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Manitowoc County is home to a rich heritage and fascinating history. Between our two sites, the Heritage Center and Pinecrest Historical Village, the Manitowoc County Historical Society works to enrich the quality of life in our community by building connections to the past and providing interactive learning experiences. The Heritage Center is home to the remarkable Civil War Flag of Company A, hosts our flagship exhibit “What Makes Us Who We Are”, an archaeology exhibit featuring hundreds of Native American artifacts, and our Hungry for History series, which features an exciting educational program and a catered meal. Our staffed research library is available to researchers and history enthusiasts and features thousands of records, photographs, and books.
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1701 Michigan Avenue, Manitowoc
924 Pinecrest Road, Manitowoc
Open Year-round, Tuesday through Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Open Daily, May 1st through October 24th, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Admission is $7 adults, $5 children, $18 families, $6 seniors
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Pinecrest Historical Village, located just 3 miles west of Manitowoc on County Highway JJ, brings the past to life with over 25 historic buildings includes homes, a one room school, cheese factory, blacksmith shop, and locomotive. Daily visitors can enjoy our ‘Voices from the Past’ audio tour and school or community groups can schedule a guided tour. Families can enjoy our Children’s Discovery Village, which features a picnic area, play set, miniature historical playhouses and a wooden locomotive. The historic playhouses, a log cabin and a one room school house, include items for learning and role play such as school desks, chalk boards, a cook stove, kitchen items and a rope bed. See our calendar of events for our exciting line up of hands on history experiences. For more information, visit our website, manitowoccountyhistory.org, call 920-684-4445, or email info@manitowoccountyhistory.org.
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Indicate membership support and return with payment to: MCHS - Membership; 1701 Michigan Avenue; Manitowoc, WI 54220-3137. Membership benefits include the quarterly newsletter, Heritage News, admission to Pinecrest Historical Village, the Manitowoc County Heritage Center, and MCHS events. As a non-profit organization, MCHS is supported and funded entirely by membership dues, admission fees, publication sales and private contributions to assist in developing educational and cultural programs.
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Noon to 4 pm / Pinecrest Historical Village • Discover your roots with Founder’s Day at Pinecrest Historical Village! Visitors will be able to celebrate and learn about the various groups that made Manitowoc County what it is today. • $7 Adults, $6 Seniors, $5 Kids, $18 Family, MCHS Members receive free admission.
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Program begins at 1 pm • Learn more about the cycling craze of the 1890s plus the history of the sport in the Badger State with coauthor Nicholas Hoffman. Admission is charged for Pinecrest but there is no extra fee to attend the “Wheel Fever” program.
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9 am to 4 pm / Pinecrest Historical Village • Presented by the Manitowoc County Historical Society and the Mid-Lakes Rustic Iron Club, discover what life was like in a rural community throughout our community’s early years with live field demonstrations, steam engines, farm tractors, and various activities in 25 historic buildings. The feature for this year will be Minneapolis Moline. • $7 Adults, $6 Seniors, $5 Kids, $18 Family, MCHS Members receive free admission.
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(Hungry for History) Presentation at 5:00 pm / Heritage Center • Tamara Thomsen has worked as a maritime archaeologist for the Wisconsin Historical Society for ten years, where she has investigated shipwrecks in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior as well as inland rivers, streams, and lakes. Enjoy a photographic tour of wrecks off Manitowoc County’s coast including the Rouse Simmons and the Vernon. Catered meal to follow program. • Advanced registration required. $20 Members and Non-Members
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10 am to 4 pm / Pinecrest Historical Village • “Buffalo Bill is here”, headlined the Manitowoc Daily Herald on August 7, 1900. Complete with wild-andwooly cowboys and cowgirls, trick riding, roping and shooting the Rough Riders will bring the Old West to life. • $7 Adults, $6 Seniors, $5 Kids, $18 Family, MCHS Members receive free admission.
Presentation at 5:00 pm / Heritage Center • WOMT has come a long way since its founder, Francis Kadow, first went on the air at 5:30 PM on November 8th, 1926. At that time, WOMT’s studios and offices were located on the second story of the Mikadow Theatre Building across from Washington Park in Manitowoc. Catered meal to follow program. • Advanced registration required. $20 MCHS Members and $25 Non-Members
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Welcome Center Begin your journey through Manitowoc County’s past here at this Greek-Revival style farmhouse. The home was built about 1870 by Hiram McAllister on Plank Road, west of Four Corners, on a 178-acre farm in the town of Manitowoc Rapids. Hiram McAllister was one of the first farmers in the county. Subsequent land owners included John Landreth, Henry and August Eberhardt and Agon Haupt. Donated by Don and Richard Haupt and Evelyn (Haupt) Carstens families in 1997. Enjoy our local history exhibit before you begin your walk through Pinecrest Historical Village.
