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Name, City, Type of Resource

House Museum  Wisconsin  Appleton-Elkhorn

  Wisconsin

  Appleton

  Hearthstone Historic House Museum

  625 West Prospect Avenue

  Appleton  WI

  Phone   920 730-8204

  Web Site  http://www.focol.org/hearthstone/

  Description  first residence in the world to be lighted by a centrally located hydroelectric

                    station , still has Thomas Edison light fixtures

  Type of Resource   House Museum

  Era  1882

  New or Updated:   8/9/2004

  Beaver Dam

  Seippel Homestead and Center for the Arts

  1605 North Spring Street

  Beaver Dam  WI   53916    

  Phone   920 885-3635

  Alt Phone   920 887-8593

  Web Site  http://www.bdaaa.org/

  E-mail  mailto:bdaaa@powercom.net

  Alt Web

  Description  rotating exhibits, classes, special events

  Type of Resource   House Museum

  Primary Focus  Arts

  New or Updated:  10/16/2004

Chippewa Falls
Cook Rutledge Mansion
505 West Grand Avenue
Chippewa Falls WI  54729
Phone 715 723-7181
Web Site http://www.chippewafalls.net/cookrutledgemansion/
Alt Web http://timbertrails.com/crm1.htm
Description brick home of lumber baron, extensive carved woodwork, hand painted art on walls and ceilings
Type of Resource House Museum
Era  1887

  Wisconsin

  Eau Claire

  Ager Association

  514 W Madison

  Eau Claire WI    54703    

  Phone   715 834-3985

  Web Site  http://www.agerhouse.org/assoc.htm

  Alt Web  http://www.ingenkonst.se/ager_e.htm

  Description  home of Norwegian author & newspaper publisher Waldemar Ager

  Type of Resource   House Museum

  New or Updated:  11/21/2004

Eau Claire
Schlegelmilch-McDaniel House
517 South Farwell Street
mail: PO Box 1204
Eau Claire WI 54702
Phone 715 834-7871
Web Site http://www.cvmuseum.com/Schlegelmilch.html
E-mail info@cvmuseum.com
Description brick home of hardware store owner
Type of Resource House Museum
Era 1871
Owner/Operator: Chippewa Valley Museum

Elkhorn
Webster House Museum
9 East Rockwell Street
PO Box 273
Elkhorn WI 53121
Phone 262 723-4248
Web Site http://www.geocities.com/walcohistory/museum.html
Alt Web http://villageprofile.com/wisconsin/elkhorn/elkhorn.html
Description home of 19th century composer now holds local museum, Civil War artifacts, instrument manufacturing information
Type of Resource House Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Industry /Profession Music
Research /Reading Archives
Era 1836