Built 1881 Opened 1881 Added to NRHP 1 March 1982 | NRHP Reference # 82000684 Architectural style Italianate architecture | |
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Location 901 6th St.
Wausau, Wisconsin Similar Marathon County Historical, Leigh Yawkey Woodson, Granite Peak Ski Area | ||
The Ely Wright House is located in Wausau, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The fine Italianate style house is two stories, clapboard-clad, with a rectangular cupola. The hood molds 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.
The house belonged to Ely Wright. Wright was a native of Athens, Pennsylvania who came to Wausau in the 1870s and founded Wausau Iron Works, which built machinery for railroads and sawmills in Wisconsin.
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