church Street
42°40′24″N 88°32′47″W / 42.6733°N 88.5463°W / 42.6733; -88.5463 (Henry D. L. and Jennie Adkins House)
Elkhorn Well-preserved 2-story brick house designed in Georgian Revival style by Chicago architect Henry K. Holsman and built in 1909.[5]
2 A. H. Allyn House
A. H. Allyn House
A. H. Allyn House
September 5, 1985
(#85001950)
511 E. Walworth Ave.
42°38′00″N 88°38′30″W / 42.633333°N 88.641667°W / 42.633333; -88.641667 (A. H. Allyn House)
Delavan High-style Queen Anne mansion designed by E. Townsend Mix and built in 1885 for Alexander Allyn, a wealthy farmer. Later converted to nursing home, furniture store, and back to a residence.[6]
3 John and Margaret Bell House
John and Margaret Bell House
John and Margaret Bell House
September 15, 1994
(#94001154)
554 Spring Prairie Rd.
42°41′55″N 88°19′44″W / 42.698611°N 88.328889°W / 42.698611; -88.328889 (John and Margaret Bell House)
Spring Prairie 1852 house built of locally quarried sandstone, with both Greek Revival and Italianate elements. Bell established the first nursery in Walworth County, with 250,000 trees in 1858.[7]
4 Black Point
Black Point
Black Point
September 15, 1994
(#94001147)
580 S. Lake Shore Dr. (Pier 580)
42°33′29″N 88°30′39″W / 42.558056°N 88.510833°W / 42.558056; -88.510833 (Black Point)
Linn Well-preserved Queen Anne mansion with a 4-story lookout tower on a bluff above Geneva Lake, designed by Adolph Cudell and built in 1888 for German immigrant and Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. Now a museum.[8]
5 Bonnie Brae
Bonnie Brae
Bonnie Brae
April 3, 1986
(#86000614)
78 Snake Rd.
42°34′21″N 88°28′57″W / 42.5725°N 88.4825°W / 42.5725; -88.4825 (Bonnie Brae)
Linn Queen Anne mansion designed by C.A. Alexander and built in 1881 for Judge Thomas Withrow and named for his daughter Bonnie.[9][10][11]
6 George W. Borg Corporation
George W. Borg Corporation
George W. Borg Corporation
February 6, 2020
(#100004953)
820 East Wisconsin St.
42°37′53″N 88°38′13″W / 42.6315°N 88.6369°W / 42.6315; -88.6369 (George W. Borg Corporation)
Delavan 2-story brick factory built in 1943, where the Biggs Division manufactured war materiel during WWII, including time fuzes for anti-aircraft shells, employing many women. After the war Borg manufactured fabrics, innovating in equipment, fabrics and manufacturing processes. Borg was the largest employer in Delavan from the 1940s to the '60s.[12]
7 Carl and Clara Bucholtz Farmstead
Carl and Clara Bucholtz Farmstead
Carl and Clara Bucholtz Farmstead
November 9, 2018
(#100003104)
W425 Miller Rd.
42°46′13″N 88°19′25″W / 42.7702°N 88.3236°W / 42.7702; -88.3236 (Carl and Clara Bucholtz Farmstead)
East Troy Includes the ruins of an 1839 smokehouse,[13] a chicken coop built around 1860,[14] an 1860 threshing/dairy barn, a 1901 horse barn,[15] a 1901 milk house,[16] a 1911 outhouse,[17] and a dignified 1911 Queen Anne-styled house.[18]
8 Buena Vista House
Buena Vista House
Buena Vista House
January 18, 1978
(#78000143)
2090 Church St.
42°47′08″N 88°24′16″W / 42.785556°N 88.404444°W / 42.785556; -88.404444 (Buena Vista House)
East Troy 1846 inn built in Greek Revival style by Samuel Bradley of Milwaukee. It is the largest cobblestone-clad building in the state.[19][20][21]
9 Davidson Hall July 2, 1987
(#87000443)
550 S. Shore Dr.
42°32′54″N 88°31′31″W / 42.548333°N 88.525278°W / 42.548333; -88.525278 (Davidson Hall)
Lake Geneva Neoclassical building of Northwestern Military and Naval Academy on the banks of Lake Geneva, built in 1912.[22] Now demolished.
