Save The Ghosts Of The Walker House
The Walker House in Mineral Point Wisconsin needs our help.
And, they need it now!
I know it’s the holidays and we all have a lot to do but please take a minute and look at the Walker House. If you can contribute $1, $10, $20, or even $100, we can save the daily operations of this wonderful piece of American History.
Located about halfway between Madison, Wisconsin and Dubuque, Iowa the initial building went up in the 1830s or so. Since then it’s been added to, closed for a while and is now ready to re-open.
But, the proprietors need help. They are down to their last dollars and need our investment help to get the doors open for the next 6 months.
Here’s a bit more history:
In the early 1800’s, mining for minerals was profitable there, and the railroad made Mineral Point the end of the line. An upscale inn, which included a fine dining restaurant and pub was established in 1836, by building onto a pre-existing miner’s former stone house, which proved to be a financial success. The right side of the first floor, which was the older stone house, became the inn’s pub, while the left side of the first floor was where the well was located, and also a place for storage. The kitchen was located between the right and left side of the first floor. It was moved to the second floor in the late 20th century, when a former owner dug into the cliff and set up the kitchen in the addition on the back of the house.
The second floor had two dining rooms and the third floor offered the guests lovely guest rooms.
This Inn served a variety of people throughout the years: Miners, gamblers, locals, tourists, patrons and employee’s of the railroad. The dining rooms has also been the setting for community meetings, events and other activities. The inn was in continuous use until 1957, when it closed its doors for 7 years, standing vacant and forlorn.
However, a building that handsome was an irresistible fixer-upper opportunity, and sure enough, it was bought by Ted Landon, and his partners, who reclaimed it from the vandals, and spent 10 years stabilizing, repairing, and restoring it. The Cornish Pub Inn was open again, ready for business, in 1974. After only 4 years, in 1978, Ted Landon and his partners sold this business to Dr. David Ruf, who hired a good manager, Walker Calvert to oversee and run the inn and pub. The Inn was then called, The Walker House.
One or two more owners came along. When the Grubers owned the building, the inn was known as The Walker-Gruber House. By 2002, the inn wasn’t open to the public, and was once again a grand fixer-upper opportunity. In 2003, historical enthusiasts were greatly concerned, and the Walker House had the dubious honor of being one of the most endangered properties in Wisconsin. After some stabilizing work had been done on the property yet again, it was upgraded a little to be just one of the top 10 historical structures put on the endangered list, still in need of a lot of TLC!
Luckily, Joseph and Susan Dickinson came along and saw the possibilities of rehabilitating this still handsome structure, dripping with historical value. They bought it in November, 2005, and have been dedicated ever since to bring the inn back to life and open it as a restaurant, pub and inn. The Cornish Pub was the first thing to open. The second floor was the next project. When they finished, there were two restored and renovated dining rooms and a kitchen for civilized dining and events. Their last project, which was almost done when Tom and I visited, was the restoration of the rooms for future guests on the third floor.
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