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Winter Hours
EFFECTIVE JANUARY Ist, 2025 thru MARCH 3rd, 2025 WE WILL BE OPEN TUESDAYS ONLY – NOON TO 5 PM CLOSED ON THURSDAYS OR BY APPOINTMENT (IF GENEALOGY RESEARCH NEEDED CALL 608.339.7733 FOR APPT) REOPENING NORMAL TWO (2) DAYS WEEK – MARCH 4TH. 2025
Another Great Year at Holiday Happening!
Great crowd for our Holiday Party. Thank you to all who attended and donated. Your generosity keeps us going.
Closed for the Holidays
The Holidays are for sharing with Family & Friends. Our volunteers are looking forward to this time off. We wish all of you a Merry Christmas 🎄 & Happy New Year 🎊.
Adams County Ancestors visited the McGowan House during the 50th anniversary
Adams County History Museum
OPEN Adams County History Museum In the Adams County Heritage Center, 311 Main Street, Friendship, Wisconsin. Upper Level After nearly three years in the making, our Adams County History Museum is now open. It has been a long journey. It started with our elevator and the fund-raising necessary to install it. Over a period of … Continue reading
Heritage Center Book Shop takes on Look of Friendship State Bank
The Friendship State Bank was the first bank in Adams County. The bank was housed in the Gunning-Purvis Office Building in Friendship that is now the Adams County Historical Society’s Adams County Heritage Center. The bank opened in 1910, soon after the building opened. The bank closed in 1936 during the depression as did … Continue reading
Heritage Center Open Tuesdays and Thursday Afternoons
The McGowan House Museum is open Saturdays for tours June through September 1:00-4:00PM. The Heritage Center is open for research, genealogy, book shopping and all kinds of Adams County historical information Tuesdays and Thursdays from Noon to 5:00 pm.
Check out “Adams County Tales”
Click on the “Adams County Tales” at the top of this page. You will see a list of short articles telling about events from the rich history of Adams County. The article series is a work in progress so there will be more pictures, expanded articles and all new articles yet to come. In the … Continue reading
“Friendship, Wisconsin – A History” Now in Second Printing
Local author Dennis McFarlin’s published book Friendship, Wisconsin – A History is available at the Adams County Historical Society’s Heritage Books & Gifts at 311 Main Street, Friendship, Wisconsin. The two volume set is available for $150.00. The two volume Friendship, Wisconsin – A History chronicles the history of a small village in central … Continue reading