Society Hill Historic District
This 137 building district is bounded, in part, by Emmett, Cass, Wisconsin and MacFarlane streets. Most of the houses were constructed between 1870 and 1910 and are in the Italianate and Queen Anne architectural styles.
Society Hill reflects the wealth and prestige of Portage's early prominent families who lived here because of its convenience to the downtown and the railroad. Located just south of the large Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad complex, the district housed many skilled railroad workers.
The district contains the homes of two Pulitzer Prize winners, Zona Gale and Frederick Jackson Turner.
Society Hill was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Marker is at the intersection of MacFarlane Road and West Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south on MacFarlane Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
