BROWNS LAKE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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BROWNS LAKE RD

Architecture and History Inventory
BROWNS LAKE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:BURLINGTON CEMETERY
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:66307
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):BROWNS LAKE RD
County:Racine
City:
Township/Village:Rochester
Unincorporated Community:
Town:3
Range:19
Direction:E
Section:33
Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1842
Additions: 1859
Survey Date:1996
Historic Use:cemetery
Architectural Style:NA (unknown or not a building)
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Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. This is a catalogued burial site. ASI record BRA-0005.

Buried in the main cemetery are Dr. Edward G. and Ann Eliza Morse Dyer, Pliny M. and Ellen Amanda Conkey Perkins, Frederick Stanton Perkins, Lemuel R. and Melissa R. Campbell Smith, and Caleb P. and Elizabeth Ann Eddy Barns. The old Burlington Cemetery, which is on a hill in the northeast corner of the current Burlington Cemetery, is the resting place of Ephraim and Lucy Merrick Perkins, John and Eliza Clark Hockings, and Julia Dyer Perkins. Julia's husband, Origen, who was killed returning from the California gold fields, is not buried here, but his name is on the Perkins obelisk.
Bibliographic References:BUR SPUR OF WISCONSIN'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, BROCHURE.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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