Chicago Chapter Bus Trip to Lake Geneva

Trip Highlights

8:00 am: We leave promptly from the Northwest corner of Adams Street and Michigan Avenue. We expect to return by 7pm

Dress comfortably, wear good walking shoes and bring an umbrella (if there is any chance of rain!)

Lunch at The Duck Inn

Holy Communion Episcopal Church / Horticultural Hall

Designed by Treat and Foltz, Holy Communion Episcopal Church is one of the oldest Episcopal parishes in Wisconsin. Established in Bloomfield Township in 1844, the parish moved to Lake Geneva and in 1857 purchased the site the church stands on today.

Maple Park Neighborhood

Maple Park is a small, historic neighborhood in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin which features a collection of well-maintained historic homes and structures.

Penwern by Frank Lloyd Wright

The Fred B. Jones House is part of an estate called Penwern in Delavan, Wisconsin, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed from 1900 to 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Madlener Seipp house

Built in 1894 for Theodore Kochs. The estate, originally named Villa Thekla, was designed by William Le Baron Jenney and included a caretaker’s house, a pump house, an enormous stable and three greenhouses, one for produce, one for cutting flowers and one for seedlings. The property was purchased by the Madlener family in 1920. Relatives of the Madlener family continue to own the estate which they now call The Lindens. This facility is rerely open to the public.