NE of Merrimac off WI 78, Merrimac, Wisconsin. County/parish: Columbia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 07, 1978. NRIS 78000081.
3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure. 14 contributing objects.
Durward's Glen is a historic property located in the town of Caledonia, Columbia County, Wisconsin, northeast of the village of Merrimac. The land encompasses a ravine nestled between steep bluffs, part of the Baraboo Bluffs adjoining the Wisconsin River. Nature trails wind throughout the area.
The 40-acre (16 ha) property includes a church, a grotto, residences, a barn, an outdoor way of the cross, and religious statues, including the Guardian of the Glen statue near where Durward's daughter was born. A small cemetery contains the graves of the Durwards and several of their children. The Durwards' original house burned in 1951.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/106780188