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HOTELS.
The Andrus House was built by F. K. Phoenix in 1847-48. It is a brick three-story build- ing, in size, 40x60, and represents a valuation of $7,000. Its first landlord was a Mr. Hoyt. Mrs. Samuel Phoenix became the possessor of the house in 1850 and still owns it. E. Andrus has been its proprietor since 1867.
The Delavan House was built in 1850 by Horace Duyree. Its first landlord was Ward Mallory. Mr. Duyree sold the property to Alfred Mott in 1852, and he in turn to C. W. Phil- lips, who disposed of it to Strowe Brothers. Its present proprietor is Ed Strowe The hotel is frame. 30x55, and three stories high, representing an investment of $6,000.
WISCONSIN DENTAL COLLEGE.
This college was incorporated July 17, 1880, under the general law of Wisconsin, for the purpose of teaching all the branches belonging to dentistry proper, with the following faculty: D. B. Devendorf, M. D., Professor of Dental Anatomy: John Morrison, D. D. L., Demonstrator of Operative Dentistry: George Morrison, D. D. L., Demonstrator of Mechanical Dentistry. Notwithstanding this college having met with some opposition, owing to the fact that it makes merit the qualification for graduation regardless of the number of terms spent at the college, is at the present time in a prosperous condition, and holding its third term with students from many States in the Union.
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DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM.
The Wisconsin institution for the education of the deaf and dumb is located in the north- western part of the village of Delavan, and the beauty and desirability of its location can hardly be surpassed. This institution is educating that portion of the children and youth of the State, who, on account of deafness, cannot be educated in the public schools. The school is divided into primary, intermediate and academic departments, in addition to which a department of ar- ticulation is in successful operation under the management of experienced teachers. Instruction is given by signs, by written language and by articulation. In the primary department, few books are used, slates, crayons, pictures and other illustrative apparatus being the means em- ployed. In the intermediate department, the books used are prepared especially for the deaf and dumb; more advanced pupils study the text-books used in our common schools. The school gives instruction in the different branches of natural science, in mathematics, and a continuous seven years' drill in language and composition. The instruction is direct, personal and prac- tical. Four trades are also taught-cabinet-making, shoemaking. baking and printing. The cabinet-shop was opened in March, 1860: the shoe-shop commenced business in 1867 and the printing office was established in 1878. A weekly paper, the Wisconsin Deaf Mute Times, is now printed by the pupils. In October. 1881. a new Prouty printing press was added to the printing office. While the pecuniary profit derived from them ought not to be a test of their worth, which consists chiefly in fitting boys and girls for earning an independent livelihood, yet these shops are nearly self-sustaining. The law provides that all deaf and dumb residents of the State, of the age of ten years and under twenty-five years, of suitable age and capacity to receive instruction, shall be received and taught free of charge for board and tuition, but parents and guardians are expected to furnish clothing and pay the traveling expenses. The whole number of deaf and dumb of the State, according to the census of 1875, numbers 720, abont one-third of whom are of proper age to receive instruction. This institution was organized in 1852, at which time but three of that unfortunate class for whom it was designed, received its benefits, and from that small beginning. it has gradually but steadily increased until now it dispenses its untold blessings to nearly two hundred persons, who, without its beneficent aid, would still be groveling in the lowest depths of ignorance-unfit for citizens or companions- a heavy charge on their parents or depending on the charities of the public for a common sub- sistence. By the aid and benefits imparted to their otherwise dark and benighted understand- ings, the dumb are taught to speak and fitted to discharge the duties incumbent on them as citizens, to pursue honorable vocations; to be obedient to the government under which they live, and to discharge all the duties required of those who are blessed with all the full developments, of all the mental and physical faculties. To teach the dumb the use of language, the blind to see and restore reason to the insane, are objects that should enlist the most serions attention of the benevolent. the wise and the good. No state or philanthropist can bestow charities for a more laudable purpose than in contributing to the elevation of these unfortunate classes.