10 Delavan Downtown Commercial Historic District
Delavan Downtown Commercial Historic District
Delavan Downtown Commercial Historic District
March 8, 2016
(#16000067)
Generally bounded by the 200, 300 & 400 blocks of E. Walworth Ave.
42°37′59″N 88°38′43″W / 42.633049°N 88.645395°W / 42.633049; -88.645395 (Delavan Downtown Commercial Historic District)
Delavan Delavan's old downtown, including the 1871 Italianate-styled Hollister Block,[23] the 1898 Italianate Mullins Brothers Saloon,[24] the 1908 Neoclassical Aram Public Library designed by Claude and Starck,[25] the 1908 20th-Century Commercial-style Bolver and Lackney Building,[26] and the 1916 Mediterranean Revival Knights of Pythias Building.[27][28]
11 Delavan Post Office
Delavan Post Office
Delavan Post Office
October 24, 2000
(#00001260)
335 E. Walworth Ave.
42°38′00″N 88°38′38″W / 42.633333°N 88.643889°W / 42.633333; -88.643889 (Delavan Post Office)
Delavan 2-story Neoclassical-styled structure designed by Oscar Wenderoth and built in 1914. Inside is a mural depicting Delavan history painted by Rosemary Roth in 1984.
12 Delavan's Vitrified Brick Street
Delavan's Vitrified Brick Street
Delavan's Vitrified Brick Street
March 7, 1996
(#96000234)
100-300 blocks of E. Walworth Ave.
42°37′59″N 88°38′55″W / 42.633056°N 88.648611°W / 42.633056; -88.648611 (Delavan's Vitrified Brick Street)
Delavan This main business street was paved with brick in 1913, a vast improvement over the mud and dust that preceded it. Some of the original bricks are still in place.[29]
13 Delavan Water Tower Park Historic District
Delavan Water Tower Park Historic District
Delavan Water Tower Park Historic District
March 8, 2016
(#16000068)
Generally bounded by 101-137 Park Pl. & 104-130 E. Walworth Ave.
42°37′59″N 88°38′52″W / 42.633136°N 88.647841°W / 42.633136; -88.647841 (Delavan Water Tower Park Historic District)
Delavan Small commercial district around the water tower, including the 1851 Italianate-styled Jackson Flats,[30] the 1866 Greek Revival Smith's Blacksmith Shop,[31] the 1919 20th Century Commercial-styled Delavan Motor Co. Garage,[32] and the 1961 Sikes Motor Sales.[33][34]
14 Douglass-Stevenson House
Douglass-Stevenson House
Douglass-Stevenson House
April 3, 1986
(#86000615)
Main and Mill Sts.
42°32′57″N 88°34′51″W / 42.549167°N 88.580833°W / 42.549167; -88.580833 (Douglass-Stevenson House)
Fontana House built in the 1840s with some stovewood walls. Carlos Douglass operated early grist mills in Fontana, developed the lots around them, and donated land for the first school. He was later a state legislator.[35]
15 Downtown Darien Historic District
Downtown Darien Historic District
Downtown Darien Historic District
September 4, 2013
(#13000686)
Bounded by Wisconsin St. from W. Beloit to Fremont Sts.
42°36′04″N 88°42′28″W / 42.601051°N 88.707776°W / 42.601051; -88.707776 (Downtown Darien Historic District)
Darien Commercial district which developed after the railroad arrived in the 1850s. Many of the initial wood storefronts burned in fires of 1909 and 1912 and were replaced with red brick buildings.[36][37]
16 East Wing (Old Main)
East Wing (Old Main)
East Wing (Old Main)
December 13, 1984
(#84000609)
University of Wisconsin
42°50′10″N 88°44′36″W / 42.836111°N 88.743333°W / 42.836111; -88.743333 (East Wing (Old Main))
Whitewater 4-story Renaissance Revival building designed by Arthur Peabody and added in 1924-25 as a wing of the larger Old Main complex of the Whitewater Normal School. Most of Old Main burned in 1970, leaving only this wing, today known as Hyer Hall.[38]
17 Edward Elderkin House
Edward Elderkin House
Edward Elderkin House
May 3, 1974
(#74000132)
127 S. Lincoln St.
42°40′05″N 88°33′09″W / 42.668056°N 88.5525°W / 42.668056; -88.5525 (Edward Elderkin House)
Elkhorn Brick 2-story octagon house with cupola, built in 1856 for lawyer Elderkin.[39][40]
18 Elkhorn Band Shell
Elkhorn Band Shell
Elkhorn Band Shell
August 7, 2012
(#12000490)
Sunset Park, bounded by Devendorf, W. Centralia, & Park Sts.
