Burlington Historical Society Museum

06/04/2026

A daily event at St. Charles Grade School was the morning flag raising ceremony.

This photo is from 1964.

06/03/2026

This building at 189 W. Chestnut St. was formerly the home of James McCarthy.

Changed into a business type structure, it was later the offices of Robert Wood Insurance.

Later, it was occupied by the Newell Easley dentist offices.

06/02/2026

In 2024 the the Burlington Historical Society, Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution honored Aaron Smith with a new historical marker on the corner of Amanda and Conkey Street!

Revolutionary War Vets in Racine County: Part 7
Aaron Smith was born in New York in 1760. In July 1778 while a resident of Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the Massachusetts Militia serving under Captains White, Benson and Stone in the regiments of Colonel Rufus Putnam, Joseph Vose, and the Marquis De Lafayette, respectively; Smith was present at the battle of Yorktown and was mustered out two years later in June, 1883.

Aaron Smith moved to Burlington, Wisconsin from New York, and died there September 23, 1838. His grave is believed to be somewhere on the Cooper School grounds in Burlington. Smith’s actual burial site may have been on the property line of property he once owned located on Amanda Street – the street where the Cooper School is located. There is one account of bones being uncovered as the property was being leveled for construction of a house.


Thanks to the Veterans Center for the info and pic.

06/02/2026

In response to a request, here is another vintage photo of the area along the east side of the Fox River near the Jefferson St. bridge.

This colorized aerial photo was taken abut 1905 from the roof of the malt house on Main St.

The street running up from left of center is Spring St. The large house adjacent to the bridge is the Denier house. You will notice that Spring St. was not open on the north side of Jefferson St. back then.

The stacks at upper left is the Nestle Can works and condensed milk plant along E. Chestnut St.

05/31/2026

Burlington's Police Department shows off their new 1955 Ford Customline police cruiser.

It is parked along the side of the police department at the east end of the City Hall building on E. Jefferson St.

The house at upper far left on the corner of Dodge St. was later razed and that area became a used car lot for Cunningham-Epping Buick.

05/28/2026

In 1968, the Bank of Burlington moved into their new location on S. Pine St. near the Pinecrest Shopping Center.

These 2 photos show some workers moving the banks teller stations down the street which was only 6 blocks away.

05/27/2026

This house, known as the "Diener-Beller House" was on the east bank of the Fox River at the Jefferson St. Bridge.

The house was razed in 1942 after the property was donated to the City of Burlington to be used as a city park.

The 2nd photo shows that area of Burlington as it is today.

05/26/2026

This photo shows the 1968 groundbreaking ceremony for Burlington's new fire station on Washington St.

05/25/2026

This Memorial Day, let's pay tribute to the heroes who gave everything for our nation. Their courage and sacrifice will always be remembered.

05/25/2026

In 1968, the area automobile dealers had an "open house" type of event to show off the new models that just came out.

They used the then vacant lot on the corner of N. Kane St. and E. Washington St.

That property today is the location of the "Mini-Bank" Drive-Up facility of Town Bank.

The photo view is to the south taken from the alley behind Tietel's Standard gas station.

The house in the background at right was the Ferd and Louise Robers house, now the offices of Fidelity Title.

The house at far left with the turret was one of many along the north side of Washington St. that were razed to make way for parking along that entire area of downtown.