Rural landscape described in district by UW Madison professor
William Tishler of the University of Wisconsin Madison, a landscape architecture professor, notes a pastoral agrarian district with unspoiled rural character. He highlights visual interplay of topography, vegetation, fence rows, and a mosaic of field patterns and farmstead clusters.
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William Tishler
Uw-Madison
William Tishler Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin
Tishler
Namur Brussels Area Nominated Wisconsin National Register
Wisconsin nominates the Namur Belgian American District around Namur and Brussels for the National Register as the state's first rural ethnic historic district. Professor William Tishler Madison led a two year survey funded by the State Historical Society, highlighting unspoiled rural character, topography, and vernacular farmstead clusters.
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Door County
Sturgeon Bay
Namur
Brussels
State Review Board
U.S. Department of Interior
National Park Service
Gardner and
Union
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Department of Interior
Mr. Tishler
State Historical Society of
Wisconsin
Namur Belgian American Rural Historic District Highlighted
The Namur Belgian American Rural Historic District in northeastern Wisconsin features Belgian built farms, chapels, and bake ovens with limestone farmhouses and log barns. It spans 3500 acres across Brown, Door and Kewaunee counties, hosts 215 buildings, and may gain National Historic Landmark status as the nation’s third rural ethnic landmark.
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Tishler
Brown, Door
Kewaunee
National Parks Service
Belgian Days Celebrate July Fest in Brussels
Brussels hosts Belgian Days July 11 and 12 sponsored by the Brussels Lions Club. Sue Marchant of Red Owl Store plans 500 Belgian pies and 500 tripp sausages for the event. The celebration includes a parade, Belgian baseball, and a Sunday dinner expected to draw about 1,000 people. Governor Tommy Thompson and 47 Belgian schoolchildren are anticipated guests, as the Peninsula Belgian American Club promotes homeland ties with Belgium.
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Brussels
The
Brussels Lions Club
Sue Marchant
Red Owl
David
Belgium
Harry Chaudoir
Forestville
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Judy Brown
Martha Baudhum
James Baudhuin
Martha Baudhuin
Central
Europe
Martha
Green Bay
Walloon
Louis Whery
Barbara Wyatt
Madison
Harold
LaVerne Euclide
United States
Tommy Thompson
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