National Register of Historic Places listings in Outagamie County, Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Outagamie 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 property was once listed but has been removed.

          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted June 14, 2024.^[2]

Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed[4]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Appleton City Park Historic District	More images	October 25, 2002 (#02001213)	Roughly bounded by E. Washington, N. Durkee, E. Atlantic, and Lawe Sts. 44°16′02″N 88°24′00″W / 44.2672°N 88.4°W / 44.2672; -88.4 (Appleton City Park Historic District)	Appleton	Large residential district, mostly built after the city created the park in 1881. Lutheran Church, built in 1931.[14]
2	Appleton Lock 4 Historic District	More images	December 7, 1993 (#93001329)	Fox R. at John St. 44°15′37″N 88°23′20″W / 44.2603°N 88.3889°W / 44.2603; -88.3889 (Appleton Lock 4 Historic District)	Appleton	Similar to locks 1-3 below, but upgraded later, in 1906-07.[15]
3	Appleton Locks 1-3 Historic District	More images	December 7, 1993 (#93001333)	Roughly, along the Fox R. from Memorial Dr. to Lawe St. 44°15′16″N 88°24′12″W / 44.2544°N 88.4033°W / 44.2544; -88.4033 (Appleton Locks 1-3 Historic District)	Appleton	Part of the system of Fox River from Green Bay to Portage. Maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers from 1872 to 1984, and used until 1987. Each lock now consists of a masonry chamber, wooden gates, and mechanical apparatus for operating the locks.[15]
4	Appleton Post-Crescent Building		October 17, 2019 (#100004524)	306 W. Washington St. 44°15′46″N 88°24′32″W / 44.2629°N 88.4090°W / 44.2629; -88.4090 (Appleton Post-Crescent Building)	Appleton	Stylish printing plant with Art Deco exterior, designed by Foeller, Schober & Berners and built in 1932 for a paper with roots going back to 1852.[16]
5	Appleton Wire Works		September 4, 2008 (#82005123)	600 E. Atlantic St. 44°16′05″N 88°23′54″W / 44.268056°N 88.398333°W / 44.268056; -88.398333 (Appleton Wire Works)	Appleton	Factory built in 1896 by the first wire cloth company in the Midwest. Wire cloth is used by Fourdrinier wire in the world.[17]
6	Appleton Woolen Mills	More images	May 3, 2016 (#16000228)	218 East South Island St. 44°15′23″N 88°24′09″W / 44.256424°N 88.402542°W / 44.256424; -88.402542 (Appleton Woolen Mills)	Appleton	Mill complex on the Fox River, begun in 1881 as a yarn factory, and expanded to produce mackinaws and flannels in 1888. Expanded to make papermakers' felt in 1890 and continued that until 1969. Once was "the only source of [that felt] east of Ohio."[18]
7	Barteau Bridge		March 28, 2002 (#02000285)	N. of WI 187 crossing of Shioc R. 44°27′56″N 88°34′00″W / 44.465556°N 88.566667°W / 44.465556; -88.566667 (Barteau Bridge)	Bovina	Large stone arch bridge across the Shioc River with four limestone arches. Designed by John Hayes of Appleton, who designed most of the early stone-arch bridges in the county, and built by James Garvey in 1905-06. Now a pedestrian crossing.[19]
8	Merritt Black House		March 29, 1984 (#84003752)	104 River Rd. 44°17′01″N 88°16′40″W / 44.283611°N 88.277778°W / 44.283611; -88.277778 (Merritt Black House)	Kaukauna	Queen Anne house with three-story corner tower and exterior of cut stone, built in 1898. Merritt was a farmer, well-driller, realtor, and owned the quarry which produced the stone that covers the house.[20]
9	Norman Brokaw House		March 29, 1984 (#84003754)	714 Grignon St. 44°16′59″N 88°15′42″W / 44.283056°N 88.261667°W / 44.283056; -88.261667 (Norman Brokaw House)	Kaukauna	Cross-gabled Queen Anne house built around 1884 by Brokaw, who also designed, built and operated paper mills, helped found the Methodist church in Kaukauna, and supported Lawrence University.[21]
