#3: Museum to visit within Milwaukee Neighborhoods:The Captain Frederick Pabst Mansion
Come visit Pabst Mansion and return to a time and place of grand elegance, situated at 2000 W. Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. Though at the time this home was built, there were many other extraordinary homes to grace Wisconsin Avenue, this one stands alone today.
Are you wondering if the Pabst Mansion has anything to do with the world famous Pabst beer? Yes, Captain Frederick Pabst was the beer baron. He was not only known at the time for his beer company though. He was also an accomplished sea captain, real estate developer, a philanthropist and patron of the arts. As with the other Mansions that I have talked about, this home had stained glass, fine wood and iron work, original furnishing and a large art collection.
It is interesting how state of the art the home was as well. On the Pabst Mansion website, “the house was wired for electricity, then in its infancy, plumbed for nine full bathrooms, installed with a state-of-the-art heating system by the company now known as Johnson Controls which could regulate the heat in the Mansion with 16 thermostats and custom-built furniture for the majority of its room.”
I was at the mansion last year at Christmas time (Twilight Tours) and it was a great experience. Each room is decorated by designers in time period Christmas decorations. There are guides in period costumes in each room to talk about the home, the décor and the life of Frederick Pabst and his family. They also discuss how the home was used after the Pabst family heirs sold the property.
The Pabst Mansion is having their Twilight Tours again this year on November 27th and 28th, 2009. There is also “A Grand Avenue Christmas” going on from November 20th, 2009-January 11th, 2010 and also “Christmas Preview Gala” on November 19th.
For additional information about Pabst Mansion, schedule of tours and upcoming events, please visit www.pabstmansion.com
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Nancy Neylon
