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Cyrus C. Yawkey House
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| Location: | Wausau, Wisconsin |
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| Built: | 1900 |
| Architect: | George Maher/Van Ryn & Degelleke |
| Architectural style: | [1] |
| Governing body: | Marathon County Historical Society |
| NRHP Reference#: | 74000098 |
| Added to NRHP: | December 31, 1974 |
The Marathon County Historical Museum is museum located in Wausau, Wisconsin in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located at the Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey House, a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The house is a significant example of Classical Revival architecture.[2]
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The house was the home of prominent citizen, Cyrus C. Yawkey. Yawkey was a co-owner of a firm in Saginaw, Michigan before moving to Wausau to purchase large tracts of land for lumber. He later owned numerous local businesses and was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature.[3]
The house was originally built in 1900 to 1901. Yawkey hired George W. Maher to remodel the house eight years after the house was built. He remodeled the first floor, added a sun porch, and added two stories to the back of the structure. Yawkey died in 1943. His wife Alice lived in the house she died in 1953. Their daughter, philanthropist Leigh Yawkey Woodson, donated the house to the Marathon County Historical Society.[4]
The museum features a dining room, music room, and parlor with authentic furniture from the beginning of the twentieth century. The second and third floors of the building house rotating exhibits. There are formal gardens on the grounds.[5] The museum was temporarily relocated at the museum's library in 2007 while the Yawkey house underwent reconstruction.
The Marathon County Historical Museum Library is located across the street at the Woodson mansion. The Woodson mansion[6], designed by architect George W. Maher, was Leigh Yawkey Woodson and her husband Aytchmonde Perrin Woodson's house. The library contains information about the history of the county for researchers.
The houses are part of the Andrew Warren Historic District. There are 62 historic buildings, mainly homes, in the district.[5]
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