42°40′04″N 88°33′23″W / 42.667851°N 88.556318°W / 42.667851; -88.556318 (Elkhorn Band Shell)
Elkhorn 1926 band shell with Classical Revival styling and a wooden rear stage wall designed for good acoustics. Originally located in courthouse square, it was moved to Sunset Park in 1962. Still hosts summer concerts.[41]
19 Elkhorn Municipal Building
Elkhorn Municipal Building
Elkhorn Municipal Building
August 7, 2012
(#12000491)
9 S. Broad St.
42°40′18″N 88°32′40″W / 42.671637°N 88.544581°W / 42.671637; -88.544581 (Elkhorn Municipal Building)
Elkhorn Public building designed by Edward Tough in Art Deco style and built in 1931. In early years the basement held fire department facilities, the first floor held the light and water department, city offices, and the fire department garage, the second and third floors held an auditorium and the third floor hosted the American Legion.[42]
20 Elkhorn Post Office
Elkhorn Post Office
Elkhorn Post Office
October 24, 2000
(#00001259)
102 E. Walworth St.
42°40′20″N 88°32′30″W / 42.672222°N 88.541667°W / 42.672222; -88.541667 (Elkhorn Post Office)
Elkhorn Art Moderne-styled post office built in 1936, with same design as the one in Berlin. Inside is a mural painted by Tom Rost, depicting early mail delivery on horseback.[43]
21 Grace and Pearl Historic District
Grace and Pearl Historic District
Grace and Pearl Historic District
August 5, 1993
(#93000810)
Roughly bounded by Pearl, Park, Dougall, Grace and Martin Sts.
42°30′06″N 88°43′31″W / 42.501667°N 88.725278°W / 42.501667; -88.725278 (Grace and Pearl Historic District)
Sharon Residential historic district of 62 contributing properties,[44] ranging from the 1860 Manning Hoard house,[45] to the 1875 Italianate Daniels/Pearson house,[46] the 1893 Queen Anne Dr. Ripley house,[47] to the 1900 Dutch Colonial Revival William Hoard house.[48]
22 Halverson Log Cabin
Halverson Log Cabin
Halverson Log Cabin
January 8, 1985
(#85000070)
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Campus
42°50′13″N 88°44′38″W / 42.836944°N 88.743889°W / 42.836944; -88.743889 (Halverson Log Cabin)
Whitewater Pioneer home built by Norwegian immigrants Gullik and Dorothea Halverson in 1846 six miles south of Whitewater. Whitewater Normal School moved it to the present location in 1907 as a museum.[49]
23 Heart Prairie Lutheran Church
Heart Prairie Lutheran Church
Heart Prairie Lutheran Church
December 27, 1974
(#74000133)
South of Whitewater on Town Line Rd.
42°45′23″N 88°42′07″W / 42.756389°N 88.701944°W / 42.756389; -88.701944 (Heart Prairie Lutheran Church)
Whitewater Greek Revival church clad in cream brick and built in 1855.[50]
24 Heart Prairie Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church
Heart Prairie Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church
Heart Prairie Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church
March 24, 2023
(#100008810)
N7372 Cty. Rd. P
42°45′05″N 88°40′36″W / 42.7514°N 88.6767°W / 42.7514; -88.6767 (Heart Prairie Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church)
Richmond Small Greek Revival-styled rural Methodist Episcopal church built in 1852.[51]
25 Horticultural Hall
Horticultural Hall
Horticultural Hall
September 29, 1999
(#99001220)
330 Broad St.
42°35′39″N 88°26′07″W / 42.594167°N 88.435278°W / 42.594167; -88.435278 (Horticultural Hall)
Lake Geneva Craftsman-styled meeting hall built in 1912[52] by the Lake Geneva Horticultural Society and later used and supported by gardening clubs.[53]
26 A.P. Johnson House
A.P. Johnson House
A.P. Johnson House
July 9, 1982
(#82000715)
