Park Street Historic District is a historic district in

Reedsburg, Wisconsin Reedsburg is a city in Sauk County, Wisconsin Sauk County is a county in Wisconsin. It is named after a large village of the Sauk people. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,763. Its county seat and largest city is Baraboo. The cou ...

that was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1984. It was listed alongside the Main Street Commercial Historic District. It consists of 44 properties located primarily along North Park Street, and surrounding City Park. Several architectural styles are present, including

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian ...

, Queen Anne,

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archit ...

, and

Late Victorian Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century. ''Victorian'' refers to the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901), called the Victorian era, during which period the styles known as Victorian we ...

. Most buildings are single family homes, with 3 churches, and the former Reedsburg Municipal Hospital, which now houses apartments.

History

City Park was founded in 1848, after being donated by early settler David C. Reed. By 1850 there were about 20 homes in this area, and the street was nicknamed "Prospect Hill." Most of these early homes were torn down, and none still stand. The earliest remaining homes were built in the 1870s, two examples include the Edward M. Hackett House, Wit
accompanying three photos from 1984
and the Abner L. Harris House. In 1906, the Presbyterian Church was built, and in 1908 St. Peter's Lutheran Church was built; the churches are on opposite corners of City Park. In 1932 the Reedsburg Municipal Hospital was built on North Park Street.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Geography of Sauk County, Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Sauk County, Wisconsin Reedsburg, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub