OUR NEW WELCOME CENTER CABIN

In 2024, Friends of Saxonia House received a $50,000 grant to build a Welcome Center building on our grounds.  The grant was received from Washington County Tourism Council and is being used to put together an authentic Norwegian Log Cabin which was moved from western Wisconsin.  This building dates to the same period as the Saxonia House and will be used as an exhibit hall and rest area.  More information will be coming soon in our new booklet entitled Something Worth Saving

ABout period construction

The Saxonia House features half-timbering (fachwerk) construction. This video shows another example, the Elmer Kuhn House, built around 1855 in the Twp. Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Board member Greg Zahn paid a restoration worker to take apart the house and rebuild it on his property. The house otherwise would have been demolished.