DARLINGTON - The Lafayette County Genealogical Society will be holding its monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. Sunday with a field trip to the Lafayette County Historical Society Depot Museum on South Washington Street in Darlington. Meet at the Darlington Depot. Afterward, those interested will carpool to the Mineral Point Depot and Zinc Works in Mineral Point.
The first depot in Darlington was a combined railroad depot and warehouse. It stood several blocks northwest of downtown Darlington. In 1889, the present frame structure was erected one block west of Main Street. John T. W. Jennings was the architect. The depot now stands as a monument to those who built and operated the railroad. The Darlington Depot Museum holds many interesting items, including railroad artifacts, agricultural items, Florence Bennett oil paintings of LaFayette County depots, old railroad maps from 1874, 1898 and 1905 and many more displays in the attached annex.
The Mineral Point Depot was built in 1856 with local materials. It was in operation from 1856 to 1984 and has survived to become the oldest depot in Wisconsin. The museum artifact collection brings to life the stories of the men and women who worked the railroad. The Zinc Works operated the nation's largest zinc oxide plant as well as the Mineral Point and Northern Railroad, which was Mineral Point's second railroad line.
For more information, contact Sarah Goebel, Lafayette County Genealogical Society at 608-325-9615.
The first depot in Darlington was a combined railroad depot and warehouse. It stood several blocks northwest of downtown Darlington. In 1889, the present frame structure was erected one block west of Main Street. John T. W. Jennings was the architect. The depot now stands as a monument to those who built and operated the railroad. The Darlington Depot Museum holds many interesting items, including railroad artifacts, agricultural items, Florence Bennett oil paintings of LaFayette County depots, old railroad maps from 1874, 1898 and 1905 and many more displays in the attached annex.
The Mineral Point Depot was built in 1856 with local materials. It was in operation from 1856 to 1984 and has survived to become the oldest depot in Wisconsin. The museum artifact collection brings to life the stories of the men and women who worked the railroad. The Zinc Works operated the nation's largest zinc oxide plant as well as the Mineral Point and Northern Railroad, which was Mineral Point's second railroad line.
For more information, contact Sarah Goebel, Lafayette County Genealogical Society at 608-325-9615.
