The Jane E. Putnam Memorial Chapel is a Neogothic-styled funeral chapel built in 1908 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance in 2000.
Location
344 m
Plank Hill is a local landmark between the East Hill and Third Ward neighborhoods of Eau Claire, Wisconsin and borders Putnam Park. It is near the corner of Jefferson Street and Harding Avenue.
Though not specifically named on any signs nearby, it is referred to as Plank Hill by long-time residents because the up-bound lane used to be lined with planks.
Plank hill was restructured so that the horses didn't have to walk through sand.
Plank hill was graded and planked in 1860 by Mr. Lamb for a cost of $800.
The field atop Plank Hill was once home to the Eau Claire Gun Club. Plans to pave the hill as part of a highway to Osseo, Wisconsin were begun in 1920.
In 2000, a new elementary school was built at the top of the hill. The community briefly discussed naming it "Plank Hill Elementary," but later settled on Flynn Elementary.
563 m
The Martin Van Buren Barron House is located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
570 m
The Cobblestone House in Eau Claire, Wisconsin is a Gothic Revival style house that was built in 1866. It reflects cobblestone architecture brought by settlers from upstate New York. It has also been known as Bradley H. Marcy House. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974; the listing included one contributing building and one other contributing structure.
It is the only cobblestone house known to exist in northwestern Wisconsin. It is also unusual for its Gothic Revival style, instead of Greek Revival style that is far more common for cobblestone buildings.
628 m
The Schlegelmilch-McDaniel House is a house-turned-museum in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The house was built in 1871, one year before Eau Claire became a city. Today, the house, located at 517 S. Farwell St., directly across Farwell St. from the Christ Church Cathedral, is an exhibit of the Chippewa Valley Museum.
669 m
Christ Church Cathedral, built in 1916 to replace the earlier 1874 building, is the Episcopal cathedral in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It is one of the three cathedrals of the Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin. It was formerly the mother church for the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire. The cathedral and parish house were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The chancel and the parish house were designed by Minnesota architects Purcell, Feick and Elmslie in 1909. The nave of the church was designed by Purcell and Elmslie six years later. Their designs reflect their "use of English antecedents."
The cathedral has stained glass windows that a church pamphlet describes as 'among some of the finest in the country in richness and ecclesiastical style'. Six windows were designed by Heaton, Butler, and Bayne of London; others were supplied by Wippell Company of Exeter, England.
The parish house is a two-and-a-half-story stone and stucco building.
Also designed by Purcell and Elmslie is the Community House, First Congregational Church, also in Eau Claire, also listed on the National Register.