Event Details

Name: Historic Preservation Celebration
Start: 2023-05-06
End: 2023-05-06
Location: Pendarvis

Saturday, May 6, 2023

10 AM - 4 PM

Cost: Tours of the buildings at Pendarvis as well we the speaking events are free and open to the public. Registration for the Chamber of Commerce's Historic House Tour will be available soon.

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Pendarvis

Pendarvis, 114 Shake Rag St

Mineral Point, WI 53565-1063

pendarvis@wisconsinhistory.org

For more information, please contact the box office at 608-264-4848 or boxoffice@wisconsinhistory.org.

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Guests with additional mobility needs are encouraged to contact Pendarvis directly at pendarvis@wisconsinhistory.org or 608-987-2122.

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Explore Mineral Point's beautiful historic structures as we celebrate the city's longstanding dedication to preserving the past.

Go inside some of the city's oldest homes during the Chamber of Commerce's Tour of Homes from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Listen to former State Archaeologist Bob Birmingham as he discusses Fort Blue Mounds and the Settler Fortifications of the Black Hawk War from 11 a.m. - noon. Hear from architect Charlie Quagliana about the information gathered during Pendarvis' recent Historic Structures Report, its application to expand its scope on the National Registry of Historic Places, as well as major renovations coming to the site. from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Polperro, Pendarvis and Trelawny will be open for visitors to walk through and see restoration work.

Cost: Tours of the buildings at Pendarvis as well we the speaking events are free and open to the public. Registration for the Chamber of Commerce's Historic House Tour will be available soon.

About the Location

Tucked away in historic Mineral Point, Pendarvis celebrates the restoration and preservation efforts of Robert Neal and Edgar Hellum, who saved a significant part of Wisconsin’s past. Their legacy includes the six historic stone and stone-and-log cottages which comprise Pendarvis today, built by Cornish immigrants in the 1840s during the Wisconsin Territory's lead-mining boom. Nearby Merry Christmas Mine Hill still bears the signs of early mining activity, and a 43-acre restored prairie reveals the unspoiled wilderness found by the first arriving settlers.