Portage Retail Historic District
Features
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History/Heritage Type
- Wisconsin History
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Tour Type
- Walking Tours
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State Historic Sign Site
- Yes
Portage Retail Historic District
104 W. Cook Street - Portage, WI 53901
Information:
608-742-6242
Toll Free:
800-474-2525
The Fox-Wisconsin waterway and Portage Canal placed Portage in the center of heavy commercial traffic in the 1800s, distributing lumber, grain and other supplies. It was also an early railroad center and highway crossroad. The most rapid expansion in this National Register District took place after the Civil War with construction often in Portage cream brick. In the midst of these Victorian facade buildings, there is a thriving diversified retail district in what is now a county seat. Walking tour maps available at the Chamber Office.
What's Nearby
Events
Places To Stay
Dining
1
Downtown Walking Tour
6/01/2024
Portage - 0.03 miles away
2
Taste of Portage Market Fair
8/23/2024 - 8/24/2024
Portage - 0.13 miles away
3
Friendship Village Celebrates Zona Gale
8/17/2024
Portage - 0.33 miles away
4
Music at Devil's Lake State Park: The Periodicals
8/20/2024
Baraboo - 15.66 miles away
5
Smokey Bear Birthday Party at Mirror Lake State Park
8/10/2024
Baraboo - 17.51 miles away
6
Music at Mirror Lake State Park
8/09/2024
Baraboo - 17.52 miles away
7
Mid-Continent Root Beer Float Flyer
8/24/2024
North Freedom - 21.57 miles away
8
Heritage Day Rendezvous Reenactment
8/23/2024 - 8/25/2024
Reedsburg - 23.48 miles away