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Helle-Thompson House This log house was built around 1851 by Norwegian pioneer Thomas Helle southeast of Valders. It was passed on to his sons, thus the originating name Tom’s son or Thompson. The building was donated by Michael Propson. It was rebuilt by Hugo Vetting and Al Bartel in 1972. Sponsored by Armond and Ione Kueter.
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Kunze House & Smokehouse
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Sladky Bee House This honey house was built in the 1920’s in the town of Shoto. It contains information on bees and honey production as well as beekeeping equipment such as veils, gloves, smokers, hives and an extractor. Sponsored by JoAnn Noffke in loving memory of her grandparents, Gustav A. and Emma Wicke.
Visitor Services Public restrooms (1) are located inside the Welcome Center (1), and behind the General Store and Meat Market, building (13/14). Bottled water is for sale at the Welcome Center (1). Emergency telephone calls can be made at the Welcome Center (1). Picnic areas are available. No open fires are permitted. Lost and Found articles can be recovered at the Welcome Center (1). Pinecrest is a smokefree facility. No food or drink in buildings. Pets not allowed. An automated external defibrillator is located in the Welcome Center (1).
Audio Guide The number for each building corresponds to an audio track that you enter into the keypad on the digital tour device. Key in the numbers on the following pages to bring each building to life!
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Print Shop James E. Hamilton, a native of Two Rivers, revolutionized wood type production about the year 1880. With Hamilton’s ingenuity small village print shops with wood type came to be commonplace. This shop is located inside the 1866 home of Ludwig and Elizabeth Sieker and their family. The building was relocated to Pinecrest Historical Village in 1979.
A log house built in the old world style between 1855 and 1860 by Bohemian immigrant Joseph Kunze in the town of Newton. It was donated by the Robert Luebke family in 1976. Restoration was conducted by the Junior Service League of Manitowoc County. The Smokehouse is an original log smokehouse built in 1896 by Gustave Petzold near Kiel. It was donated by the Klich Family. Sponsored by the Service League of Manitowoc County.
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Sorenson House Built between 1855 and 1870, this log house was purchased by Jens Sorenson in 1901. The Sorenson family lived in the home until 1944. It was the childhood home of Eleanor Sorenson Vetting. The building was donated by Spancrete, Inc. in 1970 and refurbished by the Sorenson family. Sponsored by Margaret Bailey.
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Shadyside School This was a one-room rural school in the town of Manitowoc Rapids from 1872 to 1956. It was formerly located on Highway 151 about two miles west of Silver Lake College. It was donated by the Town of Manitowoc Rapids in 1976 with moving and refurbishing sponsored by the Rahr Foundation. Sponsored by Roman and Karyl Rommelfanger in honor of Manitowoc County teachers.
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Nennig Dance Pavilion Originally located in Cleveland, Wisconsin, the Nennig Dance Pavilion was built around 1900 and hosted a number of picnics and dances. After being donated by Leroy Ertel, the octagon pavilion was moved to Pinecrest in October 2003. Today, the pavilion hosts the Manitowoc County Historical Society’s German Fest and Barn Dance. Sponsored by Cleveland State Bank.
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Rank Dressmakers Shop
This small one-story frame commercial building from about 1897 was once the dressmaking shop of Mrs. Francis Rank, one of the several seamstresses in Manitowoc at the turn-ofthe-century. The building housed the Phalen Plumbing Co. from 1908 to 1964, then served as the Worthington Realty and Income Tax Service office until 1992. It was donated by the Capitol Civic Centre. Sponsored by the Florence and Leon Balaban Families.
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Built in the 1920s and used as a barbershop in Manitowoc, this building now depicts a law office of the early 1900s. Among the furnishings is the desk of Circuit Court Judge Schlichting. It is sponsored by the Manitowoc County Bar Association.
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Cheese Factory
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Niles Church & Cemetery This replica of a country church yard cemetery contains authentic tombstones, including that of Civil War veterans Erick Olson of Cato and John D. Woodcock from the Town of Rockland. Many of the inscriptions are in German and Czech. There are no burials at Pinecrest. This Presbyterian Church, built in 1896, was formerly located on Highway 151 between Valders and Chilton. It served town of Rockland and Eaton settlers. It was moved to Pinecrest in 1972 and restored by the First Kiwanis Club of Manitowoc. It is available for weddings. Sponsored by John and Bernie Zimmer.
