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Bell-Tierney Farmstead
is Hub of Heritage Center
Once a classic farm of the New Richmond area, its land now hosts a housing development, an industrial park, and the sweep of a schoolyard. You can move on from the original Farmstead setting to other historic buildings.
These combine to give a "feel" of turn-of-the-19th century life and more. The farmstead core of Victorian house and granary, both built in 1884, and barn, rebuilt in 1916, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In nearly one hundred years only two families have lived in the house. The original family was that of Marcus and Kathryn Bell, and from 1910, that of Ed and Catherine Tierney. In 1982, after estate settlement, development of the property into a complex of historic buildings began.
 Log Barn
Now used for the Heritage Center blacksmith
and carpenter tool collections, the barn was
originally one of the outbuildings of a farm
east of New Richmond. Blacksmith and woodworking shops were some
of a pioneer village's first businesses.
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 Camp Nine Schoolhouse
Originally sited near Glenwood City, it was built in 1902 to serve the children of logging Camp Nine. This one-room school is paired with one of its old outhouses. |
 Ubet Store
Built in 1933, it was the center of the tiny town of Ubet.
The wainscoting interior is original, as is the painted shelving
which is stocked with what a general store would have
sold to the rural community of the time. |
 Norwegian Cabin
This small building, built by immigrants in 1887
in Reeve, served other immigrants, too, as a lodging
until they could build their own.
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 Pavilion
A "new" building designed to look like an "old" farm machine shed,
the Pavilion serves a dual purpose as meeting place and display area.
Farm tools and machinery line the walls and there is a permanent display
of the June 12, 1899 cyclone that leveled New Richmond
(still listed as Wisconsin's worst tornado)
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 Northside House.
As the family grew, the house grew, too, built in
two sections in 1890 and 1894. Hard-working
Scandinavians lived on the "northside" of New Richmond
and kept the flour and saw mills running.
Heritage Center's office is here.
Display rooms feature original owner's furnishings. |
 Heritage Church.
The Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church,
built in 1891 in Superior, is a typical rural church.
In early pioneer communities, a church and school were the next buildings
built after the home cabins and barns. Walk the grounds as you wish;
all the buildings have mini-histories posted outside.
Or, stop at the Northside House office and ask for a fee-guided tour
which includes inside the buildings. Turn the kids loose to wear off
some energy on the 11-acre Paperjack Greenway trails.
Visit and enjoy. You are so welcome! |
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