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New Glarus is a village in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.The population was 2,266 at the 2020 census. [2] It was founded in 1845 by immigrants from the canton of Glarus in eastern Switzerland, from which the village takes its name. [6]
The first settlers came to New Glarus in 1845, immigrants from Glarus, Switzerland. By the 1880s the community had over 1000 residents, with many occupied in farming, cheese-making, and supporting activities. In 1886 the town and the Ancient Order of United Workmen decided to build a structure to house meetings of both organizations.
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It is also the site of the first Swiss cheese factory in Wisconsin. The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1] Fridolin Streiff bought the homestead's land and started the farm in 1848. He had come to the U.S. in 1845 as one of two scouts for a site for a colony of emigrants from the canton of Glarus in Switzerland.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Depot is located in New Glarus, Wisconsin.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1] [2]New Glarus was settled in 1845 by Swiss immigrants from the Canton of Glarus, with many farming.
New Glarus: 1858 home in Greek Revival style. The walls are rubble limestone covered with a smooth plaster finish, a technique that New Glarus' settlers brought from Canton Glarus in Switzerland. Blumer was the village's first physician. [8] [9] 6: Cadiz Township Joint District No. 2 School: Cadiz Township Joint District No. 2 School: April 12 ...
The building was constructed for Edwin P. Barlow. Barlow had founded the annual festival commemorating Wilhelm Tell in New Glarus. The building serves as a museum of Swiss culture. It was added to the State and the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [2]
Samuel Blumer, the first physician in New Glarus, bought the property in 1858; like most of New Glarus' first residents, Blumer was a Swiss immigrant. The house applied elements of the Greek Revival style, such as a front-facing gable with cornice returns , to traditional Swiss stone construction techniques.