Travel Back in Time to New Lisbon

On the banks of the Lemonweir River, a tributary of the Wisconsin River, New Lisbon was an important transportation hub in the second half of the 19th Century. Wagon roads, a train station, and even a steamboat! Images are from New Lisbon Library.

Postcard of Adams Street in the 1900s. The Barnes Opera House and the Farmers and Merchants Bank are pictured.
Photograph of Mary Adams in Wolf’s Store ca. 1900s.
Photograph of East Bridge Street in the 1930s. Pictured are the Post Office and the Royal Cafe and Restaurant.
Photograph of the view from the water tower ca. 1910s. Bierbauer and Smart New Lisbon Roller Mill and the Lemonweir River are pictured.
Photograph of Main Street, now known as Adams Street, in the 1940s. Pictured are the Barnes Opera House, Farmers and Merchants Bank, and the Home Theater.
Photograph of a group outside Winkler’s Sample Room. Pictured are Albert Runkel, Fred Sargent, Ed Buckingham, Ed White, Chas. Winkler, Louis Hank, Gene Burk, Sid Willard, Lee Robinson, and Peter Hollinshed Sr.
Photograph of Adams Street in the 1920s. Pictured are Otto Vandel’s Badger Grill, Barnes Opera House, Ortel’s Restaurant, Barlow’s Store, G. H. Meat Market, and Farmers and Merchants Bank.