10	Cedars Lock and Dam Historic District	More images	December 7, 1993 (#93001328)	4527 E. Wisconsin Rd. 44°16′46″N 88°19′51″W / 44.279444°N 88.330833°W / 44.279444; -88.330833 (Cedars Lock and Dam Historic District)	Little Chute	Fox River. Construction of the lock began in 1850 and it was rebuilt around 1888. Current lock has limestone walls and wooden gates. Nearby is a Dutch Colonial Revival locktender's house built in 1927. The lock is named for the Treaty of the Cedars, which was signed with the Menominee in 1836 on the riverbank nearby.[22]
11	Center Valley Grade School	More images	April 8, 2011 (#11000162)	W5532 Center Valley Rd. 44°24′09″N 88°28′33″W / 44.4025°N 88.475833°W / 44.4025; -88.475833 (Center Valley Grade School)	Center	One-room schoolhouse built in 1888 by the largely German community - one of seven in the Town of Center at the time. Now restored as a museum.[23]
12	College Avenue Historic District		December 2, 1982 (#82001848)	215 W. to 109 E., and 110 W. to 102 E. College Ave.; 106-114n. Onida St. 44°15′42″N 88°24′21″W / 44.261667°N 88.405833°W / 44.261667; -88.405833 (College Avenue Historic District)	Appleton	Commercial district with 27 Second Empire Prince Cigar Store,[27] the 1885 High Victorian Gothic Kamps' Harness Shop,[28] the 1897 Queen Anne Myse Sample House,[29] the 1922 Chicago Commercial Brettschneider Furniture building,[30] the 1931 Art Deco Gibson Auto Exchange,[31] and the 1932 Neogothic Revival Zuelke Building.[32]
13	J. B. Courtney Woolen Mills		July 15, 1993 (#93000650)	301 E. Water St. 44°15′35″N 88°24′10″W / 44.259722°N 88.402778°W / 44.259722; -88.402778 (J. B. Courtney Woolen Mills)	Appleton	Fox River, built in 1927 to replace a wool mill which had been on the site since 1880.[33] Still in operation.[34]
14	Eagle Paper and Flouring Mill		February 12, 2015 (#15000021)	600 Thilmany Rd. 44°16′51″N 88°15′21″W / 44.2809°N 88.2557°W / 44.2809; -88.2557 (Eagle Paper and Flouring Mill)	Kaukauna	First paper mill in Kaukauna, initially making paper in 1872 from farmers' straw and cloth rags using hydro power from the Fox. Soon after under Henry Frambach was the first mill in the state to make paper from wood pulp.[35] Began as a flour mill.[36]
15	Fargo's Furniture Store		March 29, 1984 (#84003755)	172-176 W. Wisconsin Ave. 44°16′57″N 88°16′07″W / 44.2825°N 88.268611°W / 44.2825; -88.268611 (Fargo's Furniture Store)	Kaukauna	undertaker business upstairs. His father George had begun the family business in Kaukauna in 1881, describing his enterprise in 1890 as "an undertaking business, repairing, picture framing, large stock of wallpaper, and furniture."[37]
16	Fox River Paper Company Historic District		April 19, 1990 (#90000639)	405-406, 415 S. Olde Oneida St. 44°15′31″N 88°24′18″W / 44.258611°N 88.405°W / 44.258611; -88.405 (Fox River Paper Company Historic District)	Appleton	Complex of paper mill buildings, including the Romanesque-styled Ravine/Rag Mills,[38] the Italianate-styled Lincoln Mill which originally milled flour,[39] and the Italianate-styled Fox River Mill.[40]
17	Free Public Library of Kaukauna		March 29, 1984 (#84003756)	111 Main Ave. 44°16′47″N 88°16′14″W / 44.279722°N 88.270556°W / 44.279722; -88.270556 (Free Public Library of Kaukauna)	Kaukauna	Fox River.[41][42]
18	William and Susanna Geenen House		February 25, 1993 (#93000070)	416 N. Sidney St. 44°16′36″N 88°20′11″W / 44.276667°N 88.336389°W / 44.276667; -88.336389 (William and Susanna Geenen House)	Kimberly	2.5 story porte cochere, designed by Herman Wildhagen of Appleton and built in 1921. William started a milk delivery business, ran a greenhouse adjacent to this house, served as clerk for the Kimberley School District many years, and served as vice-president of the State Bank of Little Chute for 34 years.[43]
19	Greenville State Bank		September 23, 1982 (#82000691)	252 Municipal Dr. 44°18′24″N 88°32′13″W / 44.306667°N 88.536944°W / 44.306667; -88.536944 (Greenville State Bank)	Greenville	Small brick commercial bank built in 1919.[44]
20	Charles A. Grignon House	More images	October 18, 1972 (#72000064)	Augustine St. 44°17′08″N 88°15′21″W / 44.285556°N 88.255833°W / 44.285556; -88.255833 (Charles A. Grignon House)	Kaukauna	2.5 story Federal-style house built in 1836, once known as "the Mansion in the Woods." Served as inn, church, trading post, and Indian meeting place. Grignon's French-Canadian family had run a trading post at Kaukauna since at least 1760. Charles continued the fur trade and was U.S. interpreter at all treaties with the Menominee from 1830 to 1862. Now a museum.[45]
