Inscription
John Weber purchased this property with its black "moor" earth and a spring in 1899. The hotel, patterned after European spas, and the springhouse opened in 1911. Spring water and warm mud baths, promoted as therapeutic, were available at the hotel. The gold course opened in 1915. The hotel closed in 1959, reopened as Mt. St. Paul Seminary in 1962, then as a co-educational college in 1968, which closed 1970. Since 1972 it has been a Waukesha County office building..Funded by John Weber III
Details
| HM Number | HMOMI |
|---|---|
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 20th Century |
| Historical Place | National Register of Historic Places |
| Marker Type | Historic Building |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Interpretative Marker / Sign |
| Marker Number | 34-11 |
| Year Placed | 2006 |
| Placed By | Waukesha County Historical Museum |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 10:19pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16T E 399501 N 4763875 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 43.02091667, -88.23340000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 1.255', W 88° 14.004' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 1' 15.3000" N, 88° 14' 0.2400" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 262, 414 |
| Can be seen from road? | Yes |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 500 Riverview Ave, Waukesha WI 53188, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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