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Old World Wisconsin
S103 W37890 Highway 67, Eagle
p: 262-594-6300
www.oldworldwisconsin.org
Old World Wisconsin is a premier outdoor museum of Midwestern immigrant farm and rural life. Nestled on 576 acres in the Kettle Moraine State Forest, the museum features more than 65 historic buildings, relocated from around the state. Old World Wisconsin represents the material and cultural history of nearly a dozen ethnic groups on 10 working farmsteads and an 1870s rural crossroads village (which includes a working blacksmith shop, a shoe shop, a general store and Milwaukee's first Catholic church). The Clausing Barn Restaurant is housed in a repurposed octagonal barn and the nearly six-mile Aldo Leopold Environmental History Trail explores the site's varied habitats, from woods to marshes.
Walworth County Historical Society/Webster House Museum
9 East Rockwell Street, Elkhorn
p: 262-723-4248
www.geocities.com/walcohistory
The Walworth County Historical Society works to preserve the history of the area through the Webster House Museum, buildings on the Walworth County Fairgrounds and through the Doris Reinke Resource Center next to the Webster House. Shop at our annual book sale fundraiser held on the fairgrounds during the Walworth County Fair.
Black Point Historic Preserve, Inc.
W4270 Southland Rd, Lake Geneva
p: 262-248-1888
www.blackpointpreserve.org
We invite you to be a guest this summer at the Black Point Mansion. The Lake Geneva area has served as a resort community since just after the Civil War when many wealthy Chicagoans relocated to the area while their homes and place of business were being rebuilt as a result of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Many chose to stay in the area full-time, while others built mansions and vacation homes for summer use.
What began in 1887 as a $20,000, 13-bedroom, one-bathroom home now stands as what State Historical Society of Wisconsin architectural historian Patricia Butler calls "perhaps the finest example of Queen Anne design remaining as a lakeshore estate in the Lake Geneva area." Today, Black Point is considered to have one of the most intact collections of Victorian furniture in the Midwest. The property covers nearly eight acres and 620 feet of undisturbed Geneva Lake shoreline. This historic treasure encapsulates over a century of life on Lake Geneva. The 20-room Queen Ann style Victorian “cottage” has been consecutively owned by the Seipp Family for the last 120 years. Learn how a German immigrant grew to become one of Chicago’s elite beer barons and how his family spent their summers at Black Point. From our original glass tile fireplaces to our first edition Tom Sawyer you will see amazing antiques, architecture, collections, and personal belongings through history.
Come experience Lake Geneva… as it was.
Open from May 15th to October 31st.
Only 48 guests allowed at one time. Tours will last approx. 90 minutes. Morning tours and late afternoon tours available, seven days a week. For directions and pricing information please visit our website, www.blackpointpreserve.org.
Geneva Lake Museum
255 Mill St, , Lake Geneva
p: 262-248-6060
www.genevalakemuseum.org
The museum's 19th century era stores and businesses, brick street, stagecoach, historic residences and nautical vessels, are but a few of the features to be explored at the Geneva Lake Museum of History.
Yerkes Observatory (University of Chicago)
373 W Geneva St, Williams Bay
p: 262-245-5555
www.astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes
The University of Chicago established the Yerkes Observatory as their center for Astronomy and Astrophysics in the 1890's.
Located in a beautiful parklike setting, Yerkes Observatory is home to the 40-inch Refractor, largest lens-type telescope
in the world. Today we offer many programs for all ages and interests year-round, day and night, including general and
special tours, and, evening stargazing, including opportunities to observe through a two-foot diameter telescope. For
general Saturday tour times and special program information, please call Richard Dreiser during regular business hours
at 262 245-5555, extension 832.
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