The idea of a school for deaf mutes was first advanced in Walworth County by Mrs. Mary Lee, wife of Nelson Lee and daughter of Ebenezer Cheesbro. Having a sister who was a deaf mute, and. having informed herself as to the law in regard to establishing such an institution, she circulated a petition in favor of raising a sufficient sum of money to organize such a school. She first circulated the paper in Elkhorn, with a view to starting the school in that place, but met with very little encouragement. Next, she tried Delavan, with worse success. Finally, her father, Ebenezer Cheesbro, offered to furnish a room and bear the expense himself. Miss Isabella Cheesbro, a sister of Mrs. Lee, took an active part in the enterprise. She secured several scholars from that unfortunate class for whom the school was to be founded. hired the first teacher, Mr. John A. Mills, a deaf mute, whose compensation was fixed at $10 a month and board, and the school was opened at Mr. Cheesbro's house in the town of Darien. The school was kept at Mr. Cheesbro's four months, solely at Mr. Cheesbro's expense, when. on account of the noise made by the scholars, which was very annoying to Mrs. Cheesbro, the school was moved to a room in Delavan.
At Mr. Cheesbro's request, Hon. C. M. Baker drew up for him a petition to the Legislature, then in session, for a law founding an institute for the education of the deaf and dumb at or near the village of Delavan. Mr. Cheesbro procured signatures to this petition and was active
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in obtaining the passage of the act for that purpose, which became a law in the following April. This was the origin of the movement which resulted in founding that institution so creditable to the State, and whose buildings are so ornamental to the beautiful locality they adorn. The land first occupied by the institution was donated by F. K. Phoenix, one of its first trustees, and com- prised eleven and forty-six one hundredths acres, and these boundaries were subsequently en- larged by the purchasing of twenty-two acres more, of E. B. Gates, for $2,000, making in all a little over thirty-three acres, which are well situated for the wants of the institution, affording adequate pasture and water and play-grounds for the pupils.
The board was organized in June, 1852, at which time the following officers were chosen: W. Hunt, President; Wyman Spooner, Treasurer; F. K. Phoenix, Secretary; J. R. Bradway, Principal. Subsequently, Wyman Spooner tendered his resignation and A. H. Taggart was chosen instead, and Rev. Lucius Foot in place of J. R. Bradway, also resigned. The first Trus- tees were as follows: Wyman Spooner. E. Cheesbro and W. C. Allen for one year; C. G. Will- iams, J. A. Maxwell and H. Hunt for two years; J. C. Mills, P. W. Lake and F. K. Phoenix for three years. At the time of the organization of the board, measures were taken to open the school, and, in July, it was commenced. An appropriation of $1,000 a year for three years having been made for the construction of a building, a building committee was appointed who re- ported a series of plans and specifications, prepared by S. C. Kelsey, architect of Delavan, which were adopted by the board and approved by the Governor. According to this, the contract was let to Thomas Bolles, and a building of brick, 34x44, and two stories high, besides the attic and basement, was constructed at a cost of $2,981.25. This building had accommodations for thirty- five pupils, and formed but part of the whole design which was afterward perfected with great care and at a considerable expense. The building, when perfected, was five stories high, 56x60, including basement and attic. It was finished, in 1857, at a cost of $30,000. It stood in taste- ful elegance upon a sightly elevation, attracting the eye of the traveler for miles around, inside of which there existed an air of homelike comfort. Among the other improvements made during that year was the construction of a work-shop, 24x48, two stories in height. at a cost of $1,500, together with a large barn. A terrible calamity befell the institution, in 1879, in the shape of a fire, which entirely consumed the entire building. A little after S o'clock on the morning of the 16 of September, the alarm of fire was given. It was found to be well started under the roof of the main building, near the head of the spiral staircase and at the base of the dome, where there was an excess of combustible material and draft, and beyond the reach of any means of extinguishing it. In a few minutes, the whole upper part of the main building was in flames. The wind, from the southwest, carried the fire at once to the east wing, and it was evident that that part of the building could not be saved. For some time strenuous efforts were made to pre- vent the fire from spreading to the west wing and laundry building on the north; but the un- protected connections made passages for the flames which all means were insufficient to check. In two hours, the whole building was in ruins. Fortunately, none of the scholars were injured. The school was immediately removed to the Methodist Church, but was taught there for a few days only, when it was again removed to the shops, etc .. on the grounds which were temporarily arranged for that purpose.
