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Wausau commissioners discuss future landmark candidates, park structures and thematic designations
Summary
Commissioners suggested several future landmark candidates — including riverfront buildings, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Marathon Park structures and WPA/CCC-era park buildings — and discussed creating a thematic designation; no formal action was taken and members agreed to compile a list for the March meeting.
Members of the City of Wausau Historic Preservation Commission discussed candidates for future study and nomination, including riverfront buildings, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, several commercial storefronts downtown, Marathon Park structures and potential thematic designations for WPA- and CCC-era park buildings.
Commissioners recalled prior tours and suggested revisiting a potential downtown historic district, surveying park buildings (Oak Island shelters, Pleasant View Park structures, the Marathon Park youth building), and evaluating ethnic-parish history (Emmanuel Lutheran) and commercial blocks along Sixth Street. One commissioner proposed grouping Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps structures in a thematic nomination; commission members noted a thematic approach might require ordinance language changes or separate individual landmark nominations.
No motions were made. Commissioners agreed to compile a list of candidate buildings and park structures and bring that inventory to the next commission meeting in March. Staff and commission members discussed the relative legal differences between class-2 districts (advisory) and individual landmarks (which carry more regulatory weight under local code).
