Photos: Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County
The community was established in 1926 by African Americans and today is home to about 60 houses.
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A book detailing the history of the community of Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County, Wis. is displayed in the home of long-time resident Peter Baker Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Founded in 1926 by African Americans from Chicago, the former resort area was once a hub summer activity centered around the small body of water east of Lake Geneva. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Photographs of former residents of the community of Lake Ivanhoe are displayed on a wall of the community’s clubhouse.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Peter Baker, a long-time resident of the community of Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County, Wis., walks up a hill near the lake he first visited as a 10-year-old in 1965 on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Founded in 1926 by African Americans from Chicago, the former resort area was once a hub summer activity centered around the small body of water east of Lake Geneva. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Janet Alexander Davis and Peter Baker share historic photographs of the community of Lake Ivanhoe in Walworth County, Wis., at Baker’s home in the community Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Founded in 1926 by African Americans from Chicago, the former resort area was once a hub summer activity centered around the small body of water east of Lake Geneva. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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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.
Lake Ivanhoe was established in 1926 as Wisconsin's first Black-owned resort community.
Lake Ivanhoe was established in 1926 as Wisconsin's first Black-owned resort community. A state historical marker was installed this weekend, giving it formal recognition.Â
The Walworth County Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) has announced the upcoming December schedule of Memory Café gatherings across …
The Geneva Lake Conservancy has completed the purchase of two properties totaling 42 acres adjacent to Lake Ivanhoe and its wetlands that will link with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources land to form a 120-acre nature preserve, dedicated as the Anglin Family Nature Preserve on Oct. 28.
History and conservation were both recognized Oct 28 at the dedication of the new Anglin Family Nature Preserve at Lake Ivanhoe in the Town of Bloomfield. The name of the 42-acre nature preserve, purchased recently by the Fontana-based Geneva Lake Conservancy, Inc., honors Frank Anglin, one of the founders of Lake Ivanhoe, Wisconsin’s first African-American resort community.
