Wester's Fish House - Lily Bay

Photograph

Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2000.06.034

Description

Beginning in 1902, John Wester, Jr., a son of the senior John Wester (an early Door County pioneer from Germany), fished these waters. The Wester families soon established a commercial fishing business and sawmill, operating it until the late 1940's at Lily Bay. Today the fish house has been remodeled and turned into a private residence.

Collection

Door County Archives Slide Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2000.06

Source or Donor

Orv Schopf

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Schopf, Orv

Date made

2000

Place

Location

Lily Bay/T. Sturgeon Bay/Door/WI

Notes

Date: 2000/05

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Transparency, Slide

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Transparency

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Buildings, Sevastopol, Lily Bay, Wester's Fish House

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

SL.

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Width

2 in

Location

Building

Office/Slide File/Door County Historic Sites

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: This slide was part of the presentation made at the May 15, 2000 meeting of the Door County Historical Society held at the Mill in Sturgeon Bay. During the presentation, 10 historic sites of Door County were recognized and honored with plaques. A short history of each site was given while slides showing the sites appeared in the background. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

September 21, 2000

Updated By

Unknown

Update Date

May 7, 2021