Peter Baker, a longtime resident of the community of Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County, walks along the shoreline of the lake he first visited as a 10-year-old in 1965. Founded in 1926 as a resort by African American residents from Chicago, the development, no longer a resort, is now a collection of about 60 homes. On Saturday, the property’s past was recognized with the installation of a marker from the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Peter Baker looks through photographs from decades ago that show the life of those who lived in the Lake Ivanhoe development. Today, only about nine of the 60 homes are occupied by African American families.
Peter Baker shows off the historical marker that was installed Saturday outside the clubhouse of the Lake Ivanhoe Property Owners Association. Baker and others worked for years to convince the state to install a marker.
The first Wisconsin Historical Society marker was erected in 1951 in the Fire Cemetery in downtown Peshtigo and tells the story of the 1871 Peshtigo Fire that is believed to have killed as many as 2,500 people.
When Lake Ivanhoe was first platted in the 1920s, lots were 20 feet wide and 100 feet long. This map hangs in the clubhouse of the Lake Ivanhoe Property Owners Association.
Streets in Lake Ivanhoe are named after prominent African American people and places. Crispus Attucks was of African and Native American descent and the first person killed in the American Revolution. Paul Laurence Dunbar was an acclaimed African American poet.
Janet Alexander Jones, 79, who remembers visiting the community of Lake Ivanhoe as a child, visits the Walworth County community last week for the first time in decades and shares a hug with Peter Baker, a longtime resident.
Peter Baker, a longtime resident of the community of Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County, rides past one of the houses in which he was raised. He began living in the community in 1965 when his mother and siblings moved from Chicago's South Side.
Peter Baker, a longtime resident of the community of Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County, walks along the shoreline of the lake he first visited as a 10-year-old in 1965. Founded in 1926 as a resort by African American residents from Chicago, the development, no longer a resort, is now a collection of about 60 homes. On Saturday, the property’s past was recognized with the installation of a marker from the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Peter Baker looks through photographs from decades ago that show the life of those who lived in the Lake Ivanhoe development. Today, only about nine of the 60 homes are occupied by African American families.
Peter Baker shows off the historical marker that was installed Saturday outside the clubhouse of the Lake Ivanhoe Property Owners Association. Baker and others worked for years to convince the state to install a marker.
Janet Alexander Jones, 79, who remembers visiting the community of Lake Ivanhoe as a child, visits the Walworth County community last week for the first time in decades and shares a hug with Peter Baker, a longtime resident.
Streets in Lake Ivanhoe are named after prominent African American people and places. Crispus Attucks was of African and Native American descent and the first person killed in the American Revolution. Paul Laurence Dunbar was an acclaimed African American poet.
When Lake Ivanhoe was first platted in the 1920s, lots were 20 feet wide and 100 feet long. This map hangs in the clubhouse of the Lake Ivanhoe Property Owners Association.
Peter Baker, a longtime resident of the community of Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County, rides past one of the houses in which he was raised. He began living in the community in 1965 when his mother and siblings moved from Chicago's South Side.
The first Wisconsin Historical Society marker was erected in 1951 in the Fire Cemetery in downtown Peshtigo and tells the story of the 1871 Peshtigo Fire that is believed to have killed as many as 2,500 people.