3455 S. Shore Dr.
42°35′25″N 88°36′58″W / 42.590278°N 88.616111°W / 42.590278; -88.616111 (A.P. Johnson House)
Delavan Transitional Prairie School home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905.[54]
27 Fred B. Jones Estate
Fred B. Jones Estate
Fred B. Jones Estate
December 27, 1974
(#74000134)
3335 S. Shore Dr.
42°35′35″N 88°36′38″W / 42.593056°N 88.610556°W / 42.593056; -88.610556 (Fred B. Jones Estate)
Delavan Lake Compound of Prairie School buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built from 1900 to 1903, including gatehouse, house, boathouse, barn and stable. A.k.a. Penwern Estate.[55]
28 Horace Loomis House
Horace Loomis House
Horace Loomis House
December 3, 1974
(#74000357)
2.4 miles (3.9 km) south of East Troy at N7297 WI 120
42°45′22″N 88°24′24″W / 42.756111°N 88.406667°W / 42.756111; -88.406667 (Horace Loomis House)
East Troy 2-story Greek Revival house with cobblestone exterior and stone quoins, built in 1851.[56]
29 Main Street Historic District
Main Street Historic District
Main Street Historic District
December 21, 1989
(#89002116)
Roughly W. Main St./US 12 from Prairie St. to Fremont St. and Church St. from Forest Ave. to W. Main St.
42°50′00″N 88°44′14″W / 42.833333°N 88.737222°W / 42.833333; -88.737222 (Main Street Historic District)
Whitewater Prestigious residential neighborhood between the central downtown and the UW, including the c.1847 Gothic Revival O'Connor house,[57] the 1856 Italian Villa-style Smith-Allen house,[58] the 1851/1878 Second Empire Kinney-Cox house,[59] the 1882 Romanesque Revival First Congregational Church,[60] the 1895 Queen Anne Engebretsen-Dorr house,[61] the 1903 Birge fountain,[62] and the 1904 Neoclassical White Memorial Library.[63][64]
30 Main Street Historic District
Main Street Historic District
Main Street Historic District
January 11, 2002
(#01001453)
Roughly Main St., from Broad St. to Center St.
42°35′30″N 88°26′04″W / 42.591667°N 88.434444°W / 42.591667; -88.434444 (Main Street Historic District)
Lake Geneva Part of the old downtown, with buildings ranging from the 1871 Italianate-styled Hanna Block to the 1929 Wisconsin Power and Light Company Building, with its Colonial Revival stylings.[65]
31 Maple Park Historic District
Maple Park Historic District
Maple Park Historic District
June 17, 2005
(#05000621)
Generally bounded by North, Cook, Main and Maxwell Sts.
42°35′44″N 88°26′24″W / 42.595556°N 88.44°W / 42.595556; -88.44 (Maple Park Historic District)
Lake Geneva Historic neighborhood around the 1837 Maple Park, including the 1859 Greek Revival Holt house, the 1868 Italianate Nethercut house, the 1880 Gothic Revival Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion, the 1883 Queen Anne Hitchcock-Fiske house, the 1904 Classical Revival-influenced Central School, the 1909 Tudor Revival McDonald house, a 1950 Lustron house, and the 1954 Wrightian Public Library.[66]
32 Maples Mound Group
Maples Mound Group
Maples Mound Group
June 7, 1991
(#91000671)
288 S. Indian Mound Parkway
42°49′51″N 88°45′57″W / 42.830959°N 88.765916°W / 42.830959; -88.765916 (Maples Mound Group)
Whitewater Group of prehistoric mounds in a city park,[67] including two panther effigy mounds, a turtle, and two birds. Some seem aligned with compass or solstice points.[68]
33 Metropolitan Block
Metropolitan Block
Metropolitan Block
April 19, 1990
(#90000559)
772 Main St.
42°35′30″N 88°26′06″W / 42.5917°N 88.435°W / 42.5917; -88.435 (Metropolitan Block)
Lake Geneva 3-story fine Italianate-styled business block designed by William LeBaron Jenney and built by O.T. LaSalle in 1873-74. It initially housed H.H. Curtis' drug store, Hicks' harness shop, Valentine's grocery store, Carlton's barber shop, the Lake Geneva Herald, Dr. Catlin's office, and meeting rooms upstairs.[69][70]
34 Meyerhofer Cobblestone House
Meyerhofer Cobblestone House
Meyerhofer Cobblestone House
December 8, 1980
(#80000202)
East of Lake Geneva on Townline Rd.
