| Louis Smith Tainter House | |
| Location: | Broadway at Crescent, Menomonie, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates: | 44.8789°N -91.9292°W |
| Built: | 1889 |
| Architect: | Harvey Ellis |
| Architecture: | Richardsonian Romanesque |
| Added: | July 18, 1974 |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Refnum: | 74000082 |
The Louis Smith Tainter House is a historic building in Menomonie, Wisconsin, United States. The building was built in 1889 by architect Harvey Ellis; it was funded by Andrew Tainter, a partner in Knapp, Stout & Co., as a home and wedding gift for his son Louis Smith Tainter.[1] [2] The building was built out of locally quarried sandstone in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.[3] Paul Wilson, the son of lumberman William Wilson, owned the house after Tainter; in 1940, Dunn County repossessed the property for back taxes. The Stout Institute bought the property from the county and converted it to a women's dormitory named Eichelberger Hall for the University of Wisconsin - Stout in 1945. The house was later converted to offices for the university and now houses the Stout University Foundation and the Stout Alumni Association.[1] [3] On July 18, 1974, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.