The original downtown was on both sides of First Street (closest street to the lake), but when the railroad bought the land on the lake side of First Street many businesses closed, while many moved to Second Street.
The house above was built in 1858 by George Densmore, this house was occupied in 1870, (and for many years after,) by a widow, "Aunt" Maggie Porter and her children.
This was the home of Benjamin Allen, an attorney and Civil War Colonel from Vermont, who was one of Pepin's early developers. The house was built in 1857 and was purchased in 1876 by Philip Pfaff family.
The house above was built in 1876 as a family home by C.D. Nehlson, a German farmer, cabinetmaker-housebuilder and partner with Fred Stahl in the grain elevator business. Of course, the white front porch is not original.
John Fuller, a marine engineer from Ohio, built this house for his family in 1874.
Hiram Fuller, machinist, marine engineer and farmer from New York built this family home in 1857 -58. Anna Berry, who taught the class at the Barry Corner School in which Mary and Laura Ingalls were registered in 1871, later lived in this house until her death in 1941 at the age of 95.
The Lyman Fuller, blacksmith, and Mary Newcomb Fuller home was built in 1875. It once sat at this site but was demolished and this home was built
Now the Harbor Hill Inn, this house was built in 1891, when Edith Pfaff married Charles Francies. They had this fine house built next door to her parents.
This information is provided in a brochure written by Martha Kuhlman & Catherine H. Latane.
Further details of these & other buildings in Pepin can be found in a book, also, by Martha & Catherine.
As you can see the homes are very well taken care of as are most of the home in Pepin.
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The home of Lyman Fuller, blacksmith, was demolished a few years ago. The house in the picture was originally the Ira Fuller house. (The Solomon Fayerweather house was also demolished.) The inn is the Harbor Hill Inn.
The book is "The Village of Pepin at the time of Laura Ingalls Wilder" and is available at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society's museum and at the shop of T & C Latane on 2nd St.
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