42°34′56″N 88°23′21″W / 42.5822°N 88.3892°W / 42.5822; -88.3892 (Meyerhofer Cobblestone House)
Lake Geneva Farmhouse with cobblestone walls and Greek Revival cornice returns and pediment, built around 1850 by German immigrant and stonemason Nikolaus Meyerhofer with stones gathered by his daughters on their farm.[71][72]
35 Mile Long Site
Mile Long Site
Mile Long Site
June 23, 1977
(#77000057)
Address Restricted
Delavan Archeological site at which have been found a Clovis point, Folsom points, Plano points,[73] and grit-tempered Mississippian ceramics.[74]
36 Oak Hill Cemetery April 26, 2021
(#100006406)
1101 Cemetery Rd.
42°36′20″N 88°26′23″W / 42.6055°N 88.4396°W / 42.6055; -88.4396 (Oak Hill Cemetery)
Lake Geneva Established in 1880 on forty rolling acres, an example of the Rural Cemetery Movement, in which people chose to be buried outside their cities in park-like, non-denominational settings.[75]
37 Redwood Cottage
Redwood Cottage
Redwood Cottage
September 7, 1984
(#84003796)
327 Wrigley Dr.
42°35′16″N 88°25′56″W / 42.5878°N 88.4322°W / 42.5878; -88.4322 (Redwood Cottage)
Lake Geneva Queen Anne-styled summer cottage/mansion built in 1885 for Emily Baker, widow of a part-owner of the J.I. Case Company.
38 Reynolds-Weed House
Reynolds-Weed House
Reynolds-Weed House
March 31, 1983
(#83003429)
12 N. Church St.
42°40′21″N 88°32′47″W / 42.6725°N 88.5464°W / 42.6725; -88.5464 (Reynolds-Weed House)
Elkhorn Built as a plain brick schoolhouse in 1850, then bought by Dr. James Reynolds for a home in 1868. The wooden Victorian Italianate decorations and bay windows were added by Reynolds or subsequent owner Belden Weed, who bought the house in 1879.[76]
39 The Riviera
The Riviera
The Riviera
April 3, 1986
(#86000616)
810 Wrigley Dr.
42°35′24″N 88°26′11″W / 42.59°N 88.4364°W / 42.59; -88.4364 (The Riviera)
Lake Geneva Ballroom and marina built on the shore of Geneva Lake in 1932 which has hosted acts ranging from big bands like Glenn Miller to jazz singers like Ella Fitzgerald to disco acts like the Village People.
40 Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company Car #26
Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company Car #26
Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company Car #26
November 21, 2006
(#06001069)
2015 Division St.
42°47′16″N 88°24′33″W / 42.7878°N 88.4092°W / 42.7878; -88.4092 (Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway Company Car #26)
East Troy Wooden electric-powered, self-propelled streetcar built in 1908, which carried passengers in the Sheboygan area for 30 years, until street cars succumbed to automobiles and buses.
41 Smith and Meadows Store Buildings
Smith and Meadows Store Buildings
Smith and Meadows Store Buildings
March 12, 1993
(#93000067)
2888-2890 Main St.
42°47′09″N 88°24′20″W / 42.7858°N 88.4056°W / 42.7858; -88.4056 (Smith and Meadows Store Buildings)
East Troy Two adjacent brick stores on the square in East Troy, with similar round arched windows. Charles W. Smith built the first in the 1860s. George and William Meadows built the hardware store next door in 1881, with the entry flanked by iron columns with Corinthian capitals. Later the Lacy and Clancy Hardware Store.[77][78]
42 T. C. Smith House November 30, 1982
(#82001852)
865 Main St.
42°35′31″N 88°26′13″W / 42.5919°N 88.4369°W / 42.5919; -88.4369 (T. C. Smith House)
Lake Geneva Greek Revival/Italianate-styled house built in 1879-80, with a Victorian interior. Smith ran a hardware store, and was an organizer of the company that brought the railroad to Lake Geneva.[79][80]
43 Israel Stowell Temperance House
Israel Stowell Temperance House
Israel Stowell Temperance House
August 11, 1978
(#78000145)
61-65 E. Walworth Ave.
42°37′59″N 88°38′56″W / 42.6331°N 88.6489°W / 42.6331; -88.6489 (Israel Stowell Temperance House)
Delavan Alcohol-free tavern built in 1840, when Delavan was still a temperance colony.
