Harmonia Hall Explained

Harmonia Hall
Location:S2119 County Highway E, Waumandee, Wisconsin
Coordinates:44.2883°N -91.7228°W
Built:1890
Customarchitect:Joseph Schafer
Customarchitect Title:Designer/builder
Architecture:Mid 19th Century Revival
Added:June 18, 2009
Refnum:09000453

Harmonia Hall is a meeting hall in Waumandee, Wisconsin which was originally used by the Harmonie Gesellschaft, a group of German and Swiss Freethinkers. The Harmonie Gesellschaft, founded in Waumandee 1861, built the hall in 1890 for the group's meetings and events. Joseph Schafer, a carpenter from Arcadia, designed and built the hall in the Mid 19th Century Revival style. The Harmonie Gesellschaft had shrunk in size by the 1930s and consequently began to meet in homes rather than the hall; the group ultimately disbanded in the 1950s. The Town of Waumandee later purchased Harmonia Hall and uses it for events and meetings.[1] The hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 2009.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harmonia Hall. National or State Registers Record. Wisconsin Historical Society. December 30, 2012.