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the town of cedarberg is known for many
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things it's a great place to live in
raise a family there are many historical
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sites and buildings including the last
covered bridge in the state of
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Wisconsin among the historical buildings
is Turn Hall which is listed on the
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national register of historic
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places despite its rich and varied
history cedarberg Turn Hall had not been
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actively used for years The cedarberg
Landmark preservation Society purchased
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the
building there was a time where the turn
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hle was a discrepant fallen down
building the roof was in the center of
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the building the walls were crumbling
and we thought it be a good project for
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us to undertake to reconstruct we raised
some money locally and got a small Grant
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from the state of Wisconsin hisorical
Society to fund the necessary building
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costs and materials and this is
completed about I'd say about 35 years
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ago and at that time we then rented the
building to David Eline who used it as a
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race museum for his antique race
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cars there came a time about 3 or four
years ago where David Eline uh decided
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to dispose of his vehicles and close the
museum and the building was vacant for a
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period of time and we did a substantial
amount of research and effort to
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determine whether we want to sell the
building or release the building at the
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same time hanky and Associates a local
creative strategic marketing firm was in
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search of a new office site with a more
open
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concept the challenges in renovating the
Turn Hall were significant the building
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had no Plumbing no septic no electrical
of which to speak and had never been
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used as office
space despite the obstacles hanky
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understood the value and the cool factor
of rehabing a national recognized
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historical building the irony is that
the Craftsman and Heritage of a landmark
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would come together with the latest
technological advancements town of
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cedarberg officials worked well with the
hankes through the many steps necessary
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to make this dream a reality town of
cedarberg and the hanky Associates uh
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went through a Cooperative effort
actually uh we did some minor things
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like uh allow parking in a park parking
lot which was across the street also
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helped with the uh crosswalk across a
busy street and reduce the speed limit
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but more importantly we worked as
partners to uh accomplish a goal the
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town is very business friendly and we do
what we can and uh if uh changes need to
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be made if things need to be
accomplished uh on a Cooperative nature
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you that's what we're about we wanted a
place to build a place create a place an
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atmosphere that was an open creative
collaborative uh area a place that could
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really Foster ideas because great ideas
come from everywhere and
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everybody the result of this vision is a
bright new chapter for a historical
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landmark it is a showpiece for the
community and demonstrates what can be
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accomplished when the vision of private
Enterprise and a progressive local
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government like the town of cedarberg
combin talents and work ethic and we're
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very pleased with this current use
because it's a an Adaptive use that has
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kept the building in essentially the
same condition as it was and yet made it
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useful for a modern purpose we couldn't
have made it happen without many people
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uh the town of cedarberg um The Landmark
preservation Society everybody worked
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together to make this happen yeah town
of cedarberg is not only historical and
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we have some very unique things but
we're also accessible it's important we
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think to preserve and restore all the
buildings in the area because it's part
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of our heritage and it's something that
makes cedarberg special it's something
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that puts cedarberg above all the other
communities in the area town of
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cedarberg officials have the experience
willingness and knowhow to help other
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entrepreneurs with vision and a chance
to preserve history while making the
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future richer for generations to come
it's an opportunity to make history and
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it could be yours
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