BlockFrom the record
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Vilas County · listed in 2025 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Eagle River Downtown Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.
The listing
- Address. 100-114 E Division St, 105-128 S Railroad St, 100-218 and 221-223 E Wall St, 118-123 S Main St, and 6 W Wall St, Eagle River, 54521
- When was it listed? February 2025
- Category. district
- City. Eagle River city
- National Register reference number. 100011229 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Eagle River Downtown Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | WILD EAGLE |
| 1 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Eagle River Downtown Historic District: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Croker Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Lake Rd Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle River Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mud Creek Gravel Pit #4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Oneida County Operations | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Rade Lake Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rice Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Richter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle River, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 2 flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Lightning | Eagle River | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Eagle River | $500,000 | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Eagle River | $5,000 | A small section of Highway 70 was flooded in a low-lying area. In addition, a house had one basement wall caved in by high water. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Eagle River | - | Quarter size hail fell in Eagle River. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Eagle River | - | Quarter size hail fell in Eagle River. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees east of Eagle River. The time of this event is an estimate based on the Emergency Manager. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines near Eagle River. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Eagle River | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail as it passed near Eagle River. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Thunderstorm winds downed large trees along Wall Street and knocked out power in Eagle River. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Numerous trees and power lines down across eastern sections of Vilas county. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | Power lines down. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Flood | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flood | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Eagle River | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | St. Peter's Catholic School | 0.3 miles | 2018 |
 | Region Nine Training School | 0.5 miles | 1996 |
 | Eagle River Stadium | 1.8 miles | 1994 |
| Sunset Point | 3.4 miles | 1993 | |
 | Mayo School | 3.7 miles | 1994 |
 | Everett Resort, The | 3.8 miles | 2008 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100011229 in Record Group 79. |
| Vilas County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.