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  • Village of Brookfield
    • The Depot
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  • Religious
    • Old St. Mary's Church
    • School Sisters of Notre Dame
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    • Niagara Escarpment
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    • Dousman Ditch
    • Bluemound Road
  • Houses
    • Al Capone House
    • Dousman House
    • Half Way House
  • Farms
    • Eble Farm
    • Ruby Farms
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    • Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Pioneer Cemetery
    • Wisconsin Memorial Park
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    • Caroline Quiner Ingalls Birthplace
    • Stonewood Village
    • Reinders
  • Map
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Dixon School 

  • John Dixon, an immigrant from England in 1844, purchased 160 acres in the vicinity of what is currently North Avenue and Pilgrim Road
    • The land was donated to create Dixon School
  • The first Dixon School was created in 1850, but later destroyed in 1870 due to a fire​​​
  • The building continued being a school until the 1950's 
  • The light, cream colored brick is indigenous to the Wisconsin region. Other historical buildings throughout Milwaukee share the same color bricks  
  • Since 2014, the building continues to house Cream City Yarn 


Timeline of Dixon
​School 

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​Shown is a depiction of Cream City Yarn, the building which held a school house along with many various businesses. 

The building's exterior highlights the original cream color,