It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. This month we will celebrate a Whitewater institution–Fairhaven. Our first image is an aerial view of the Fairhaven complex when it was first built in 1962. The concept of an old age home that provided independent living grew after World War II. As early as the late 1940s, the Congregational Church Conference in Wisconsin began talking about building such a home. In February of 1960, the conference announced they would build an old age complex, known as Fairhaven, in Whitewater. Preliminary planning began in 1960-61 and formal construction began in 1962. In November, the first residents moved into the complex, which consisted of four one-story buildings and one four-story building.

Join us next week for more history of Fairhaven from the Whitewater Historical Society.

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