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The Villa Louis is a National Historic Landmark located on St. Feriole Island, in Prairie du Chien, southwestern Wisconsin. The villa and estate are a historical museum operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Villa Louis is a Wisconsin State Historic Site. We are an immaculately restored Victorian house museum on the banks of the Upper Mississippi River. Step into the Lives of a Wisconsin Dynasty -- The Dousmans. Explore Wisconsin history from the first fur traders through the Victorian era.
Villa Louis is one of the 12 historic sites and museums owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Explore all of these sites below. Black Point Estate & Gardens Circus World First Capitol H.H. Bennett Studio & Museum Madeline Island Museum Old World Wisconsin Pendarvis Reed School Stonefield Villa Louis Wade House Wisconsin ...
Get into the holiday spirit and see the home decorated for the season. Explore events at the Villa Louis historic site in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, once home to the Dousmans' this home in the Victorian Era.
An 1870 Victorian mansion built by the family of Hercules Dousman, an entrepreneurial frontiersman who parlayed various investments into a fortune. His son, Louis, and wife, Nina, Dousman built the Villa Louis as the centerpiece of their sprawling country estate. Today the home is restored to it's British Arts-and-Crafts-style elegance during ...
Villa Louis is an 1870 Victorian mansion built by the family of Hercules Dousman, an entrepreneurial frontiersman who parlayed various investments into a fortune. His son Louis and wife Nina Dousman built the Villa Louis as the centerpiece of their sprawling country estate.
Villa Louis. 521 Villa Louis Road. Prairie du Chien, WI 53821. (608) 326-2721. villalouis.wisconsinhistory.org. Follow the lives of the prosperous Dousman Family as you tour their Victorian home, meticulously restored to its 1890s British Arts & Crafts splendor. Dive beneath the surface of Gilded-Age life amid our collection of original family ...