New buildings-four in number-have since been constructed. They are constructed of brick, surmounting solid stone foundations. Their dimensions are as follows: Main building, 50x100; chapel, 45x75: dining-hall. 15x75, with seating capacity of 250 persons. The school building is 66x122, and is supplied with water and heated by steam. There are eight school- rooms on each floor, which are pleasant. light and airy. These buildings represent an invest- ment of $64,000, in addition to which $5.000 has been invested in boilers and steam heating apparatus. The contract was let on the 4th day of May, 1880, to O. F. Nowland, of Janesville, and completed as contracted, January 3, 1881. E. F. Mix, of Milwaukee, was the architect.
The total amount of money paid from the State treasury for buildings and current expenses of this institution since it was established is $757,848.18. The appropriation, for 1880, in - cluding the amount received from counties, was $114,000.
The following is a list of its Trustees and officers:
1853-Salmon Thomas. W. C. Allen, J. A. Maxwell, J. C. Mills, E. Chesebro, C. G. Will- iams, H. Hunt. P. W. Lake. F. K. Phoenix. Trustees; H. Hunt, President; F. K. Phoenix, Sec- retary; A. H. Taggart, Treasurer.
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1854-55 -W. C. Allen, O. W. Blanchard, N. M. Harrington, P. W. Lake, Salmon Thomas, H. Hunt, J. D. Monell, Jr., J. C. Mills, C. Betts, Trustees; H. Hunt, President; W. C. Allen, Secretary: N. M. Harrington, Treasurer.
1856 -W. C. Allen, O. W. Blanchard, N. M. Harrington, Salmon Thomas. H. Hunt, J. D. Monell, Jr., C. Betts, Moses M. Strong. Harrison Reed, Trustees; H. Hunt, President; N. M. Harrington, Secretary; J. D. Monell, Jr., Treasurer.
1857 -- W. C. Allen, Moses M. Strong, Harrison Reed, Salmon Thomas, H. Hunt, J. D. Monell, Jr., Joseph Baker, Willard Isham, Trustees; officers same as 1856.
1858 -- H. Hunt, N. M. Harrington, J. D. Morrell, Joseph Baker, Willard Isham, Solomon Thomas, C. Betts, W. C. Allen, Moses M. Strong. Trustees: H. Hunt, President; N. M. Har- rington. Secretary.
1859 -W. C. Allen, C. Betts, Willard Isham. E. P. Conrick. Samuel Collins, C. Miller, Hollis Latham, Timothy Mower, Martin Field, Trustees; E. P. Conrick, President; N. M. Har- rington, Secretary: W. W. Dinsmore, Treasurer.
1860 - W. C. Allen, C. Betts, Willard Isham, E. P. Conrick, C. Miller, Hollis Latham, Timothy Mower, Martin Field. C. D. Long, Trustees; officers same as in 1859.
1861 -W. C. Allen. C. Betts, Willard Isham, Hollis Latham, Timothy Mower, Martin Field. C. D. Long. A. H. Barnes, N. M. Harrington, Trustees; W. C. Allen, President; N. M. Harrington, Secretary; W. W. Dinsmore. Treasurer.
1862-C. Betts, Hollis Latham, Timothy Mower, C. D. Long, A. H. Barnes, N. M. Harring- ton, Thomas M. Martin. Salmon Thomas, Trustees; Salmon Thomas, President; N. M. Harring- ton, Secretary; W. W. Dinsmore, Treasurer.
1863-C. Betts, Hollis Latham, C. D. Long, A. H. Barnes, N. M. Harrington. Thomas W. Martin, Salmon Thomas, W. C. Allen, Willard Isham, Trustees; Salmon Thomas, President; N. M. Harrington, Secretary; W. Ang Ray, Treasurer.
1864 -- Trustees and officers same as in 1863.
1865-Hollis Latham, C. D. Long, A. H. Barnes, N. M. Harrington, Salmon Thomas, W. C. Allen, Willard Isham, A. L. Chapin, H. L. Blood, Trustees; officers same as 1863-64.
1866-Trustees same as in 1865; W. C. Allen, President; Charlas H. Sturtevant, Secretary ; Alfred Thomas, Treasurer.
1867-6S Trustees and officers same as in 1866.
1869-Hollis Latham, C. D. Long. A. H. Barnes, Salmon Thomas, W. C. Allen, A. L. Cha- pin, H. L. Blood, W. C. Whiting, W. D. Bacon, Trustees; officers same as 1867-68.
1870 -- Trustees same as in 1869; W. C. Allen, President: C. D. Long, Secretary; Alfred Thomas, Treasurer.
1871-Hollis Latham, C. D. Long. A. H. Barnes, A. L. Chapin, H. L. Blood, Trustees; A. H. Barnes, President; C. D. Long, Secretary; A D. Thomas, Treasurer.
1872-Hollis Latham, A. H. Barnes, H. L. Blood, A. L. Chapin, James Aram, Trustees; officers same as in 1871.
1873- Hollis Latham. James Aram. A. L. Chapin, H. L. Blood, Edward D. Holton, Trust- ees; A. L. Chapin, President; George L. Weed, Secretary; A. D. Thomas, Treasurer.
1874 -- Hollis Latham, James Aram. A. L. Chapin, H. L. Blood, J. E. Thomas, Trustees; offi- cers same as in 1873.
1875 -. Willard Isham. A. L. Chapin, H. L. Blood, J. E. Thomas, Joseph Hamilton, Trust- ees; A. L. Chapin, President: Joseph Hamilton, Secretary; J. E. Thomas, Treasurer.
1876- Willard Isham, A. L. Chapin, J. E. Thomas, Joseph Hamilton, S. R. La Bar, Trust- ees; A. L. Chapin, President: S. R. La Bar, Secretary; J. E. Thomas, Treasurer.
1877-A. L. Chapin, Joseph Hamilton, S. R. La Bar, D. G. Cheever, Hollis Latham, Trust- ees; A. L. Chapin, President; S. R. La Bar, Secretary; Hollis Latham, Treasurer.
1878 -- A. L. Chapin, S. R. La Bar. D. G. Cheever, Hollis Latham, E. D. Holton, Trust- ees; officers same as in 1877.
1879-80- - Trustees and officers same as in 1878: A. L. Chapin resigned, and Albert Salis- bury superseded him in November, 1880.
By an act of the Legislature in April, 1881, the Board of Trustees was abolished, and a Board of Supervisors was established, having supervision over all charitable and penal institu-
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tions of the State. This board at present consists of George W. Burchard, President; Charles Luling, James Bintliff, C. D. Parker and L. A. Proctor, Supervisors.
The number of pupils each year are as follows: In 1852, 8; 1853, 14; 1854. 31; 1855, 34; 1856, 49; 1857, 56; 1858, 52; 1859, 79; 1860, 87: 1861, 86; 1862, 83; 1864, 80; 1865, 91; 1866, 104; 1867, 108: 1868, 85: 1869, 112; 1870, 144: 1871, 149; 1872, 164; 1873, 176; 1874, 176; 1875, 181; 1876, 191; 1877, 182; 1878, 180: 1879, 200; 1880. 194; 1881, 218.
The present officers, teachers and employes are: John W. Swiler, Superintendent; R. A. Gates, Steward; Julia A. Taylor, Matron; Edgar A. Fiske, Supervisor of Boys; Ruth Sturtevant, Supervisor of Girls; W. A. Cochrane, George F. Schilling, Zachariah McCoy, Eleanor McCoy, Emily Eddy, Mary E. Smith, Rosetta C. Ritsher and Mary H. Hunter, Teachers; E. Young, Foreman of the Cabinet-Shop: R. S. Miner, Foreman of the Shoe-Shop; N. E. Derby, Fore- man of the Printing Office: John Rouk, Engineer: George Fiske, Assistant Engineer.
CHURCHES.