21	Hearthstone	More images	December 2, 1974 (#74000112)	625 W. Prospect Ave. 44°15′16″N 88°24′54″W / 44.254444°N 88.415°W / 44.254444; -88.415 (Hearthstone)	Appleton	1881 home with nine fireplaces designed by William Waters in Queen Anne style for Henry Rogers, who ran the Appleton Paper and Pulp Company. In 1882 it became the first private home in the nation lit with electricity from an Edison central hydroelectric power station, which was located at the paper mill's plant on the river below.[46][47]
22	Holy Cross Church		March 29, 1984 (#84003758)	309 Desnoyer St. 44°17′03″N 88°16′08″W / 44.284167°N 88.268889°W / 44.284167; -88.268889 (Holy Cross Church)	Kaukauna	Neogothic/Romanesque church built in 1916. Holy Cross is the original Roman Catholic parish in Kaukauna, with a previous church building on the site built in 1873 and the Grignons included among its early members.[48]
23	Hortonville Community Hall		January 23, 1981 (#81000053)	312 W. Main St. 44°20′07″N 88°38′28″W / 44.335278°N 88.641111°W / 44.335278; -88.641111 (Hortonville Community Hall)	Hortonville	Meeting hall/dance hall/opera house designed by Robert Messmer in Spanish Colonial style and built in 1912.[49]
24	Kaukauna Locks Historic District	More images	December 7, 1993 (#93001327)	Roughly, along the Fox R. running E past Canal St. 44°16′59″N 88°15′38″W / 44.283056°N 88.260556°W / 44.283056; -88.260556 (Kaukauna Locks Historic District)	Kaukauna	Part of the drydock, lock-keeper's house, and various sheds.[50] All help vessels around a 50-foot rapids in the Fox River. Constructed in the 1850s by private companies. Largely rebuilt in the 1880s by the Army Corps of Engineers.[51]
25	Klein Dairy Farmhouse		March 29, 1984 (#84003760)	1018 Sullivan Ave. 44°16′16″N 88°16′41″W / 44.271111°N 88.278056°W / 44.271111; -88.278056 (Klein Dairy Farmhouse)	Kaukauna	The 1892 immigrated from Germany in 1842 and over the years farmed, ran a flour and feed mill, and sold milk to households from a horse-drawn cart.[52]
26	Joseph Kronser Hotel and Saloon		July 28, 1988 (#88001153)	246 Municipal Dr. 44°18′33″N 88°32′57″W / 44.309167°N 88.549167°W / 44.309167; -88.549167 (Joseph Kronser Hotel and Saloon)	Greenville	1897 hotel built with 5 bedrooms to serve travelers on the railroad. Also housed railroad ticket office, barber shop, bus stop, funeral parlor, and served as community meeting place.[53][54]
27	Kuehn Blacksmith Shop-Hardware Store		March 29, 1984 (#84003761)	148-152 E. 2nd St. 44°16′40″N 88°16′15″W / 44.277778°N 88.270833°W / 44.277778; -88.270833 (Kuehn Blacksmith Shop-Hardware Store)	Kaukauna	Brick Romanesque Revival store built in 1891 around two earlier buildings by Julius Kuehn, blacksmith and later mayor. By 1911, Fred Merbach owned the building, advertising general hardware, furniture, and undertaking services.[55]
28	Lindauer and Rupert Block		March 29, 1984 (#84003763)	137-141 E. 2nd St. 44°16′40″N 88°16′17″W / 44.277778°N 88.271389°W / 44.277778; -88.271389 (Lindauer and Rupert Block)	Kaukauna	3-story Romanesque Revival commercial building built in 1895, during the railroad boom. After Luther Lindauer lost a hand in a planing mill accident, he drove horses, worked on the canal, ran a quarry, an ice business, a fuel business, a brickyard, and served as mayor of Kaukauna for 3 terms. His building later housed the Elks Club for many years.[56]
29	Little Chute Locks and Canal Historic District	More images	December 7, 1993 (#93001325)	Roughly, along the Fox R. from Mill St. to Sanitorium Rd. 44°16′32″N 88°18′31″W / 44.275556°N 88.308611°W / 44.275556; -88.308611 (Little Chute Locks and Canal Historic District)	Little Chute	Navigation canal with locks, fed by a 561-foot concrete dam, and supported by other miscellaneous structures. Initially built around 1850 and upgraded at various times since.[57][58] Part of the Fox–Wisconsin Waterway.