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Two Creeks Town Hall This one-story frame town hall, built in the 1890s, served Two Creeks area residents. It was donated by the Town of Two Creeks in 1991 and moved in 1992. Sponsored by NextEra Energy Resources Point Beach Nuclear Plant.
General Store This one-story general store was originally located in Clarks Mills. Built sometime in the 1870’s, the building features a boomtown facade, recessed doorway and hardwood floors.
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Carpenter and Joiner Shop Our newest exhibit, the carpenter’s shop is housed in the north end of our blacksmith shop building. The exhibit depicts the shop of a general carpenter and includes tools for barn building, cabinet making, and other standard woodworking tools.
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Village Meat Market
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Rockwood Firehouse This brick veneer building was built in 1926 for the Rockwood Volunteer Fire Dept. Donated by Vincent and Agnes Miller of Rockwood, moving costs were paid by the Manitowoc County Firefighters Association. Sponsored by Kaminski and Pozorski, Attorneys and Counselors.
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According to oral history, cheese was made in this building in the 1890’s by Tina Lulloff in the town of Schleswig. The building is sponsored by Pine River Pre-Pack.
This building originally served as a granary and farm storage building on a farm in Francis Creek. It was moved to Pinecrest in 1976 and converted to a blacksmith and wagon shop. Many of the tools and equipment were donated by the Anton Witt family who operated a blacksmith shop built in 1909 on Menasha Avenue at Four Corners in the Town of Manitowoc Rapids. It is fully operational with demonstrations each year. Moving and restoration was sponsored by the J.J. Stangel Co. of Manitowoc. The shop is sponsored in memory of Ambrose V. Kaltenbrun, Kaltenbrun Manufacturing Company.
Depicting a small town meat market, this exhibit was made possible by artifacts donated by the Dramm family and artifacts and funds from the Chermak family who operated a meat market on North 8th Street in Manitowoc.
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Newton State Bank This building served as the Newton State Bank from 1921 to 1942. Its interesting history includes an unsolved bank robbery during which the safe was torched with a loss of $4,000. It was donated by the Mid-Lakes Farm Service Co-op in 1982. The building is sponsored by Bank First National.
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Collins Depot This is a Soo Line depot built in 1896 at Collins. Passenger service ceased in the mid-1930s and freight in 1950. It was donated by the Clipper City Model Railroad Club. Sponsored by Collins State Bank.
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Locomotive, Tender, Flatcar & Caboose
The 44-ton steam locomotive No. 321, one of the first six-wheel switch engines, and coal tender were built in 1887 at the Rhode Island Locomotive Works. They were donated by Robert Miller of Milwaukee. The 16-ton caboose No. 99006 was built in 1886 by Barney and Smith of Chicago for the Wisconsin Central Railway, predecessor of the Soo Line. Sponsored by Suzanne E. Bare.
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Saloon This building was once a home built by Edward Fritzi in 1866. It was donated by the Carstens family in 1978 and depicts a saloon on the first floor. Sponsored by Saucy’s Sports Bar.
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Doctor & Dentist Office The second floor of the Saloon building is home to a doctor and dentist’s office.
Get ready, get set, and PLAY! Stop by the Discovery Village with young visitors to play historic games and explore miniature buildings full of educational activities.
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Harness & Shoe Shop Built around 1900, this building served as a meat market in Valders. It was later moved and used as an office at Valders, then moved to Pinecrest in 1973. It depicts the harness and shoe repair shop of Wenzel and Ed Sykora of Tisch Mills. Basic equipment and tools were donated by Joyce Sykora.
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Nature Trail This self-guided nature trail features a pond, native plants and trees, stump puller and the Village millstones used for grinding wheat into flour. The trail is a natural prairie, offering a glimpse of the landscape enjoyed by Manitowoc County’s first settlers.
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Storybook Village Pre-School Summer Programs Programs begin at 2 pm at Pinecrest Historical, Village, 924 Pincrest Road, Manitwoc. Activities will be finished by 4 pm.
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at Pinecrest Historical Village Civil War Days • June 23 / 10 am to 3 pm • Come spend a day as a Civil War Soldier! Learn how to march and drill, build a tent, cook over the camp fire and more.
