Ginny Hall, historian and author of the popular "Meandering Around Walworth County" series of guidebooks finds a mystery place each week in Walworth County Sunday. Read her blog HERE
The Troy Lakes Cemetery was established in 1848. Hiram Husten bought the land surrounding the Troy Lakes Cemetery in 1898. Husten family members are buried in the cemetery,
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These two beautiful barns are part of the Weber property in Williams Bay. Originally, the property was owned by the founder of Williams Bay.
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The current Williams Bay Municipal Hall is located near the field house at Lions Park.
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The “Irish Chain” quilt, along with the farm’s name and date, make this barn easy to identify.
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The area at Territorial Road and County Highway P was once the thriving community of Lyman.
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This house once was the Troy Lakes School House. The one-room schoolhouse was built in 1869, replacing an older building. It is now a private residence.
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The barn on the Kleist farm has three levels and was built in the 1850s.
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Heart Prairie is located along County Highway O.
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Horticultural Hall, built in 1911, is now on the historic registry.
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The Merry Water Farm has stayed in each owner’s family through several generations.
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A barn quilt brightens up this remodeled barn on the Schiffleger farm in the town of LaFayette.
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Delavan Christian School has 103 students enrolled in preschool through eighth grade.
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It’s not difficult for passersby to see this specially painted barn on the Larry and Judy Vance farm, with a barn quilt on the east side and this large mural painted by local artist Amy Mossman.
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The town hall of Darien Township was built in 1997, but the township dates back to 1842 and the arrival of Christopher Chesebro and Elijah Belding.
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The Merwin farm in the town of Linn features a barn quilt, “Patriotic Heart.”
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This intersection at Wisconsin highways 120 and 36 is at the entrance to Springfield at the northeast corner of Walworth County.
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This refurbished barn on the east side of Elkhorn used to house plastics; now it's home to Little Miss Sweetpea's Local Garden Produce, among other businesses.
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Vienna once had a hotel/tavern at this corner, located on the east end of the county.
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The business at W6406 County Highway A in Sugar Creek Township is still known by many as Millard Feed Mill. The first feed mill in Millard was build in the early 1920s.
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The wood barn on the Schuyler and Rita Case farm was built around the 1890s, using round pegs to hold it together.
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The First Commercial Bank of Whitewater, with a distinctive round shape, opened in 1975.
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