30	Main Hall, Lawrence University	More images	January 18, 1974 (#74000113)	400-500 E. College Ave. 44°15′39″N 88°23′58″W / 44.260833°N 88.399444°W / 44.260833; -88.399444 (Main Hall, Lawrence University)	Appleton	Large 4-story Georgian-styled limestone-clad building at Lawrence University, built around 1854. Housed men's dormitory, classrooms, offices, library and chapel.[59]
31	Julius J. Martens Company Building		March 29, 1984 (#84003764)	124-128 E. 3rd St. 44°16′38″N 88°16′20″W / 44.277222°N 88.272222°W / 44.277222; -88.272222 (Julius J. Martens Company Building)	Kaukauna	Italianate-styled store built in 1901, with retail space on first floor and elegant apartments on the second. Martens originally sold dry goods, groceries and crockery downstairs. He also served various civic roles, in other businesses, and organized Kaukauna's first successful farmers' market.[60]
32	Masonic Temple		September 12, 1985 (#85002330)	330 E. College Ave. 44°15′44″N 88°24′05″W / 44.262222°N 88.401389°W / 44.262222; -88.401389 (Masonic Temple)	Appleton	Built by the local The History Museum at the Castle / Harry Houdini museum.[61][62]
33	Capt. Matthew J. Meade House	More images	March 29, 1984 (#84003765)	309 Division St. 44°16′59″N 88°15′47″W / 44.283056°N 88.263056°W / 44.283056; -88.263056 (Capt. Matthew J. Meade House)	Kaukauna	1884 State Senate.[63]
34	Nicolet Public School		March 29, 1984 (#84003767)	109 E. 8th St. 44°16′24″N 88°16′28″W / 44.273333°N 88.274444°W / 44.273333; -88.274444 (Nicolet Public School)	Kaukauna	Designed by local architect Phillip Deane in Romanesque Revival style and built in 1891, the school was named for Jean Nicolet, who probably visited Kaukauna in 1634.[64]
35	Osprey Site		January 21, 1998 (#97001644)	Address Restricted	Kaukauna
36	George Peters House		June 18, 1987 (#87000989)	305 N. Maple St. 44°28′37″N 88°26′59″W / 44.476944°N 88.449722°W / 44.476944; -88.449722 (George Peters House)	Black Creek	1.5 story brick home built in 1909, combining Bungalow and Colonial Revival styles.[65]
37	Rapide Croche Lock and Dam Historic District	More images	December 7, 1993 (#93001326)	Fox R. at the Outagamie-Brown County line 44°19′00″N 88°11′42″W / 44.316667°N 88.195°W / 44.316667; -88.195 (Rapide Croche Lock and Dam Historic District)	Wrightstown	One hand-operated lock,[66] a 461-foot concrete dam,[67] and 1907 Colonial Revival lock-keeper's house.[68] Part of the Fox–Wisconsin Waterway, initially built in the 1850s.