44 James Jesse Strang House
James Jesse Strang House
James Jesse Strang House
January 24, 1974
(#74000135)
West of Burlington on WI 11
42°41′00″N 88°18′32″W / 42.6833°N 88.3089°W / 42.6833; -88.3089 (James Jesse Strang House)
Burlington Simple 1.5-story cottage built in 1844 with saltbox profile and walls of limestone rubble, typical of Mormon construction at that time. Strang was a lawyer from New York who vied with Brigham Young to lead the Mormons after Joseph Smith was murdered. Strang established the breakaway Strangite community at Voree and led them to Big Beaver Island, where he ruled as king until assassinated.[81][82]
45 Wandawega Inn
Wandawega Inn
Wandawega Inn
June 8, 2015
(#15000341)
W5453 Lake View Dr.
42°44′42″N 88°34′13″W / 42.7449°N 88.5702°W / 42.7449; -88.5702 (Wandawega Inn)
Sugar Creek The tavern, "Orphan Annie's," was built in 1927, bucking Prohibition with bootleg liquor, gambling, and prostitution until shut down. Reopened in 1946 as the family-friendly Wandawega Lake Resort. Reopened in 1961 as a summer camp for Latvian Catholics. Now a resort again.[83]
46 Anson Warner Farmstead
Anson Warner Farmstead
Anson Warner Farmstead
November 23, 1998
(#98001431)
N9334 Warner Rd.
42°49′42″N 88°46′35″W / 42.8283°N 88.7764°W / 42.8283; -88.7764 (Anson Warner Farmstead)
Whitewater Early farm, including the 1850-1862 Greek Revival/Italianate brick farmhouse, the 1884 milk house, the 1884 carriage house, the 1910 poultry house, and the 1917 barn.[84][85]
47 Joseph P. Webster House
Joseph P. Webster House
Joseph P. Webster House
February 23, 1972
(#72000066)
9 E. Rockwell St.
42°40′06″N 88°32′33″W / 42.6683°N 88.5425°W / 42.6683; -88.5425 (Joseph P. Webster House)
Elkhorn 1.5-story Greek Revival-styled structure built in 1836 on Elkhorn's public square as the land office. Later moved to the current location, where it was the home of Webster, the composer of Lorena and In the Sweet By and By.[86][87]
48 Whitewater Hotel
Whitewater Hotel
Whitewater Hotel
January 21, 2010
(#09001273)
226 W. Whitewater St.
42°49′57″N 88°43′59″W / 42.8325°N 88.7330°W / 42.8325; -88.7330 (Whitewater Hotel)
Whitewater 2-story hotel built near Whitewater's depots in 1894.[88]
49 Whitewater Passenger Depot
Whitewater Passenger Depot
Whitewater Passenger Depot
June 12, 2013
(#13000376)
301 W. Whitewater St.
42°49′54″N 88°43′58″W / 42.8318°N 88.7329°W / 42.8318; -88.7329 (Whitewater Passenger Depot)
Whitewater Highly intact small-town depot with typical wide, overhanging eaves, designed by J. T. W. Jennings and built in 1891 by the CM&SP. The brick and rough limestone are drawn from Richardsonian Romanesque style and the graceful knee braces from High Victorian Gothic. Inside are two rooms: a waiting room with a fireplace, and a ticket office/gentleman's smoking room.[89][90]
50 Whitewater Post Office
Whitewater Post Office
Whitewater Post Office
October 24, 2000
(#00001256)
213 Center St.
42°49′59″N 88°43′59″W / 42.8331°N 88.7331°W / 42.8331; -88.7331 (Whitewater Post Office)
Whitewater Small Georgian Revival-styled building with red brick walls and stone trim, with an arch around the front door, built by the New Deal's PWA in 1936. Same design as the old Kaukauna Post Office.[91][92]
51 Younglands
Younglands
Younglands
September 18, 1979
(#79000116)
880 Lake Shore Dr.
42°34′56″N 88°26′01″W / 42.5822°N 88.4336°W / 42.5822; -88.4336 (Younglands)
Lake Geneva 3-story mansion on Geneva Lake built as a summer cottage for German immigrant and Chicago businessman Otto Young. Henry Lord Gay designed it in Italian Renaissance revival style and it was built from 1899 to 1901. Later served as an Episcopalian girls' school.[93][94]

Former listings

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[3] Name on the Register Image Date listedDate removed Location City or town Description
1 Bradley Knitting Company
Bradley Knitting Company
Bradley Knitting Company
March 19, 1992
(#92000168)
April 6, 2011 902 Wisconsin St.
