Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Elkhorn is the county seat for Walworth County
Lake Geneva is in Walworth County
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1877 Sidney Smith 1935
This statue of "Andy Gump", celebrated cartoon character introduced in 1917 as the first daily comic strip in the Chicago Tribune, was the first erected in 1924 on the Lake Geneva estate of his originator, . . . — — Map (db m87289) HM
Robert J. Bart, 22nd Wisconsin, Company G • John W. Beeden, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, Company E • William H. Case, 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, Company G • Lieutenant Asa W. Fars, 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry, Companies A, F & S • David Fairchild, 49th . . . — — Map (db m241431) WM
A History of Lake Geneva
The Geneva Lake area has been inhabited since at least 8000 B.C., beginning with Paleo-Indians and later the Oneota culture followed by the Potawatomi Indians. The first recorded explorers included Col. John Kinzie . . . — — Map (db m241381) HM
On this site in 1890, the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad built a new passenger depot to replace an earlier wood frame building. The structure consisted of three separate red brick buildings, including a baggage house, awaiting room and ticket . . . — — Map (db m241433) HM
Main Street Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
Dating from the 1860's Lake Geneva's Historic District buildings illustrate Italianate, Classical Revival, . . . — — Map (db m241378) HM
Main Street Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
Dating from the 1860's Lake Geneva's Historic District buildings illustrate Italianate, Classical Revival, . . . — — Map (db m241379) HM
The Maple Park Historic District was platted as the first residential district in the original Village of Geneva in 1837. It includes the first town square (Maple Park) and Pioneer Cemetery. It also contains many of the earliest residences dating . . . — — Map (db m76588) HM
The Maple Park Historic District was platted as the first residential district in the original Village of Geneva in 1837. It includes the first town square (Maple Park) and Pioneer Cemetery. It also contains many of the earliest residences dating . . . — — Map (db m220892) HM
The Maple Park Historic District was platted as the first residential district in the original Village of Geneva in 1837. It includes the first town square (Maple Park) and Pioneer Cemetery. It also contains many of the earliest residences dating . . . — — Map (db m241426) HM
The first cemetery in Lake Geneva. In 1837, seven men who were early landowners in section 36, gave land to the village for public purposes. They wanted areas for parks, churches, schools, & a cemetery. Thomas McKaig was hired to survey the land. . . . — — Map (db m241429) HM
Between 1895 and 1954, the Lake Geneva Public Library was housed in a wooden house on this site. the house had been built by Geneva attorney Asa W. Farr in the late 1850's. During the Civil War, Farr was a lieutenant in the Union Army. Unarmed, he . . . — — Map (db m241389) HM
At the crest of the hill in this park overlooking Geneva Lake, the Lake Geneva Seminary (For Young Ladies) was built for its founder, Anna W. Moody, in December 1867. It served as a preparatory school for young women for almost three decades. In . . . — — Map (db m241420) HM
In 1837 early settlers in the Village of Geneva constructed this Mill Race to harness the power of the White River, the only outlet from Geneva Lake. Soon flour mills saw mills and factories were constructed and in 1897 electricity was generated by . . . — — Map (db m161019) HM
[On the etched stone:]
I am not a badge of Honor,
I am not a racist smear,
I am not a fashion statement
To be worn but once a year,
I am not glorification
Of conflict or of war.
I am not a paper ornament
A token,
I am more.
I . . . — — Map (db m241421) WM
The Riviera was designed by architect James Roy Allen
and constructed during the Depression by the city
of Lake Geneva to provide jobs for local workers.
The cost of $55,000 was paid by the sale of public
bonds. Construction began on March 2, . . . — — Map (db m220921) HM
Across Geneva Lake's outlet to the north at the foot of Broad Street stood Lake Geneva's first resort hotel, the four story Whiting House. It was built by David T. Whiting in April, 1873 and burned to the ground on July 9, 1894.
The Hotel . . . — — Map (db m241365) HM
The Geneva Area Museum of History is housed in the former Wisconsin Power & Light Building. The Lake Geneva Water & Light Co. built the original building in 1894 and expanded it in 1929. In 1897 the Haskins Electric Co. first generated electricity . . . — — Map (db m241377) HM
The Linn Junior Farmers Club was the first 4-H Club organized in Wisconsin. Mrs. May Hatch, local community leader, and Thomas L. Bewick, newly appointed State Boys and Girls Club Leader at the University of Wisconsin, organized the club here on the . . . — — Map (db m191342) HM
