Fox Point in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Fox Point School and Burying Ground

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, January 1, 1980

1. Fox Point School and Burying Ground Marker

Inscription. A hewn-log schoolhouse was erected on this site during the winter of 1852-53 by school district no. 9, Township of Milwaukee. The structure was also used as a public meeting house, and for church services by the Reformed Church of Bethlehem, a Dutch Reformed congregation. In 1868, the adjoining tract was deeded to that congregation for cemetery purposes, although grave markers indicate burials had taken place as early as 1854.

Erected 1973 by Fox Point Federated Garden Club and Milwaukee County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 43° 10.02′ N, 87° 53.137′ W. Marker is in Fox Point, Wisconsin, in Milwaukee County. It is on North Fox Lane ¼ mile south of East Dean Road, on the left when traveling south. Marker is located in a cemetery site within a fenced in and locked area. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8400 North Fox Lane, Milwaukee WI 53217, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Milwaukee.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Little White Schoolhouse (approx. 4.4 miles away); Green Bay Road (approx. 4.9 miles away); Kilbourntown House (approx. 5.2 miles away); Shorewood Armory (approx. 5.3 miles away); Steamer Appomattox (approx. 5.3 miles

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away); Shorewood High School (approx. 5.4 miles away); Shorewood Village Hall (approx. 5.4 miles away); In Honor of the Men and Women of the 25th Ward (approx. 5.7 miles away).

More about this marker. Site is a Milwaukee County Landmark.

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, January 1, 1980

2. Fox Point School and Burying Ground Marker

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, January 1, 1980

3. Fox Point School and Burying Ground Marker

Marker visible from rear of property with several grave stones visible.

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, January 1, 1980

4. Fox Point School and Burying Ground Marker

some of the grave stones.

Memorial within tract image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, January 1, 1980

5. Memorial within tract

"Dedicated to the memory of the Holland pioneers of Bethlehem Church by their descendants 1846-1928"

Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2018, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,164 times since then and 122 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 29, 2018, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.