Harrison Ludington Farm
In 1870 Harrison Ludington, three-term Milwaukee mayor and governor of Wisconsin, purchased 100 acres here and established an exemplary farm where he worked to improve the quality of the state’s livestock. In 1881 he built this large “Gentleman’s Farmhouse” for his son Frederick. The westernmost 62 acres of the farm became Ravenswood Subdivision in 1926. Ludington descendants lived in this house until 1950.
Marker is on North Glenview Avenue (Wisconsin Route 181) 0.1 miles south of West Bluemound Road (U.S. 18), on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
