The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first village of Arpin was started around 1890 when the John Arpin Lumber Company built a sawmill a mile east of the present village, on Little Hemlock Creek. John Baptiste Arpin and his twin brother Antoine came from Quebec and had been logging in this part of Wisconsin since the 1860s. By 1890 they were working with John's sons. To give an idea of their scale of operations, John Arpin's house built in 1890 still stands in Wisconsin Rapids - the beautiful Queen Anne-styled house on First Street facing the river. Back in that first Arpin, a store, a post office, some homes, a Presbyterian church, and a creamery grew up near the sawmill. The first postmaster was John's son, J. Z.
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Start Arpin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Arpin’s history is told.
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Nothing in Arpin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Arpin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Central Wisconsin State Fair Round Barn in Marshfield, 10.5 miles away.
Arpin and the nearest listed places
Closest to Arpin
Central Wisconsin State Fair Round BarnMarshfield · Built 191510.5mi
Hamilton and Catherine Roddis HouseMarshfield · Colonial Revival · Built 191410.5mi
Marshfield Senior High SchoolMarshfield · Modern Movement10.6mi
Soo Line Steam Locomotive 2442Marshfield · Steam Locomotive10.8mi
Pleasant Hill Residential Historic DistrictMarshfield · Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals11miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.