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Culture, General, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Library

108 year old historical society:
Operates five buildings including
Webster House Museum 9 East Rockwell Street, Elkhorn,
Boyd Carriage Barn 210 S. Washington Street Elkhorn, WI,
Reinke Resource Center 210 S. Washington St., Elkhorn, WI,
Blooming Prairie School house and Sharon Townhall on the Walworth County Fairgrounds, Elkhorn, WI

Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society

The Museum is located in the old county jail, which was built in 1908. The sheriff and his family lived in the front and prisoners in the back. It includes a school room, bed rooms, kitchen, county store, jail cells, doctors' room, dispatcher's office, haunted attic, music room, parlor, war room, research room containing obituary & court case indexes, obituaries, genealogy & area history, 5 online computers, archives containing old court cases, newspapers, photos & glass negatives.