Spink & Smith Inn aka Spink Tavern Demolition may end historic tie Site may have link to Underground Railroad Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI) – Sunday, January 9, 2005 Author: REID J. EPSTEIN, repstein@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Demolition may end historic tie Site may have link to Underground Railroad Sussex — Today the old house at the corner… Read more »
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 »
Colgate Hotels & Saloons The book Richfield Remembers The Past identifies Colgate was established in 1886. Initially the community had the usual compliment of businesses: small hotel, general store, four saloons, a tin shop, a blacksmith shop, a cheese factory, with a church and school nearby. The cheese factory went out of business in 1914. In 1916 the community… Read more »
Subway N64W22600 Main,Sussex, WI 53089 Located in Sussex Plaza Mall, Subway has been making fresh, wholesome subs for the town since 2001. The smaller of the two Subways in Sussex, guests will find this welcoming, 8-table location minutes east of downtown, and across the street from Quad Graphics. Subway Restaurant Executive Dr,Sussex, WI 53089 Located on the southwest side… Read more »
Two births of Sussex Sun Written by unknown Sussex Sun Staffer It’s flattering, really. Fred says some nice things about me in this column, and I have no way of knowing if the current editor will be big enough to let it go through, considering his name’s not on the list. I don’t think I would, just so you know,… Read more »