Little Village on the Prairie • June 24, 10 am to 3 pm • July 7, 10 am to 3 pm • July 23, 10 am to 3 pm • Come and see how Laura and Almanzo would have lived at Pinecrest! Explore the buildings that they would have lived and worked in.
Join us this summer to get your hands on history with summer camps at Pinecrest Historical Village. Cost for a single day session is $40 for Non-members and $25 for MCHS Members. Visit our website at manitowoccountyhistory.org (Under Education – Summer Camp) or call (920) 684-4445 to register. Space is limited. Camp is open to boys and girls age 6-13. Advanced registration required.
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Deluxe suites, poolside and lakeside rooms.
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Casual Dining at Reasonable Prices Family Style Banquets
LOWEST LIQUOR STORE PRICES IN TOWN! WI-5001890989
Serving Hours: Wed. & Thurs. 5:30-9:00 Fri. & Sat. 5:00-9:00 Sundays 11:30-9:00
Wed. Special-Broasted Chicken-BBQ Ribs Friday Lake Perch Steaks & Seafood, Children’s Menu, Salad Bar & Carry-Outs
Live Entertainment Often - Call for Info!
Sizes 2-26; Petite, Missy & Women’s
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Hours: Mon 12-5 Tues-Wed, Fri-Sat 10-4:30 Thu 10-7 • Sunday Closed
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Romy Gosz CD’s & Cassettes available here!
• Tropical & Salt Water Fish & Plants • Birds - Finches to Hand Fed Parrots • Reptiles & Amphibians
Located in the Courtyard Shoppes Quality & Uniqueness Counts
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maKe a ContrIbutIon Please consider contributing to the Meeme Project move and restoration. • $250,000 needs to be raised for the move from the Town of Meeme to Pinecrest Historical Village • An additional $650,000 needs to be raised for a complete restoration of the property’s buildings I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION, TOTALING $ to be put towards the Meeme House Inn restoration. Name:
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Donations are tax deductible. MAIL TO: Manitowoc County Historical Society, 1701 Michigan Avenue, Manitowoc, WI 54220
Help preserve the stories and rich history of the Meeme House
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3 Floors to Explore 909 S. 8th St., Downtown Manitowoc • 686-1121 Open M-F 10 - 6, Sat. 10 - 4, Sun. Noon - 4
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Make Your Wedding A Day In History The Niles Church, built in 1896 as the First Presbyterian Church, was moved to Pinecrest Historical Village from it’s original location west of Valders, Wisconsin. Moved to the Village in 1972, the Niles Church is now used for weddings, meetings, and educational programs. Nestled in the Wisconsin countryside, and surrounded by beautiful Pinecrest Historical Village, the Niles Church is the perfect wedding location. Our staff and volunteers work closely with the wedding couple to ensure a memorable and historic day. Weddings are available on weekends from May 1st to October 24th. For more information, call the Manitowoc County Historical Society at 920-684-4445. SI
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Pinecrest Historical Village is the perfect setting to hold a wedding, family reunion, company picnic, or group gathering. Please contact the Manitowoc County Historical Society about hosting your wedding, group or family function today!
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Enjoy an Ice Cream Sundae in its Home Town!
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Manufacturer of 2012, 2013, & 2014 World Champion Extra Sharp Cheddar and Swiss and Almond Cheese Spreads Stroll through our Museum & Store Watch Cheese being made til noon Ice Cream, Wine Souvenirs and more... Handicap Accessible
Sundaes and Cones Available In The
Historic Washington House & Museum Old Time Ice Cream Parlor
4 Generation of Family Tradition since 1914 Store Hours M-F: 7-4 Sat: 8-12
1622 Jefferson Street • Two Rivers, WI 793-2490 Open 7 Days a Week 10am-7pm
Chilton
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HENNING’S CHEESE
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Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
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We also cate Broasted Chicken, Hamburgers etc... Great Service • Family Owned & Operated
Come Watch the Games with Us!
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30 minutes from Manitowoc 920-894-3032 • henningscheese.com 20201 Point Creek Rd. • Kiel, WI 53042
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All Museums Are Free
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3/4 Mile North of Shoto on Manitou Dr. • Open Daily
Hwy 151 to Manitowoc/Green Bay
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Historic Farm Museum
1816 10th Street • Two Rivers, WI (In the Old Formite Building) Open Tues - Sat 10 am- 5 pm
Fresh Curds M-F after 10 am
www.wilfertfarms.com or 683-3264
Friday Fish Specials
HAPPY HOUR Mon.-Fri., 3pm-6pm 426 N 9th St. Manitowoc
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