Baraboo Tour of Historic Homes - July 23

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Paul Wolter (pawolter@gmail.com)
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:51:06 -0500



From: Paul Wolter <pawolter@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:51:06 -0500
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Subject: Baraboo Tour of Historic Homes - July 23

IT'S BACK! The Sauk County Historical Society is pleased to announce that the historic homes tour is back and will feature five houses in *Baraboo on Saturday, **June 23 from 10 am to 4 pm.* Since 1995 the Society has been hosting this event every other summer to showcase unique historic homes in Baraboo. After having to cancel the last scheduled tour in 2020 it has been four years since there has been a historic homes tour, so you won’t
 want to miss this one! This year the tour will feature four homes that have never been featured before and one that is always worth a visit. The four new
“old” homes on the tour range in age from the 1898 Halsted House on Ash Street, a gorgeous Queen Anne style residence that Al. Ringling admired so much he had a copy of it built, to the 1942 Schaefer Home, a charming Colonial Revival style home that has been beautifully enlarged. In between are two homes that are close in age and proximity being neighbors on Fourth Avenue. The 1910 Schultz house is a pattern-book design from the Radford Architectural Company done in a unique English Arts and Crafts style and right next door is the Craftsman style home of Herbert and Mary French which was built in 1912. Mary was the daughter of Jacob and Martha Van Orden whose home was across the street and is now the Sauk County Historical Museum. It is believed that the same architect that designed the Van Orden Mansion, Alfred Clas of Milwaukee, also designed the French Home. The incomparable House of Seven Gables built in 1860 will also be a highlight of this year’s tour. The home has graced the cover of the
 popular magazine *Old House Journal* and is also one of only 20 homes across the state featured in a lavish book published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press called *Wisconsin’s Own: Twenty Remarkable Homes*. Th e interior has been restored to museum-quality perfection. Don’t miss
 this look inside five outstanding historic Baraboo homes. Tickets are available online at *saukcountyhistory.org <http://saukcountyhistory.org>* and also at the Sauk County History Center, Sauk County Historical Museum, the Corner Drug Store in downtown Baraboo and the Baraboo and Reedsburg Chambers of Commerce. For more information contact the Sauk County Historical Society at 608-356-1001. Paul Wolter

Cell 414-539-2609
[image: House of Seven Gables 1860.jpg] The House of Seven Gables - 1860

[image: Halsted House 1898.jpg] Halsted House - 1898

[image: Schultz House 1910.jpg] Schultz House - 1910

[image: French House 1912.jpg] French House - 1912

[image: Schaefer House 1942.jpg] Schaefer House - 1942
House of Seven Gables 1860.jpg Halsted House 1898.jpg Schultz House 1910.jpg French House 1912.jpg Schaefer House 1942.jpg



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