The Sheboygan County Historical Museum is located on the grounds of Taylor Park in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on the city's west side.
7-501: The museum complex includes the historical David Taylor House , the 1864 Weinhold Family Homestead, the 1890s Schuchardt Barn with rural agricultural displays and the 1867 Bodenstab Cheese Factory with early commercial cheese making implements. The museum also features seasonal displays, temporary exhibits, classroom and the museum store. Changing exhibits include Native American history, ice harvesting, maritime, circus, local sports, and early agricultural. The David Taylor House, built in
14-538: A fresh coat of paint. A major landscaping plan was completed around the outside of the building. The museum was originally on the first floor. In the early 1970s, the museum expanded to the entire building. The Taylor House served as the main museum building until the new museum was opened in 1997. The Taylor House was land-marked locally and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Major restoration work took place in 2006 to clean and tuck pointing
21-653: A once prominent citizen in Sheboygan. Taylor was a circuit court judge and invested in the community in harbor development, railroads and many other community projects. He went on to the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin Supreme Court . The house became Sheboygan County property around 1900 and was later used for the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office and jail from 1915 to 1936, when
28-593: The Sheboygan County Courthouse was completed on the city's east side. The house was used by the caretaker of Taylor Park for many years and was leased to the Sheboygan County Historical Society in 1949. The Historical Society removed the jail equipment, including the bars from the windows and opened it as the county museum in 1954. Some of the exterior architectural details were removed or "updated" at that time and everything received
35-463: The Sheboygan County Historical Society in 1949. The road leading to the park known as Taylor Drive eventually became a west-side local beltline road for the city. The Sheboygan County Historical Museum was originally on the first floor of the David Taylor House. In the early 1970s, the museum expanded to the entire building. The Taylor House served as the main museum building until the new museum
42-400: The early 1850s by Sheboygan County Judge David Taylor , a prominent citizen in the early years of Sheboygan. The house became county property around 1900 and was later used for the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office and county jail from 1915 to 1936, when the Sheboygan County Courthouse was completed. The house was then used by the caretaker of Taylor Park for many years and was leased to
49-530: Was opened in 1997 across the grounds. 43°45′10.2″N 87°44′52.7″W / 43.752833°N 87.747972°W / 43.752833; -87.747972 David Taylor House The David Taylor House is a historic building located on the grounds of the Sheboygan County Historical Museum in Sheboygan, Wisconsin . The Taylor House, built in the early 1850s by Judge David Taylor ,
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