The Homme Homes

The Homme Homes (HMKOY)

Location: Wittenberg, WI 54499 Shawano County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 50.421', W 89° 9.508'

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Deep concern for the needs of people in the wilderness brought The Rev. E. J. Homme from Winchester, Wisconsin, to this location in 1879 where he could accomplish his dream of social services to orphans, the aged and Indians in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.

Homme convinced the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad to change the name of its station from Carbonero to Wittenberg. He then recruited friends and former parishioners to come and settle. By 1885 there were forty families in Wittenberg.

In a decade Homme built a church, a home for the aged and an orphanage. The orphanage, built just south of this point, served homeless children of all ages from the Upper Midwest.

The financial demands of his service programs led Homme to run a farm, publish three newspapers, operate four schools, raise and sell garden seeds and sell a patent medicine of his own making called "Wittenberg Drops." The pond you see was formed when Homme dammed the Embarrass River to run his sawmill.

Homme died June 22, 1903, at the age of 59 and was buried in Wittenberg.
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HM NumberHMKOY
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number194
Year Placed1973
Placed ByThe Wisconsin Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 at 12:35am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 329407 N 4967481
Decimal Degrees44.84035000, -89.15846667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 50.421', W 89° 9.508'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 50' 25.26" N, 89° 9' 30.48" W
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Area Code(s)715
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 220-224 Hemlock Rd, Wittenberg WI 54499, US
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