Quartaro was Lannon village president 25 years – Friends say he was dedicated to serving community’s residents Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Friday, January 29, 1999 Author: VIKKI ORTIZ, Journal Sentinel staff If Nick Quartaro ‘s funeral Saturday is anything like his life, St. James Church in Menomonee Falls will be packed with well-wishers. Many of those close to the former… Read more »
Prop Wash Tavern at Aero Park A December 2004 photo by Bill Schlafer of “the remains of the restaurant/clubhouse/bar. Bill Schlafer reported in December 2004, “Sometime in early December the operations were closed & the field was plowed up. I have not been able to find out why the airport was closed or if the plowing was done in preparation… Read more »
Lannon Springs Hotel aka Whiskey Corners aka Willow Springs Roadhouse (See Abler’s Whiskey Corners) Lannon Springs Hotel – Built by Michael Keating in 1875, was originally constructed on the southeast corner of Town Line and Mill Roads. With the coming of the North Western Railway in the early 1900s, it was later moved to its present location at W220 N6410… Read more »
Louis Gissal Tavern Menomonee Falls News: Sept. 6, 1929 1941: circa – The old two-story St. James rectory (where the north parking is now) was sold to the Louis Gissal family. It was cut in half, then jacked up and moved eastward on Hwy 74 and Good Hope Rd., then east on Good Hope to its’ present location, just east… Read more »
SEWER PROJECT Assessment sparks fight in Lannon Some property owners file appeals challenging village’s special tax Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Thursday, May 30, 1996 Author:BOB HELBIG, Journal Sentinel staff Property owners in Lannon are challenging the village’s method of imposing special tax assessments to pay for a $10.2 million sanitary sewer project. Two separate assessment appeals were filed this week… Read more »
Lannon’s small-town charm is carved out of native stone – History, and noise, of quarries is ingrained in homes and residents Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Sunday, March 21, 1999 Author: LUKE KLINK, Special to the Journal Sentinel Quarry blasting and rumbling stone-filled trucks have been a fact of life for Ronald and Patsy Monacelli for the last 25 years, having… Read more »
Retrospect: Butcher Jack Walter left his mark as Lannon founder, firefighter By FRED KELLER Posted: Mar. 12, 2008, Sussex Sun Back near the turn of the last century, stand-alone meat markets were common, and many remained viable through the 1950s and beyond. A 1923 Waukesha directory listed 39 meat markets, including Sussex’s Herman Kaderabek Meat Market, Templeton’s Charles A. Busse… Read more »
Fire levels Lannon home Posted: March 17, 2009, Living Sussex Sun Village of Lannon A fire completely destroyed a mobile home in the 20000 block of West Good Hope Road. The three people inside the home are now staying with family members, according to Lannon Fire Chief Gary Georgenson. The heat from Monday’s conflagration also damaged the vinyl siding… Read more »
Retrospect: Brogan log cabin hosts first Catholic services By FRED KELLER Posted: Apr. 9, 2008, Sussex Sun As settlers arrived in the Towns of Lisbon and Menomonee (Menomonee Falls today), Irish immigrants made the area around Town Line Road an extended Irish and Catholic enclave, extending it eastward eventually to include what is now the Village of Lannon. James Brogan… Read more »
Lannon’s Sears and Roebuck House by Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Oct. 18, 2011 Tucked just off Main Street in Lannon on the west side of Vine Street is a farmer mail order home. The exact location of this home is 7273 Vine St. It was built in 1937 by Gerhart Struck and his wife, Martha (Schmoller) with… Read more »