Congregational Church society was organized on the 31st of July, 1841. It had at that time ten members, who had letters from other churches. On the 1st of August of the same year, the church became connected with the Congregational and Presbyterian convention, which con- nection is still continued. In 1844, a house of worship was erected on the central lot of Block 13, on Birney street, and fronting the public park on the north side. The pulpit and permanent seats were not put in until 1848. This was a frame building, and cost $1,000. It contained forty- six pews and afforded seats for nearly two hundred persons. It is now a part of the pump fac- tory buildings. In the spring of 1855, measures were adopted to erect a new church building, the old one being too small to accommodate the congregation. Work was begun on this build- ing during the ensuing summer. It was dedicated to the worship of God on the 7th day of Feb- ruary, 1856. This is the building now used as a place of worship. It is built of brick. 42x70, and has a seating capacity of 450 persons. Its original cost was $5,000, but the interior has been remodeled at a cost of $1,500. In addition to this, the cost of the bell and pipe organ was $1,700. In the autumn of 1866, a chapel, 38x44, was put up at the north end of the church building. This contains an audience room 30x38, together with four side rooms. Its cost was $2,500, making the total cost of the church building $10, 700. The first pastor of this church was Rev. A. Gaston, who took charge in October. 1841. He supplied the pulpits in Elkhorn and Sugar Creek, as well as in Delavan. His connection with the church continued four years, Rev. F. H. Pitkin taking charge of the pulpit on the 20th day of October, 1845, and laboring in this connection till April 26, 1847. In October, 1847, the services of Rev. Lucius Foote were secured, and he continued in the pastoral care of the church until October, 1854. The present pastor. Joseph Collie, D. D., was employed as a stated supply, on the 2d day of October, 1854, and was ordained April 9, 1855, and installed as pastor November 4, 1857. The present mem- bership of the church is 240.
Episcopal Church .-- The following statement is transcribed from the records, where it stands above the signature of Stephen McHugh:
In the month of July, in the year of our Lord 1844. the undersigned, a missionary appointed by the Do- mestic Committee of the Church Missionary Society, arrived at this place, and, as soon as circumstances would admit, organized a parish under the above name and title. There was no diocese organized, nor was there any territorial law by which to be guided. hence the organization was according to the revised statutes of the State of New York and the usages of the church in that State. The first Wardens and Vestrymen were as follows: . Nehemiah Barlow and Hezekiah Wells, Wardens: Caleb Croswell, Stephen Barlow, B. J. Newbery, Joseph Rector, Salmon Thomas and Dr. Sherwood, Vestrymen. Having no church edifice, we were compelled to worship in school rooms and other places. It pleased the Divine Head of the Church to bless a strenuous effort on the part of the few belonging to our communion who then resided here, toward the erection of a house of worship, and with limited means they succeeded. The building was small, it is true, and un- attractive in its appearance, but then it was our own, and sufficiently capacious to contain all who attended our services. In November. 1845. the subscriber received and accepted a call to Madison, and, after some time, was succeded by Rev. Mr. Bartlett, then in Deacon's orders, who continued to officiate for some time; but in April, 1848, the undersigned received a call from the Wardens and Vestrymen to resume the pastoral charge of the parish. In May. 1849, he was appointed agent on the part of the parish to solicit aid from our friends at the East to enlarge our place of worship. On his return, instead of enlarging, after mature consid- eration, it was thought best to erect an entirely new edifice. A gracious God blessed the undertaking, and on the 7th day of April, 1850, the present house of worship was consecrated to the worship and service of Al- mighty God, by the Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper. D. D., Bishop in charge of the Diocese of Wisconsin, since
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which time the parish has gone on subject to the mutations so incidental to small parishes in a new country. On the first day of the present month. the undersigned ceased his connection with the parish he had planted. May it please God to give others the increase and the fruits. [Signed. ]
STEPHEN MellUGH. October, 1851.
