Historical Buildings
Heritage Historical Village, 900 Montgomery Street, New London, Wisconsin
     
 
Tour Onsite Historical Buildings 
The classroom in the Triangle Schoolhouse

The Triangle School was built in late 1857 in the Town of Hortonia.  At first it was called Elms School, but became know as the Triangle School in 1937.

The school remained open until 1948 and then was closed to the public until 1977 when the Historical Society purchased it.  It was then used at its Highway 45 site until 1990 when it was moved to the Heritage Village.

The school still contains many of the original furnishings and school pieces including a sand table, clock, and water cooler.


Log cabin was originally built by a family from IrelandIn 1993, the New London Historical Society was offered a Log Cabin if they would remove it from Larry Gitter's farm and bring it to the Historical Village.

The cabin was dismantled and transported to the Village, then rebuilt on the edge of the woods to give the impression of how it must have looked in its youth.  It was originally built around 1850.

The McLaughlin family, who built the cabin, came to the U. S. from Ireland in about 1932, settling first in Canada.  Around 1850 the family moved to the Lebanon township in Waupaca County.


The octagon house as shown from the backAt the time the Octagon House was built in New London, prior to August 1867, it was considered an architectural feat rather than an oddity.

In addition to its eight-sided shape, it was quite a showplace in its time.  The parlor was complete with pump organ, plush couches, and large framed portraits on easels.  A cupola on the roof is in the center of the house.

It  was accessible by stairs leading up to it.
The house was built on N. Shawano St. where a convenience store now is, and was relocated to the Historical Village in 1989.  It is furnished today with a collection of antique furnishings.


The village's non-denominational chapelThe Village Chapel held its first worship services in 1949 when the building often referred to as "the little white church on McKinley Street" was located on a portion of the property now occupied by the Police Department.

Originally the building was the Three Pines School and was located in the town of Liberty near New London before it became the Evangelical United Brethren Church on McKinley Street.

Books and other historical collections fill the chapel's entry rooms.

The building was donated to the New London Heritage Historical Society in August of 1991 and moved to the Heritage Village.  It has been furnished as a non-denominational chapel set aside for worship and personal meditation.  The chapel is also available for weddings.

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