Main Street Overhead Shot

Main Street, Lake Geneva - 1870 / 1930

A brick street welcomes you to the large central area of the museum. The west side of the street has farm implements and an assortment of businesses. The east side and its variety of facades includes a Marineland gallery, featuring the anchor of the Lucius Newberry, discovered in 1981, 90 years after it had sunk in Geneva Lake.

Included in the Main Street Tour:

  • Georgian, Italianate, Second Empire, Greek Revival & Colonial architectual facades of Lake Geneva homes
  • Log cabin with Potawatomi Indian arrowheads and tools
  • Blacksmith shop with iron anvils and ice cutting tools
  • Fire engine house with 1890 Hose Wagon and 1947 Pirsch Fire Engine and Pumper
  • Farm implements and tools
  • Spring house for cooling milk
  • Telephone switchboard
  • 1920's Dentist Office
  • General Store

Furnishings Included:

  • Joseph Leiter's carved youth bed
  • Loramoor Coat of Arms
  • Antique children's toys and books

Come see how it all started...

  • Yachts & Nautical Vessels
  • Chicago & North Western Railway
  • The Private Mansions
  • Frank Lloyd Wright's "Geneva Hotel"
  • Yerkes Observatory
  • Andy Gump
  • Potawatomi Indian Lore
  • The Historic Riviera
  • and, of course, The Lake