The Ridge Avenue Historic District encompasses a nearly three-block section of Ridge Avenue in Galesville containing a concentration of the city’s most architecturally and historically significant residences. It was developed by prominent Galesville professionals between 1890 and 1930, the city’s peak period of development, and the size, scale, ornamental details, wide yards, and generous setbacks of these homes reflected their owners’ standing in the community. Residents of the district during this period included attorney and nine-term mayor W.S. Wadleigh, banker and two-term State Senator Eugene Clark, banker and realtor John A. Berg, department store co-owner Ole Myhre, and retailer Peter Enhagen, whose close proximity created both social and architectural continuity in the neighborhood. The homes feature projecting bays, wrap-around porches, decorative gables and window hoods, carved glass turrets, and other elements often associated with the Italianate, Stick, and Queen Anne styles popular in the late 19th century, while several houses built after 1900 show Craftsman and Prairie influences that reflected changing residential tastes after the turn of the century. The John A. Berg House, built in 1914, blends late 19th century and early 20th century architectural styles, and the Presbyterian Church, built in 1895 and the district’s only non-residential property, has pointed-arch Gothic Revival windows. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.