Lannon and its quarries By Ruth Schmidt A man, in his retirement years, stood on thefront porch of his home in the little village of Lannon and looked down LannonRoad. “Five of the stone houses on this street originally stood in StoneCity at the Hadfield quarry,” he mused. “There are ten more on VineStreet, and at least four on… Read more »
Street & Building Scenes in Lannon About 1905, intersection of Good Hope and Lannon Roads looking west. House on the left was occupied by Postmaster Keith Gissal at one time – after his father lived there and it was rented to Erv Miller and family. The chestnut on the right is where the post office stands today. Present day… Read more »
Street & Building Scenes in Lannon Now the present day SERENDIPITY’S SHOPPE, N72W20549 W MAIN ST., LANNON WI 53046 (262) 255-3778 “Miller’s Hotel, Lannon, Wis.” Date 1910? The photograph shows an early 20th c. frame hotel that sits at the crossroads of unpaved roads. A horse and buggy is outside the hotel and a man is entering carrying… Read more »
Land Divisions WithinWaukesha County Not to Scale Oconomowoc T8N, R17E Merton T8N, R18E Lisbon T8N, R19E Menomonee T8N, R20E Summit T7N, R17E Delafield T7N, R18E Pewaukee T7N, R19E Brookfield T7N, R20E Ottawa T6N, R17E Genesee T6N, R18E Waukesha T6N, R19E New Berlin T6N, R20E Eagle T5N, R17E Mukwonago T5N, R18E Vernon T5N, R19E Muskego T5N, R20E 1901 Waukesha County map… Read more »
Lots 69 & 70 History Compiled and Edited by Mike Reilly The following history wouldn’t have beenpossible without Virginia Ackmann loaning me the Abstract of Title for theproperty she once owned in Lannon. Virginia and her late husband, then son Tim,owned lots 69 & 70 from 1969 until July, 2000. I’ve boiled down the dozens of pages into… Read more »
Real Estate Sold 1/30/90 – 21617 W. Bonnie Lane, Lee E. and Jane A. Jabe toCharles L. Bakewell and Francis G. : $117,500. 3/6/90 – 20649 Main St., Robert J. and Carol A. Kendler toDouglas D. Smiljanic: $70,000 – 20452 Good Hope Rd., Bradley L. and Christinia A. Hermanson to Dennis Pomeroy:$65,000.
Baseball park fund raising stopped – Lannon Lions Club says village has shown a lack of commitment Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) – Thursday, January 16, 2003 Author: DASCHELL PHILLIPS, dphillips@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel The Lannon Lions Club will stop its fund-raising efforts to create the Richard E. Schneider Junior Baseball Park because of the lack of support from the village,… Read more »
Retrospect: News clippings convey flavor of Olde Lannon By FRED KELLER Posted: Mar. 26, 2008, Sussex Sun As the 1928-29 years rolled in, Lannon was taken up with the effort to incorporate as a village. After a few false starts, it finally succeeded in 1930. Here are some newspaper clippings (paraphrased) I found from that era. Dec. 28, 1928 In… Read more »
Retrospect: News clippings convey flavor of Olde Lannon By FRED KELLER Sussex Sun, Posted: March 26, 2008 As the 1928-29 years rolled in, Lannon was taken up with the effort to incorporate as a village. After a few false starts, it finally succeeded in 1930. Here are some newspaper clippings (paraphrased) I found from that era. Dec. 28, 1928 In… Read more »
Lannon History (in chronologicalorder) After Incorporation 1930 – 1959 Compiled and Edited by Michael R.Reilly Last Revised 05/02/2005 Village of Lannon History Pre-Incorporation > After Incorporation 1930-1959 > Lannon History 1960-1989 > The 1990’s to the Present – this issue updated 05/02/2005 1930/2/14: MFN – Lannon Village ElectsOfficers: Electors Choose First Set at Special Election -WaukeshaCounty’s youngest village… Read more »
