Slinger in Washington County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Winter Farm

Slinger, Wisconsin

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, March 14, 2012

1. Winter Farm Marker

Inscription. The first entry in County Records indicates 160 acres of land, located in the NE 1/4 of Section 17, Town 10 North, Range 14 East, was purchased by Lorentz Guthe and his wife, Elizabeth, on July 7, 1846, for $200, Receipt #23242. Johann Wendel Hassinger and his son John purchased 40 acres of the land on September 7, 1848. Peter Winter acquired the land through marriage to the widow of Johann’s son, Sebastian. The land was formally transferred to Mr. Winter in 1883.

At present, the original 1843 log cabin and 1880 cream city brick farmhouse are among other original outbuildings intact on the 6.99 acre parcel.

Erected 1997 by Washington County Landmarks Commission. (Marker Number 95-001.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1896.

Location. 43° 20.332′ N, 88° 16.058′ W. Marker is in Slinger, Wisconsin, in Washington County. It is on Cedar Creek Road 0.2 miles west of Foxbury Court, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4631 Cedar Creek Road, Slinger WI 53086, 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,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and 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: Schubert Cheese Factory (approx. 1.1 miles away); Maxon-Wright House

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(approx. 2.3 miles away); Cedar Lake Yacht Club (approx. 2½ miles away); Timmer’s Resort (approx. 2.7 miles away); Unwritten History of Wisconsin (approx. 2.8 miles away); Arrival of European Descendants (approx. 2.8 miles away); St. Lawrence Church (approx. 3.9 miles away); Messer/Mayer Mill (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Slinger.

Winter Farm House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, March 14, 2012

2. Winter Farm House

Cream City Brick Farmhouse

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 20, 2012, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,162 times since then and 70 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 20, 2012, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.