It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. This week’s photo shows the stone stable, currently located next to the historical society’s depot museum on Whitewater Street. This photo was taken of the building in a former location. It ended up behind the First English Lutheran Church and was moved in 2007 to its current location in celebration of Whitewater’s Homecoming festival.

The building was constructed around 1845 and while originally thought to be a pioneer era wagon shop, it was most likely the first location of George Dann’s cooperage (barrel-making shop). Dann moved to a more expansive building after a couple of years and ran a successful barrel factory in the later nineteenth century. The stone stable gets its name from its use as a horse barn during much of its life in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Join us again next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society.

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