42°37′55″N 88°38′05″W / 42.6319°N 88.6347°W / 42.6319; -88.6347 (Bradley Knitting Company)
Delavan 3-story brick factory with Art Deco styling, built in 1923.[95]
2 Lake Geneva Depot July 31, 1978
(#78000144)
February 18, 1987 Broad St.
Lake Geneva Depot of the C&NW Railroad, designed by Charles Sumner Frost in Queen Anne style and built in 1891. Demolished in August 1986.[96]
3 Loramoor January 16, 1980
(#80000201)
May 30, 1986 S of Lake Geneva at 774 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Lake Geneva vicinity Estate of James Hobert Moore, a founder of Nabisco, named for his wife Lora. The Tudor Revival mansion was designed by Jarvis Hunt, built in 1900, and torn down in 1984.[97][98] Outbuildings like the 1900 gatehouse and stables remain.[99][100][101]
4 Phoenix Hall-Wisconsin Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb
Phoenix Hall-Wisconsin Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb
Phoenix Hall-Wisconsin Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb
March 19, 1987
(#87000492)
April 21, 2014 Wisconsin School for the Deaf, 309 W. Walworth St.
42°38′01″N 88°39′25″W / 42.633611°N 88.656944°W / 42.633611; -88.656944 (Phoenix Hall-Wisconsin Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb)
Delavan Two-story Italianate-styled brick dormitory, designed by E. Townsend Mix and built in 1880.[102][103]

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved August 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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  7. ^ Hall, Ginny. "Spring Prairie house owned by nurseryman". Walworth County Today. Bliss Communications. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  8. ^ "Explore Black Point Estate". Black Point Estate. Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  9. ^ "Bonnie Brae". Lake Geneva Estates. Lake Geneva Estates. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  10. ^ "Bonnie Brae". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  11. ^ "Bonnie Brae (house)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  12. ^ "George W. Borg Corporation". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  13. ^ "Carl and Clara Bucholtz House - Smoke House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  14. ^ "Carl and Clara Bucholtz House - Chicken Coop". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  15. ^ "Carl and Clara Bucholtz House - Animal Barn Complex". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  16. ^ "Carl and Clara Bucholtz House - Milk House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  17. ^ "Carl and Clara Bucholtz House - Outhouse". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  18. ^ "Carl and Clara Bucholtz House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  19. ^ "Buena Vista House". Photograph. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-10.Photo from around 1895.
  20. ^ "Buena Vista House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  21. ^ Jeff Dean (1977-05-26). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Buena Vista House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-05-08. With one photo.
  22. ^ "Davidson Hall". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  23. ^ "Hollister Block". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  24. ^ "Mullins Brothers Saloon Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  25. ^ "Aram Public Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  26. ^ "Bolver and Lackney Building Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  27. ^ "Knights of Pythias Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  28. ^ Rowan Davidson; Jennifer L. Lehrke (2015-02-13). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Delavan Downtown Commercial Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  29. ^ "Delavan's Vitrified Brick Street". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  30. ^ "Jackson Flats". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  31. ^ "Smith's Blacksmith Shop". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  32. ^ "Delavan Motor Co. Garage". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  33. ^ "Sikes Motor Sales". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  34. ^ Rowan Davidson; Jennifer L. Lehrke (2015-02-13). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Delavan Water Tower Park Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  35. ^ "Carlos Douglass House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  36. ^ "Downtown Historic District (Darien)". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  37. ^ "List of some properties in Darien Downtown Historic District". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  38. ^ "East Wing (Old Main)". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  39. ^ "Edward Elderkin House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  40. ^ Scherzer, Edwin (2013-08-20). "Eight Sides to Every Story". Walworth County Today. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  41. ^ "Elkhorn Band Shell". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  42. ^ "Elkhorn Municipal Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  43. ^ "Elkhorn Post Office". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  44. ^ "Grace and Pearl Historic District". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  45. ^ "Manning R. Hoard Residence". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  46. ^ "Pearson Residence". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  47. ^ "Dr. C.L. Ripley House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  48. ^ "William Hoard Residence". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  49. ^ "Halverson Log Cabin". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  50. ^ "Heart Prairie Lutheran Church". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  51. ^ "Heart Prairie Norske M.E. Kirke". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  52. ^ "Horticultural Hall". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
  53. ^ "Horticultural Hall". Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  54. ^ "A. P. Johnson House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  55. ^ "Fred B. Jones Estate (Penwern)". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  56. ^ "Horace Loomis House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  57. ^ "Richard O'Connor House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  58. ^ "E.A. Smith-Nathan Allen House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  59. ^ "Kinney-Coxe House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  60. ^ "First Congregational Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  61. ^ "Edward Engebretsen House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  62. ^ "Birge Fountain". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  63. ^ "White Memorial Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  64. ^ Carol Lohry Cartwright (1988-08-31). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Main Street Historic District (Whitewater)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-04. With 24 photos.
