Wade House Historic Site

Wade House Historic Site
Wisconsin State Park
Old Wade House
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Sheboygan
Location Greenbush, Wisconsin
 - coordinates 43°46′36″N 88°05′05″W / 43.77667°N 88.08472°W / 43.77667; -88.08472Coordinates: 43°46′36″N 88°05′05″W / 43.77667°N 88.08472°W / 43.77667; -88.08472
Area 48 acres (19 ha)
Founded 1953
Management Wisconsin Historical Society
IUCN category V - Protected Landscape/Seascape
Website: wadehouse.wisconsinhistory.org

Wade House Historical Site, also called Old Wade House, is a 240-acre (97 ha) open-air museum in Greenbush, Wisconsin. A Wisconsin historic site, the site is operated by a Wisconsin Historical Society.

The site contains nine structures, three of which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The namesake structure is the Sylvanus Wade House constructed in 1848–1849.

Live historic interpreters, wearing period style clothing, populate the park during summer operations.

History

The Wade house was restored in 1950–1953 by the Kohler Foundation and the turned over to the state to be operated as a state park.[1][2]

The Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum was constructed and opened to the public in 1968.[3][4] The museum features a collection of horse-drawn and hand-drawn vehicles, including carriages, sleighs, wagons, fire wagons and more.

The Robinson-Herrling sawmill site and 97 acres of property was purchased in 1960.[5] was reconstructed on its original site from 1999–2001.

A new 30,000 sq ft visitor center and carriage museum was opened in 2013.

List of structures

Three of the site's structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Structure name location Image Built Construction/style/notes
Sylvanus Wade House 43°46′36″N 88°05′05″W / 43.776694°N 88.084779°W / 43.776694; -88.084779 (Sylvanus Wade House) 1849[6] Greek Revival
Listed on the NRHP in 1971 (#71000041)
Charles Robinson House 43°46′34″N 88°05′11″W / 43.776089°N 88.086371°W / 43.776089; -88.086371 (Charles Robinson House) 1855[7] Greek Revival
Listed on the NRHP in 1984 (#84000678)
Also known as the Butternut House. Was residences of Sylvanus Wade's oldest daughter and her husband
Robinson Carriage House 43°46′34″N 88°05′12″W / 43.776138°N 88.086653°W / 43.776138; -88.086653 (Carriage House)
Butternut Cafe 43°46′35″N 88°05′09″W / 43.776432°N 88.085858°W / 43.776432; -88.085858 (Butternut Cafe) 1950[8] Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Robinson-Herrling Sawmill Farmhouse 43°46′40″N 88°05′08″W / 43.777908°N 88.085542°W / 43.777908; -88.085542 (Sawmill) 1847[9] Timber frame
Listed on the NRHP in 1984 (#84000685)
Rebuilt at original site 1999–2001
Dockstader Blacksmith Shop 43°46′39″N 88°05′06″W / 43.777588°N 88.085014°W / 43.777588; -88.085014 (Blacksmith Shop) 1970s[10]
Smokehouse 43°46′37″N 88°05′06″W / 43.776842°N 88.084957°W / 43.776842; -88.084957 (Smokehouse)
Interpretation Center 43°46′39″N 88°05′14″W / 43.777462°N 88.087148°W / 43.777462; -88.087148 (Museum Store) 1950s[11] This building was previously used as the visitors center but was re-purposed after construction of the new visitors center building in 2013.
Visitors Center 43°46′55″N 88°05′15″W / 43.781824°N 88.087509°W / 43.781824; -88.087509 (Visitors Center) 2013
Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum 43°46′54″N 88°05′14″W / 43.781707°N 88.087221°W / 43.781707; -88.087221 (Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum) 2013 Over 70 horse-drawn and hand-drawn vehicles, including carriages, sleighs, wagons, fire wagons and more.
Banquet Hall 43°46′44″N 88°05′25″W / 43.778981°N 88.090407°W / 43.778981; -88.090407 (Banquet Hall) 1967–1968 This building was previously used as the carriage museum but was re-purposed after construction of the new visitors center building in 2013.[12]
Chicken Coop 43°46′37″N 88°05′07″W / 43.776885°N 88.085248°W / 43.776885; -88.085248 (Chicken Coop)
Sheep Pen 43°46′38″N 88°05′09″W / 43.777252°N 88.085787°W / 43.777252; -88.085787 (Sheep Pen)
Stable 43°46′41″N 88°05′14″W / 43.777961°N 88.087207°W / 43.777961; -88.087207 (Stable)
Maintenance Building 43°46′45″N 88°05′30″W / 43.779205°N 88.091652°W / 43.779205; -88.091652 (Maintenance Building)

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

References

  1. ↑ "Kohler Foundation, Inc. Buys Wade House". Sheboygan Press. 14 July 1950. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Our New State Park". Sheboygan Press. 6 Jun 1953. p. 20.
  3. ↑ "Museum Project Launched". The Sheboygan Press. 11 Jul 1967. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Dedication Date Set For Jung Carriage Museum". The Sheboygan Press. 7 Mar 1968. p. 8.
  5. ↑ "Old Wade House Buys a Dam Site". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 11 Aug 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sylvanus Wade House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Charles Robinson House". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Reference Number: 82038". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society.
  9. ↑ "Robinson-Herrling Sawmill". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Societ. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Blacksmith Shop const". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Vistor's center const". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Jung Carriage Museum const". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

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