Cemetery: Luther Parker Cemetery
Other: Durham Hill Cemetery and Drought Cemetery
Sign: Yes
Street: W126 S9515 North Cape Road
City: Muskego
Township:
County: Waukesha
State: WI
Nation: U.S.
Zip: 53150
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Status: Inactive
Size: Small
Directions: 1 block north of State Highway 36 where 36 intersects with North Cape Road in Muskego, WI
Type: Road-public
Location: Surburban
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: Remnant prairie and native wildflowers
Property: Public
Access: Open
Enclosure: Fence
Gate: None
Established: established in the 1840s
Gravestones: approximately 80 graves
Oldest: 1840s
Newest: 1959
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: Unsure
Methods:
Restoration: Yes
Association: No
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Availability: Muskego Historical Society and City of Muskego, WI
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Unsure
Crypts: No
Fencing: Yes
Brickwork: Unsure
Ironwork: Unsure
Sculpture: Unsure
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement: Unsure
Granite: Yes
Marble: Yes
Native: Yes
Slate: Yes
Others: Unsure
Wood: Unsure
Materials: Unsure
Architectural: Unsure
Angels: Unsure
Draperies: Unsure
Fraternal: Yes
Hands: Unsure
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Yes
Plants: Unsure
Photos: Unsure
Religious: Yes
Scrollwork: Unsure
Urns: Unsure
Carvings: Unsure
Condition: Cemetery poorly maintained
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: No
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Yes
Weather: Yes
Pollution: Yes
Vandalized: No
Report:
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VA5:
Overgrowth:
Overgrowth1:
Overgrowth2:
Overgrowth3:
Overgrowth4: Gravestones-Damaging
GroundCover: Yes
Moss: Yes
Vines: Yes
Drainage: Problem-Seasonal
Problem1:
Problem2: Apathy
Owner: City
Use:
Bordering: Residential
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Yes
Surnames: Adams
Drought
Smiley
Other_Information: The city of Muskego, WI has declared the Luther Parker Cemetery a plant sanctuary and therefore is not mowing the grass, trimming the weeds or removing brush. The only maintenance by the city is an annual spring burning of the overgrowth that is damaging the gravestones, some more than 150 years old.
Contacted: City of Muskego, WI
Support: City of Muskego, WI
Mayor Kathy Chiaverotti
Muskego City Hall
W182 S8200 Racine Avenue, Muskego, WI 53150
Name: Dave Daley
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