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Ely Wright House

Coordinates: 44°57′50″N 89°37′22″W / 44.96389°N 89.62278°W / 44.96389; -89.62278
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Ely Wright House
Ely Wright House is located in Wisconsin
Ely Wright House
Ely Wright House is located in the United States
Ely Wright House
Location901 6th St.
Wausau, Wisconsin
Coordinates44°57′50″N 89°37′22″W / 44.96389°N 89.62278°W / 44.96389; -89.62278
Arealess than one acre
Built1881
ArchitectJohn Mercer
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.82000684
Added to NRHPMarch 1, 1982

The Ely Wright House is a historic house located at 901 Sixth Street in Wausau, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 1982.[1]

Description and history

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The fine Italianate style house is two stories, clapboard-clad, with a rectangular cupola. The hood moulds above the windows are decorated with a vine carving. The front door has an elliptical fanlight and sidelights framed by a porch with Doric columns. It was designed and built by John Mercer in 1881.[2]

The house belonged to Ely Wright. Wright was a native of Athens, Pennsylvania who came to Wausau in the 1870s[3] and founded Wausau Iron Works, which built machinery for railroads and sawmills in Wisconsin.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ely Wright House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  2. ^ Filipowicz, Diane H.; Immel, Carolyn (April 1980). "Wright, Ely, House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  3. ^ "Wright, Ely, House - Wausau, WI". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  4. ^ "Wausau Iron Works". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-12-23.