  65. ^ Carol Lohry Cartwright (2001-01-15). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Main Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-16. with 12 photos
  66. ^ Carol Lohry Cartwright (2004-07-06). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Maple Park Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-11. with 14 photos
  67. ^ "Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve" (PDF). City of Whitewater. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  68. ^ Stekel, Frank D.; Johns, Larry A.; Scherz, James P. (1991). "Whitewater Effigy Mounds Park: The Maples Mound Group". The Wisconsin Archeologist. 72 (1 & 2): 118.
  69. ^ "Metropolitan Block". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  70. ^ Gary Tipler (1989-03-09). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Metropolitan Block". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-15. with 5 photos
  71. ^ "Meyerhofer Cobblestone House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  72. ^ Terry L. Shoptaugh (1980-06-19). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Meyerhofer Cobblestone House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-15. With one photo.
  73. ^ Overstreet, David F. (1991). "PaleoIndian Traditions in Southeastern Wisconsin - an Overview". The Wisconsin Archeologist. 72 (3–4): 294, 323, 328, 366.
  74. ^ Richards, John D. (2003). "Collars, Castellations, and Cahokai: A Regional Perspective on the Aztalan Ceramic Assemblage". The Wisconsin Archeologist. 84 (1&2): 149.
  75. ^ "Oak Hill Cemetery". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  76. ^ Diane H. Filipowicz; Mrs. Lillian F. Moore (October 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Reynolds-Weed House / Moore House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-19. With two photos.
  77. ^ "Smith and Meadows Store Building". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  78. ^ Jane Eiseley (1991-10-01). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Smith and Meadows Store Buildings". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-19. With ten photos.
  79. ^ "Smith, T.C., House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  80. ^ John D. Rolling (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Smith, T.C., House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-22. With 4 photos.
  81. ^ "Strang House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  82. ^ Donald N. Anderson (1973-07-12). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Strang (James Jesse) House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-22. With one photo.
  83. ^ "Wandawega Inn". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  84. ^ "Warner, Anson, Farmstead". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  85. ^ Kirk R. Huffaker (1997-02-14). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Warner, Anson, Farmstead". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-25. With 16 photos.
  86. ^ "Joseph P. Webster House". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  87. ^ Donald N. Anderson (1971-10-21). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Webster (Joseph P.) House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-04-25. With one photo.
  88. ^ "Whitewater Hotel". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  89. ^ "Whitewater Passenger Depot". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  90. ^ Carol Lohry Cartwright (2012-05-21). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Whitewater Passenger Depot" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  91. ^ "Whitewater Post Office". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  92. ^ Charles W. Causier; Robert J. Gosse (1993-12-20). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Whitewater Post Office". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-05-03. With 9 photos.
  93. ^ "Younglands (Stone manor)". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  94. ^ Katherine E. Hundt; Donald N. Anderson (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Younglands". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-05-08. With 4 photos.
  95. ^ "Bradley Knitting Company". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  96. ^ "Lake Geneva Depot". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  97. ^ Quinn, Patrick (2017-07-19). "Four Moores who helped shape Lake Geneva". Lake Geneva Regional News. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  98. ^ ""Loramoor" - J.H. Moore Estate". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  99. ^ "Loramoor Gatehouse". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  100. ^ "Loramoor Stables". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  101. ^ "Going...going...gone". The Lake Geneva Regional News. November 1, 1984. p. 2. Retrieved September 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  102. ^ "Phoenix Hall, Wisc. School for the Deaf". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  103. ^ "Phoenix Hall - Wisconsin Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-08.