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Location DB > United States > Wisconsin > Fredonia > Saxonia House  Name Saxonia House  Viewing Options Log in to activate viewing options  Database Info created by Mr. Bitey on 7/25/2018 3:21 PM last modified by Mr. Bitey on 2/4/2019 5:35 PM  Viewability Publically Viewable This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.  Overview  Description LARGE house, 72' x 32'. The property also has a large barn, and a smaller out building which may have been a milking parlor.  Basic Information Type: Building Status: Active Accessibility: Easy Recommendation: check it out if you're nearby  Physical Information Address 420 County Highway H, 53021 Fredonia, Wisconsin United States Owner: Friends of the Saxonia House, Inc. See a map of this location  Hazards  Interesting Features Epic rafters in house attic and barn, arched brick basement, beer caves  Security Measures  Historical Dates Built: 1855 Closed: 0  Required Equipment This property is open to the public, as are the outbuildings. The house IS NOT. Contact Friends of the Saxonia House for a tour of the home.  Recommended Equipment  History In 1845 Ernst Leberecht Klessig, thirteenth child of Johann and Johanna, at the age of 18, took passage on the Frederick Jacob from Bremen to America, disembarking at New Orleans. By 1846, he settled at Fillmore. Gottlieb Gruhle of Fillmore in an 1855 letter home to Saxony, describing the building of the house. April of 1848, Christine Liberta Poetzsch, also known simply as Liberta, emigrated to America from Saxony at the age of fifteen. They had six living children. June 15, 1850, she and Ernst Klessig were married by Joseph Rex, Justice of the Peace. St. Martin’s Evagelic Lutherisch Church Society, at the home of Ernst Klessig, in 1861. Ernst served as post master. The Klessigs also offered general merchandise and food trade out of the house. In 1860, Ernst built the Farmington Brewery and caves. The first meetings and social affairs of the Farmington Turn Verein were held in the Saxonia House, from its organization in 1862 until the Turner Hall was built in 1868. Ernst died on March 17 of 1864 and Liberta Klessig remarried Ernst Jaehnig July 1865. They had three living children. Ernst died in 1879. It was once called Spring Brook Farm. The brewery measured 18 by 30 feet, falling over in 1994. The brewery still was a going concern into 1881. No more records are found after that. Liberta’s son, John Klessig, ran the farm and brewery, and also a cheese factory in Ozaukee County. In 1911, Mr. John Klessig and his wife moved with John’s mother, Liberta, to Kewaskum. Mr. Klessig was very active in local government, serving on the school board there from 1911 until he moved to Milwaukee in 1941 to live with a daughter. Mrs. Jaehnig passed away in Kewaskum on January 23, 1922 and her funeral was held in the home of her son. She is buried in Fillmore at the St. Martin’s Cemetery between her husbands, Ernst Klessig and Ernst Jaehnig. The farm was sold to Mr. Arthur Crass in 1911. The dance hall addition (or original construction, with house added to it) was gone before this time. The Crasses put new windows on the south-facing side of the building in the 1930s. It has been rumored that they put in the secondary staircase on the west side of the building, but unsubstantiated. A second kitchen was used east of the front entrance. In 1947, Wilmer and Veronica Landvatter bought the Saxonia House and farmland. They raised their own family there, five children, and also rented out the eastern portion of the home, three rooms which consisted of a kitchen, living room and tiny bedroom. The second bathroom was added to accommodate the renters. In the middle 1970’s, the Landvatters remodeled the lower portion of the home, removing walls and entirely remodeling the kitchen. They replaced doors, particularly the parlor doors from the living room, enclosed the staircase, changed the windows and added patio doors. Veronica Landvatter passed away in 1986 after a three-year bout with cancer, Wilmer in 1994. A developer purchased the property, remodeled it into a duplex and later sold it. That buyer reparceled the land and sold the pieces. The property was purchased by the Friends of the Saxonia House, Inc. on May 29, 1999. 7.8 acres and the buildings were all that was affordable of the remnants of the original property, for $75,000. All 77 acres would have been $275,000. It is hoped to eventually purchase 63 acres to the east of wetlands and cropland to use as a nature preserve and crops for beer production. The building was landmarked by the Washington County Landmarks Commission on May 20, 2000. The permanent plaque recognizes the property as an historic Washington County Landmark. 02/2019 - Another explorer has informed me that the beer caves are no longer accessible. The opening has been concreted in, and a heavy steel door installed.  Media Coverage  Future Plans Friends of the Saxonia House hope to restore the home. A severe lack of funding, and the quickly decaying building make that seem unlikely  Stories Add your own story  Photo Galleries July of 2018 Thu, Jul 26th, 2018 posted by Mr. Bitey 16 pictures Brew caves found! Aug 2018 Thu, Aug 2nd, 2018 posted by Mr. Bitey 25 pictures July of 2018; set 2 Wed, Oct 3rd, 2018 posted by Mr. Bitey 19 pictures   Add your own photos Mark all galleries as Seen  Web Links http://www.wiscons...saxonia-house.html  Contribute Edit this Location  Moderator Rating The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location. This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.  Validation This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 2/4/2019 9:25 PM.  Latest Changes on Feb 4 19 at 21:25, Emperor Wang validated this location on Feb 4 19 at 21:24, Emperor Wang conditionally validated this location on Feb 4 19 at 17:35, Mr. Bitey changed the following: History on Oct 5 18 at 0:01, Emperor Wang validated this location on Oct 4 18 at 16:44, Mr. Bitey changed the following: Interesting Features on Oct 4 18 at 16:42, Mr. Bitey updated gallery July of 2018; set 2 on Oct 4 18 at 16:42, Mr. Bitey updated gallery picture 0801181700.jpg on Oct 4 18 at 16:41, Mr. Bitey added some pictures to a gallery on Oct 4 18 at 12:02, Steed validated this location on Oct 4 18 at 11:10, Mr. Bitey updated gallery July of 2018; set 2  Forum Threads about this Location  Who's been looking? Click here to see who'se been looking.  Report Problems Is this location inappropriate / broken / missing key info? If it's something you can fix, please scroll up and click the EDIT button. 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