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Photo: Silverbrook Mansion on the St. Croix River, Osceola, Wisconsin, 1940. Image courtesy of Interstate Park and later colorized.
Wisconsin Interstate State Park was once the site of a storied mansion and estate that provided respite for Black residents of St. Paul’s Rondo Neighborhood during the struggle to save it from urban renewal initiatives in the 1950s and 1960s.
This program provides a detailed look at the St. Croix Valley Country Club, the owners, Annabelle and James Rideaux, as well as, the property’s construction to its demolition in 1974. Haley Prochnow started researching this virtually unknown part of watershed history in 2021, and the work to preserve this story is still underway today.
“This research project began as an exploration of what I thought might have been a haunted house, local lore, and legend. Search for “Silverbrook” and ... view more »
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