Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Historical Sites and Museums

Last updated January 23, 2012

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--- Historical Sites ---

New London Heritage Historical Village

1900 Montgomery Street

New London, WI 54961

(920) 982-8557

These historic buildings relocated here are fully restored and furnished with original period
pieces.  Buildings included are: the Chicago & Northwestern Depot built in 1923; a Log Cabin
home built in the late 1850's; Octagon House built in 1867; Triangle School, built in 1857
and the Village Chapel, originally a school, converted and furnished for non-denominational
worship.  Also located here are two cabooses and a diesel locomotive that once
served the U.S. Army and the area's timber industry.
Open Sundays, June through August and by appointment for group tours.

 

Old Symco
State Hwy. 22, North of Manawa
920-596-2946
This historic village, located two miles north of Manawa was settled by German immigrants
in the mid-1800's. Located here are St. Mark Lutheran Church and School founded by the early German settlers and other restored buildings reflecting the mid-19th through early 20th century.
You can also find here a collection of Fairbanks-Morse one-through-six cylinder engines. On weekends, the Union Threshermen reconstruct the building of Unionville, and conduct contests,
exhibits and demonstrations of antique horse-, steam-, and gas-powered farm machinery at work making shingles, milling lumber, baling straw and hay, threshing grain, crushing rock, grinding feed, and plowing fields

In 2007 the following places were placed on the Waupaca's Historic Sites and Structures list:

The Hugo Lea House
 414 S. Main Street
Waupaca, WI

The Soo Line Freight House
416 Oak Street
Waupaca, WI

Waupaca Railroad Depot
525 Oak Street
Waupaca, WI

Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company Baggage Car
(various locations in and out of the city of Waupaca for display and storage.)

 --- Museums ---

New London Public Museum

406 South Pearl Street

New London, WI 54961

(920) 982-8520

The Waupaca Historical Society's Hutchinson House Museum

Open Memorial Day through Labor Day on Friday, Saturday and Sundays

1:00 PM to 4:30 PM

For Information contact:

The Waupaca Historical Society

321 South Main Street

Waupaca Wisconsin 54981

715-256-9980

OR

Call the museum during open hours at (715)258-5958
Special tours during the week can be made by calling the Waupaca Historical Society

 

Wisconsin Veterans Home Museum 

Wisconsin Veterans Home

Highway QQ

King, Wisconsin

 

Pioneer Park
Clintonville 
715-823-4606
This park features restored buildings that bring Clintonville's past to life, including History House, a two-story frame building constructed in 1861; the Doty-Bassinet House, a unique pioneer
era building with walls constructed of cordwood pieces piled atop each other, held together with cement mortar; and the Ralph Denn Stavemaker Cabin, Home and Factory under
one roof.  Pioneer Park is open to the public 1:00- 4:00 pm Sundays and Holidays throughout the Summer.

Four-Wheel Drive Museum
W.A. Olen Park, Clintonville 
715-823-2141 (FWD Corp.)
Located on the site where the four-wheel drive vehicle was invented and the nation's first four-wheel drive cars and trucks were manufactured, this museum's exhibits are open to the public
on Summer weekends. Group tours may be arranged by calling FWD Corp. 715-823-2141

Iola Mills Museum
Lake Iola, Downtown Iola
715-445-4000
This 19th Century milling complex.

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