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Photograph of Phillips High School
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Phillips High School

Built in 1908 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

From the record

“Phillips High School was a public high school in Phillips, Wisconsin. The original three-story block was built in 1907 and the Public Works Administration added the gymnasium section in 1937.”

Wikipedia article Phillips High School (Phillips, Wisconsin), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Price County · listed in 1995 · category: Building · built in 1908, Romanesque Revival architecture, by Henry Wildhagen.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 300 Cherry St., Phillips, 54555
  • When was it listed? February 1995
  • Category. building
  • City. Phillips city
  • When was it built? 1908
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • Architect. Henry Wildhagen
  • National Register reference number. 95000156 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Phillips High School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning27
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
31 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Price County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Phillips High School: 8 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cramer Creek Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Deer Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Duroy Lake Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Liberty Lane Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Little Chicago Road Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Lookout Tower Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Phillips Gravel Deposit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Phillips Gravel Deposit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Pot Lake Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spring Drive Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Price County

Storms near this property

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phillips, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 35 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPhillips2 hurt, $500,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPhillips$50,000Numerous trees and powerlines were down near Phillips leading to power outages.
August 1993Tornado (F1)Phillips$50,000no account filed
July 2024Flash FloodPhillips$20,000Short-term street flooding was reported due to heavy rainfall and storm sewer backup. Flood waters led to damage inside an ambulance garage where water flowed under the bay doors.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPhillips$20,000Large trees were uprooted and a business sign was snapped.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPhillips$10,000Trees were reported downed county-wide.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPhillips$6,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPhillips$6,000Trees were blown down along Price County Highway W. Trees also brought down some power lines.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPhillips-Price County dispatch reported multiple trees down in the area.
July 2020Flash FloodPhillips-Some streets were flooded and closed in the town of Phillips.
July 2019HailPhillips-Two inch diameter hail was reported and had 20-30 minutes of melt on them before found.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPhillips-A couple trees, about 6 to 8 in diameter, were knocked down by the thunderstorm's winds in Phillips along Avon Avenue.
August 2015HailPhillips-The spotter reported a lot of hail. Most of the hailstones were around 1 in diameter, but some larger stones were up to 2 in diameter.
August 2010Heavy RainPhillips-Water was covering State Highway 13 in Phillips. 3.93 inches of rain was reported between 1045pm and midnight CDT.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindPhillips-Trees were blown down on a power line on West Solberg Road.
July 2007HailPhillips-Nickel size hail fell at County Highway H.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPhillips-Manyfour-inch diameter trees were blown down on County Highway H.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPhillips-Power was lost when trees fell on power lines.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPhillips-Trees were blown down.
July 2002HailPhillips-A few trees were also blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindPhillips-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPhillips-Trees up to eight inches in diameter were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindPhillips-Trees up to one foot in diameter were blown down. Some structures received roof damage and a few trees were blown on to houses.
August 1995HailPhillips-Trees up to one foot in diameter were blown down. Some structures received roof damage and a few trees were blown on to houses.
May 2021HailPhillips-no account filed
July 2019HailPhillips-no account filed
July 2019HailPhillips-no account filed
May 2012HailPhillips-no account filed
May 2010HailPhillips-no account filed
May 2009HailPhillips-no account filed
June 2009HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2009HailPhillips-no account filed
June 2007HailPhillips-no account filed
June 2007HailPhillips-no account filed
June 2007HailPhillips-no account filed
June 2007HailPhillips-no account filed
October 2004HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
April 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
July 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
August 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
August 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
September 2002HailPhillips-no account filed
June 2001HailPhillips-no account filed
August 2000HailPhillips-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPhillips-no account filed
July 1997HailPhillips-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindPhillips-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Price County

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

2 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Lidice Memorial0.5 miles2006
Wisconsin Concrete Park1.4 miles2005

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 95000156 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Price CountyAll 12 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.