National Register of Historic Places listings in Forest County, Wisconsin

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Forest County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Forest 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 10 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 8, 2024.^[2]

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^[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[4]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Armstrong Creek Bridge	Armstrong Creek Bridge	November 18, 2011 (#11000841)	Old 101 Rd. over Armstrong Cr. 45°38′29″N 88°26′47″W / 45.641258°N 88.446356°W / 45.641258; -88.446356 (Armstrong Creek Bridge)	Armstrong Creek	Standard, Pratt pony truss bridge built of steel in 1908. This type was once common on Wisconsin roads, but only a handful remain.^[5]
2	Butternut-Franklin Lakes Archeological District	Butternut-Franklin Lakes Archeological District	May 9, 2007 (#07000429)	Along the Hidden Lakes Trail near Butternut and Franklin Lakes^[6] 45°55′36″N 88°59′34″W / 45.926666°N 88.992777°W / 45.926666; -88.992777	Hiles	20 sites spanning 4000 years of Native American occupation.^[6]
3	Camp Five Farmstead	Camp Five Farmstead	January 11, 1996 (#95001506)	5466 Connor Farm Rd. 45°34′18″N 88°42′08″W / 45.571667°N 88.702222°W / 45.571667; -88.702222 (Camp Five Farmstead)	Laona	1890s logging camp and the farm that supplied that camp. Now a living history museum.^[7]
4	Chicago and North-Western Land Office	Chicago and North-Western Land Office	December 23, 1993 (#93001446)	4556 N. Branch St. 45°26′21″N 88°39′39″W / 45.439167°N 88.660833°W / 45.439167; -88.660833	Wabeno	1897 log building from which land was sold. Now Wabeno's public library.^[8]
5	Connor Lumber and Land Company Store	Connor Lumber and Land Company Store	November 25, 2019 (#100004667)	4894 Mill St. 45°33′52″N 88°40′26″W / 45.5645°N 88.6739°W / 45.5645; -88.6739	Laona	Brick and mortar building built by the Connor Lumber and Land Co. in 1914; under restoration by the nonprofit organization Maple Place Inc. as of 2018.
6	Dinesen-Motzfeldt-Hettinger Log House	Dinesen-Motzfeldt-Hettinger Log House More images	January 12, 2005 (#04001486)	3125 WI 55 45°29′06″N 88°58′31″W / 45.485°N 88.975278°W / 45.485; -88.975278	Mole Lake (listed as Crandon)	1870s location of a stopping place on the Military Road north of Green Bay. The cabin was once occupied by the father of Karen Blixen who wrote Out of Africa, during his trapping and trading days.^[9] Under restoration as of 2010.
7	Franklin Lake Campground	Franklin Lake Campground More images	September 28, 1988 (#88001573)	National Forest Rd. 2181 45°55′51″N 88°59′37″W / 45.930833°N 88.993611°W / 45.930833; -88.993611 (Franklin Lake Campground)	Alvin	Rustic-styled buildings built by CCCs and WPA starting in 1936.^[10]
8	Minertown-Oneva	Minertown-Oneva More images	May 4, 2010 (#09001315)	State Trunk Hwy. 32 45°22′57″N 88°37′32″W / 45.382394°N 88.625561°W / 45.382394; -88.625561 (Minertown-Oneva)	Carter	One-company lumbering town which boomed from 1899 until the mill burned in 1931. Abandoned by 1939.^[11]
9	Otter Spring House	Upload image	June 3, 1999 (#99000684)	Approx. 80 meters S of Spring Pond Rd. 45°35′22″N 88°48′49″W / 45.589444°N 88.813611°W / 45.589444; -88.813611 (Otter Spring House)	Lincoln	The 1933 cedar log structure was built by a CCC camp to protect the spring, which was their water supply. Water from the spring has special significance to the Potawatomi.^[12]
10	John and Anna Wywialowski Farmstead	Upload image	November 7, 2016 (#16000766)	8680 WI 101 45°41′09″N 88°26′15″W / 45.685728°N 88.437489°W / 45.685728; -88.437489	Armstrong Creek

References

^ 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.
^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved November 8, 2024.
^ 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.
^ "Armstrong Creek Bridge". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
^ ^a ^b "UW-SP Students partner with FS to interpret Butternut-Franklin Historic District Trail". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
^ "Home of the Lumberjack Steam Train - About the Logging Camp". Camp 5 Museum Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
^ "Chicago and North-western Land Office". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
^ McCann, Dennis (2007-08-12). "Dinesen log cabin gets another chance". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
^ "Franklin Lake Campground". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
^ "Minertown-Onerva". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
^ "Otter Spring House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

[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 November 8, 2024.

[NRHP_colors-3] 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.

[refnums-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.

[5] "Armstrong Creek Bridge". National Register or State Register. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-01-01.

[forest_service-6] "UW-SP Students partner with FS to interpret Butternut-Franklin Historic District Trail". U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

[7] "Home of the Lumberjack Steam Train - About the Logging Camp". Camp 5 Museum Foundation. Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

[8] "Chicago and North-western Land Office". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-06-02.

[9] McCann, Dennis (2007-08-12). "Dinesen log cabin gets another chance". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

[10] "Franklin Lake Campground". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

[11] "Minertown-Onerva". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

[12] "Otter Spring House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-11-10.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Forest County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Crandon
City	Crandon
Towns	Alvin Argonne Armstrong Creek Blackwell Caswell Crandon Freedom Hiles Laona Lincoln Nashville Popple River Ross Wabeno
CDPs	Argonne Laona Mole Lake Newald Wabeno
Other communities	Alvin Armstrong Creek Atkins Blackwell Bonneval Carter Cavour Hiles Laona Junction Nashville Nelma Padus Popple River Soperton Wisconsin Junction Woodlawn
Indian reservations	Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation‡ Mole Lake Indian Reservation
Ghost towns	Bagdad Keith
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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