The " small, unattractive house " above alluded to was only 20x30, and at the time of its building there were seventeen communicants, while at the organization of the parish there were fourteen. The house was located on the east side of the church lot south of the public park. This house now forms a part of the drug store of H. R. Doane. The second house of worship was also built on the south side of the park. at a cost of $1,200. This house was afterward en- larged to meet the needs of the congregation. In 1877, the ercetion of their present church was begun. and. July 9. 1879. it was consecrated by Rt. Rev. E. R. Wells. Bishop of Wisconsin. The first baptisms on record are Edgar Napoleon Lawson, Jannary 21. 1845; and Sarah Ann Lawson, January 22. 1845. The first confirmations were Nancy Van Tandt and Isabella Mc- Hugh. May 4. 1845. The first marriage was James H. Mansfield to Elizabeth Feroe. July 30, 1845. The first burial was Edgar Napoleon Lawson. February 2. 1845. The succession of ministers is as follows: Stephen McHugh, 1844 to 1845: Rev. Bartlett, 1845 to 1848: Stephen McHugh. 1848 to 1851; G. E. Peters, 1853 to 1856: Joseph Adderly, 1856 to 1860; J. H. Nichols. 1860; A. S. Nicholson, 1862: G. M. Skinner. 1862 to 1865: George W. Dean, 1865 to 1870; F. C. Brown. 1870 to 1875; E. R. Sweetland, 1875 to 1878; Joel Clark. 1878 to 1880; Charles Holmes, 1881.
The membership of the church numbers eighty-nine,
The First Baptist Church was organized September 21, 1839. with seventeen members. Their first house of worship was erected in 1841, on lots donated by the founders of the village. It was a plain wood structure, without tower or spire, and capable of seating 200 persons Its size was 36x40, and cost about $1.500. It was located on the southeast corner of the present church lot, but was subsequently removed. and is now the main part of the City Livery Stable. Their second house of worship was a brick structure. 40x60, and, including the gallery, had a seating capacity of 350 persons. It cost $4,000. The third and present house of worship was erected in 1880. This church is built on the same lots as the first church, and fronts Main street. This building in size is 70x128, and its entire cost, including building. furnishing. etc., was $15.322. 79. The valuation of all their church property. including lots, sheds, bell and the house of worship, with all its furnishing, is $20,000. There have been added to this church, including the constituent members. in its history and labors of forty-two years, a little more than twelve hundred persons, and at present. there are 435 members. The first anti-slavery conven- tion held in the State of Wisconsin was held in the Baptist Church of Delavan. The conven- tion assembled at the call of Charles H. Sturtevant and William H. Pettit. Jeduthan Jones, then of Elkhorn, was one of the speakers. The initial meeting, out of which grew the present Wisconsin Baptist Convention, was held in this church, also, in July, 1844. The succession of ministers is as follows: Henry Topping, from October. 1839, to October, 1843: John H. Dud- ley, from April. 1844, to October, 1849; Mead Bailey. from 1850 to 1853: N. Boughton, from 1853 to 1854; Albert Sheldon, from 1854 to 1858; Jeremiah D. Cole, from 1858 to 1860; John Williams, from 1860 to 1861; David Burbank, from 1862 to 1864; E. B. Palmer, from 1864 to 1865; J. E. Johnson, from 1865 to 1867; Charles T. Roe. 1868 to 1869; D. E. Halteman, from 1869 to the present time.
Methodist Episcopal Church .-- In 1841. Rev. L. F. Moulthop was appointed to Troy Cir- cuit. having as a colleague Rev. Henry Whitehead. The circuit included Troy, Eagle, Hart Prairie, Round Prairie, Turtle Prairie, Delavan and Elkhorn. At Delavan, the meetings were held in Broadway's log house in the village, alternating with the residence of Mr. Phoenix, on the prairie. The number of members of the Delavan Methodist class at this its beginning is not known. From 1841 up to 1856, the Methodist society at Delavan was united with one or more societies of the neighboring villages. At this time, it began a separate existence, having church property valued at $2,500, and a full membership of eighty, with forty-four on the roll of probationers. Thomas White was the pastor. The pastors since that time have been: R. P. Lawton, - White, S. Scammon, J. B. Cooper, W. C. Manwell, R. B. Curtis, G. W. De
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