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November 4, 1993 (Roughly, Central Ave. from Depot St. to Third St. Marshfield: Includes many old brick businesses like the Thomas House Hotel built after the fire of 1887, the Romanesque Revival old city hall built in 1901, the Craftsman-styled Wisconsin Central depot built in 1910, and the eclectic-styled Hotel Charles built in 1925, which hosted JFK, Patsy Cline, and possibly John Dillinger.
Marshfield was quiet forest until 1872. In that year the Wisconsin Central Railroad cleared a path up through the woods to lay rails, choosing a fairly easy spot to cross the low ridge that runs from north of Marshfield to Neillsville - a spot that would become the city of Marshfield.
The World's Largest Round Barn is a name of the red fairground barn in Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States. [3] [4] Originally built in 1916, [2] the barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Central Wisconsin State Fair Round Barn in 1997. [1]
Paul Buchino Jr. is a fifth-generation member of his family running a stand that features sausage dogs, corndogs and Philly cheese steak at the Marshfield Fair on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.
He served as mayor of Marshfield from 1909 to 1913. He was captain of the Marshfield unit of the Wisconsin National Guard which fought in World War I, taking part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and the March to the Rhine, and receiving the Croix de Guerre for his service. [30] In 1928 he built another house here - the shingled one at 815 W 5th ...
The World's Largest Round Barn was built in 1916 and is part of the grounds for the annual Central Wisconsin State Fair. In 1851 and 1853, when the area was still forested, surveyors working for the U.S. government marked all the section corners in the 6 by 6 miles (9.7 by 9.7 km) square which now includes Marshfield, Hewitt, and Cameron, working on foot with compass and chain.
The Pleasant Hill Residential Historic District is a largely intact old neighborhood a few blocks east of Marshfield's downtown. Most of the contributing properties in the district were built between 1880 and 1949, including large, stylish homes built by businessmen and professionals, and smaller vernacular homes built by laborers.
The Central Wisconsin State Fair is a state fair held annually in Marshfield, Wisconsin. [1] The Central Wisconsin State Fair Round Barn on the fairgrounds has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1997.