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Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser Receives Award From the Historic Kemper Center Left to right: Kemper Center Executive Director Edward Kubicki, Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser, Kemper Center Board of Directors Chair Pat MottKemper Center
Updated 5/3/2021 12:47 PM
The Kemper Center Board of Directors presented Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser with the 2021 Penny Enroth Award at its annual meeting held Tuesday, August 27.
Each year, the Penny Enroth Award is given to an individual who has contributed greatly to the operation of Kemper Center in its cultural, historical, and recreational role in the Kenosha community and beyond. The award is named after Penny Enroth, a 1958 graduate of Kemper Hall. She, along with a group of other alumnae and civic leaders, led the fight to preserve and keep Kemper Hall and the Durkee Mansion from private development after it closed as a school in 1975. Due to her efforts, Kemper Center was placed on the National Regis
10 Beautiful Historic Mansions To Visit In The Midwest
Mar.17.2021
Once the homes of land barons, bankers, railroad tycoons, and shipping magnates, giant mansions would often stand tall on bluffs and hills, overlooking towns across the Midwest, much like a king looking down on his fiefdom. With wings set aside for family members, entertaining, or other reasons, mansions showed the rest of the world how wealthy you were.
Today, several mansions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are museums of sorts, telling the stories of the families and their impacts on their communities.
Through our travels, both hosted and on our own, my wife and I have visited several mansions because we enjoy learning the backstory, as well as local history. The mansions I selected for this article are ones that really stood out to me, and show similarities and differences of communities across the region.