Governor William H. Upham Hous

<center>This property has been<br> placed on the<br> <b>National Register<br> of<br> Historic Places</b><br> by the United States<br> Department of the Interior<br> December 12, 1976<br> <b><i>Governor<br> William H. Upham<br> House</i></b></center><br> This Victorian mansion was built in 1880 for William H. Upham. The house survived the fire of 1887 making it one of the oldest homes in Marshfield.<br><br> A survivor of the prison camps during the Civil War, Upham was nominated by President Lincoln's cabinet as an at large appointee to West Point Academy. Upham owned and operated 17 businesses and served as Governor of Wisconsin from 1895-1897.