38	Henry Schuetter House		July 5, 1996 (#96000725)	330 W. 6th St. 44°15′30″N 88°24′35″W / 44.258333°N 88.409722°W / 44.258333; -88.409722 (Henry Schuetter House)	Appleton	2.5-story Queen Anne house built in 1890. Schuetter ran a local tailoring business.[69]
39	Frank St. Andrews House		March 29, 1984 (#84003768)	320 Dixon St. 44°16′33″N 88°16′14″W / 44.275833°N 88.270556°W / 44.275833; -88.270556 (Frank St. Andrews House)	Kaukauna	1911 stucco-clad bungalow with leaded stained glass windows and oak-trimmed interior, largely intact. One of the best examples of a bungalow in Kaukauna.[70]
40	St. Mary's Catholic Church	More images	March 29, 1984 (#84003769)	119 W. 7th St. 44°16′27″N 88°16′34″W / 44.274167°N 88.276111°W / 44.274167; -88.276111 (St. Mary's Catholic Church)	Kaukauna	Neogothic Revival church with cruciform floor plan, designed by Adolphus Druiding and built in 1898 with European influences for the largely German and Irish congregation which grew during south Kaukauna's (Ledyard's) boom in rail and water power.[71]
41	St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church		April 11, 2008 (#08000287)	302 N. Morrison St. 44°15′52″N 88°24′13″W / 44.264444°N 88.403611°W / 44.264444; -88.403611 (St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church)	Appleton	Large Lutherans in 1907.[72] Now part of WELS.[73]
42	South Greenville Grange No. 225		May 11, 2018 (#100002443)	W6920 Cty. Rd. BB 44°14′38″N 88°32′18″W / 44.2439°N 88.5384°W / 44.2439; -88.5384 (South Greenville Grange No. 225)	Greenville	Meeting hall of the local chapter of the Grange, a national farmers' organization. The 2-story brick building also served as a general community center.[74][75]
43	Charles W. Stribley House		March 29, 1984 (#84003770)	705 W. Wisconsin Ave. 44°17′04″N 88°16′37″W / 44.284444°N 88.276944°W / 44.284444; -88.276944 (Charles W. Stribley House)	Kaukauna	Elegant 3-story bookkeeper to director at Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. and was a key founder of the Outagamie County Teachers' College.[76]
44	Temple Zion and School	More images	September 18, 1978 (#78000123)	320 N. Durkee St. and 309 E. Harris St. 44°15′53″N 88°24′07″W / 44.264722°N 88.401944°W / 44.264722; -88.401944 (Temple Zion and School)	Appleton	Jewish community in 1883, one of the earliest in Wisconsin.[5][77] A young Edna Ferber worshiped there, and Harry Houdini's father was rabbi of the congregation just before moving to this building, but was dismissed because he preached only in German. Now houses Wahl Organbuilders.[78]
45	Thern Farmstead	Upload image	January 11, 2024 (#100009774)	425 East Fairview Drive 44°24′13″N 88°43′57″W / 44.4037°N 88.7326°W / 44.4037; -88.7326 (Thern Farmstead)	New London	This farm was the site of the New London City Fair in the late 1800s. It was later sold to the George Thern family who mostly farmed dairy and honey. Now an intact example of an early 20th century farm, with an 1891 gabled-ell house and wood frame outbuildings.[79][80]
46	James Tompkins House		April 3, 1986 (#86000623)	523 S. State St. 44°15′27″N 88°24′49″W / 44.2575°N 88.413611°W / 44.2575; -88.413611 (James Tompkins House)	Appleton	1868 Italianate home[81] with "grout block" exterior.[82] James was a pioneer farmer in Greenville from 1848, then moved to Appleton in 1865 and founded the Empire Soap Company.[83]
47	US Post Office, Former	More images	January 22, 1992 (#91001990)	112 Main Ave. 44°16′44″N 88°16′13″W / 44.278889°N 88.270278°W / 44.278889; -88.270278 (US Post Office, Former)	Kaukauna	Brick post office built in Neoclassical style around 1936.[84]
48	Washington School	More images	June 7, 1984 (#84003772)	818 W. Lorain St. 44°16′02″N 88°25′06″W / 44.267222°N 88.418333°W / 44.267222; -88.418333 (Washington School)	Appleton	Large red-brick hip roof school built in 1895 in Richardsonian Romanesque style.[85]
49	West Prospect Avenue Historic District		August 15, 2001 (#01000900)	315-330 West Prospect Ave. 44°15′35″N 88°24′36″W / 44.259722°N 88.41°W / 44.259722; -88.41 (West Prospect Avenue Historic District)	Appleton	Residential district with 8 homes, Prairie style Plank house,[90] and the 1927 Tudor Revival Schommer house.[91]
50	John Hart Whorton House		November 19, 1974 (#74000114)	315 W. Prospect Ave. 44°15′29″N 88°24′32″W / 44.258056°N 88.408889°W / 44.258056; -88.408889 (John Hart Whorton House)	Appleton	Victorian brick house with 3-story corner tower designed in Italianate style by William Waters and built in 1870. Whorton owned lumber mills and was a bank president.[92]
51	Zion Lutheran Church		June 13, 1986 (#86001309)	912 N. Oneida St. 44°16′12″N 88°24′19″W / 44.27°N 88.405278°W / 44.27; -88.405278 (Zion Lutheran Church)	Appleton	Large Lutherans in 1902.[93] Its last German-language service was in 1957. Now part of the ELCA.[94]

Former listings

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