Loewe-Weis-Wilson Farm Listed on the State Register of Historic Places

PALMYRA, Wis. - The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Loewe-Weis-Wilson Farm in Palmyra (Jefferson County) on the State Register of Historic Places. The Loewe-Weis-Wilson Farm is located on the eastern edge of Palmyra across from Spring Lake.

The Loewe-Weis-Wilson Farm is an excellent and intact example of a Wisconsin dairy farm with its house, dairy barn, silo, outbuildings, well and cistern that illustrate dairy farming in the twentieth century. Victor and Antoinette Loewe purchased the land in 1870 and soon tapped into springs that helped launch Palmyra as a mineral springs summer resort. Though he bottled and shipped water to Milwaukee and Chicago, Victor Loewe focused his attention on raising Jersey dairy cattle and growing grapes for winemaking.

William Weis purchased the farm in 1895 and continued dairy farming; most of the outbuildings were built for Weis around 1910. Woodrow T. and Gertrude Wilson bought the farm in 1950 and began building a Holstein herd. Wilson developed his own breed, recognized by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America and known by the acronym W-T-W. Presently, the Wilson family still owns the farm.

The State Register is Wisconsin's official list of state properties determined to be significant to Wisconsin's heritage. The State Historic Preservation Office at the Wisconsin Historical Society administers both the State Register and the National Register in Wisconsin.

Additional information for the Loewe-Weis-Wilson Farm is available at:

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Property/HI243715

To learn more about the State and National Register programs in Wisconsin, visit: www.wisconsinhistory.org.

About the Wisconsin Historical Society

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