De Pere History
2008 De Pere Historical Society Board Members
President: Fran Dimmer, Vice President: Bob Boyer, Treasurer: Dolly Van
Sistine, Secretary: Mark Reinhart,
Cindy Barnett, McKim Boyd, Mike Fleck, Tony LaLuzerne, Lynn Lee, Anne
Mattern, Gerald Mattern,
Mary Kay Milquet, Mary Ann Schumerth, Dick Smits, and Tom Walsh.
Curator: Laurel Towns
2008 Membership
If you would like to support the De Pere Historical Society or would like to
send a friend a gift membership,
click the following links:
Individual & Family Membership
or Business Membership
All members will receive the newsletters regarding families and events in De Pere history and Historical Society news. Business members will have their business name published in the newsletter and listed on our website until the membership expires.
2008 De Pere Historical Society Calendar of Events
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sat, February 9 | Valentine Day 5K or 15K Walk/Run $1000 was raised for the De Pere Historical Society during this event. |
8:00 AM |
Seroogy's Chocolates Registration: 2/9 4-8 p.m. 2/10 7-8:a.m. |
| Wed, February 20 | Photo Show (free admission) |
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM |
West De Pere High
School 665 Grant Street |
| Sat, April 5 | N.E.W. National History Day Regional Contest |
U.W.G.B. | |
| Wed, April 23 | Photo Show (free admission) |
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM |
West De Pere High
School 665 Grant Street |
| Sat, May 17 | Sesquicentennial Time Capsule Burial | 10:00 AM | Polo Resto Gas Station building near the entrance of Voyageur Park |
| Sun, May 25 | Sidewalk Walking Tours of the North
Broadway Historic District Sponsored by the De Pere Historic Preservation Commission and the De Pere Historical Society |
Tours begin at
11:00 AM and 1:00 PM |
The free one-hour tours will start at White Pillars Museum, Featured will be houses dating back to 1836 plus Polo Resto, the restored historic Gas Station now located at the south entrance to Voyageur Park at Front and William Streets. |
| October 21 | Historical Society Annual Dinner |
TBD | TBD |
| December 11 | Santa's House (free admission) |
TBD | White Pillars Museum 403 North Broadway |
| December 12 | Santa's House (free admission) |
TBD | White Pillars Museum 403 North Broadway |
| December 13 | Santa's House (free admission) |
TBD | White Pillars Museum 403 North Broadway |
Volunteers - Wanted!
The De Pere Historical Society has a variety of projects for willing
volunteers. The work is not hard, only rewarding!
Project work is located at the White Pillars Museum, during regular open hours.
All needed information and training is provided.
For more information call 920-336-3877.
At White Pillars...
- Process funeral and mass cards; file alphabetically in plastic sleeves and place in binder.
- Fill out donor and accession forms.
- Process photographs; number, place in archival sleeve, file.
- Move materials from older file folders into archival folders.
- General weekly cleaning; vacuum, dust, etc.
- Oil or wax furniture.
- Wash windows, inside and out.
- Spread mulch in yard around flower beds
- Some carpentry work (porch repair)
- Basement organizing
- Help with landscaping
- Some painting
At the Polo Resto...
- Wash windows, inside and out.
- Spring cleaning
- Wax gas pumps
- Pull weeds in yard
- Some painting
2007 Historical Preservation Award Winners
- Residential Historic Preservation Award - Robert and Beth Moeller received the RHPA for their efforts remodeling their home at 908 South Seventh Street.
- Business Historical Preservation Award - Steve and Carey Danen received the BHPA for their work renovating the property on the northeast corner of Michigan and George Streets.
- Nan Workman Award - Mae Kocha in appreciation for her tireless efforts assisting Lee Meyer in keeping the landscaping and flowers on the grounds of White Pillars Museum beautiful.
The Polo-Resto
Since
August 2004, hundreds of donors and volunteers made the move and
restoration of the former Polo Resto from its original location on
North
Broadway to its present location at the entrance to Voyageur Park along the
Fox River Trail.
A generous donation by the Lenfestey Family enabled the Historical Society to
purchase two original gas pumps, completing the
1920s style look of the Polo
Resto.
If you are interested in renting the Polo-Resto for your event,
call 920-336-3877.
Polo-Resto dedication October 7, 2006
Photographs, Historical Papers, etc. - Wanted!
2008 Business Sponsors
Gold
Plan Administrators, Inc.
Ryan Funeral Home
Union Hotel & Restaurant
Van Gemert Memorials, Inc.
Silver
Classic Dimensions
Cotter Funeral Home
Roels, Keidatz, Fronsee & Danen, LLP
Sidekicks Bar & Grill
Systems Furniture
Vanden Heuvel Electric, Inc.
Walsh & Walsh, S.C.
Bronze
Allen County Public Library
Alpha Delights
Badgerland Printing
Bilotti’s Pizza & Italian Garden
Brennan Buick
Legends-De Pere/Swan Club
Nicolet National Bank
Pack and Ship, LLC
The Abbey Bar
Wm. A. Hein Construction Co., Inc
Local Research
Brown County Historical Society
Brown
County Library-Local History & Genealogy
Area Research Center-UWGB
Wisconsin State Historical
Society
National Register of Historic Places
About Our Area
City of De Pere
Brown County
State of Wisconsin