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Andrews was a co-founder of Mukwonago who came from Vermont in 1836 to open a store and serve as a civic leader. In 1842 he built this modest but elegant Greek Revival home, one of the first brick homes in Waukesha County. [6] [7] Now a museum. [8] 2: Arcadian Bottling Works: Arcadian Bottling Works: October 28, 1983 : 900 North Hartwell Avenue
In 1894 he suddenly sold his new home and stable, possibly a result of the Panic of 1893. [4] In the following 20 years, the house and stable went through a number of owners and renters. Herman and Henry Lohman rented the stable in 1896 for their livery business. In 1918 Archibald Lohman bought both buildings to house his funeral home.
Built in 1851, and originally called Henshall Place, it was the first cemetery recorded in Oconomowoc. [ citation needed ] The cemetery then moved to Walnut Street. In 1864, the Wisconsin Legislature approved the removal of all the bodies from Oconomowoc Cemetery on Walnut Street to the current La Belle Cemetery grounds. [ 2 ]
Oconomowoc is a town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8,836 at the 2020 census. The City of Oconomowoc and the Villages of Chenequa and Lac La Belle are located partially in the town. The unincorporated communities of Mapleton, Monterey, and Okauchee Lake, are located in the town.
Oconomowoc Lake is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. Located just outside the City of Oconomowoc , the village includes the residential area encircling Oconomowoc Lake. Around the turn of the 20th century, the area become known as a summer retreat for wealthy residents of Milwaukee and Chicago.
Large houses were established around the Oconomowoc lakes, particularly Oconomowoc Lake and Lac La Belle. The population grew so much that Oconomowoc incorporated as a city in 1865, [14] and by 1880 it had a population of 3,000. [6] In August 1899 a professional golf tournament hosted by the Oconomowoc Country Club was won by Harry Turpie. [15]
Its median income of $88,985 placed it as the only county in Wisconsin on the list of the 100 highest-income counties in the U.S. by median income as of 2020. [2] Its county seat and largest city is Waukesha. [3] Waukesha County is included in the Milwaukee–Waukesha–West Allis, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Lac La Belle is located at (43.145460, −88.525757) [8] in the "Lake Country" area of Waukesha County According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 0.98 square miles (2.54 km 2 ), all land.