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Thanks for another great season! We reopen for general admission in May 2025.
Help preserve Pendarvis! Your donation supports the conservation of this historic Cornish settlement, ensuring that its unique architecture and rich mining history continue to inspire future generations. Donate today!

See You in Spring 2025! 

Thanks for another great season! We reopen for general admission in May 2025.

Help preserve Pendarvis! Your donation supports the conservation of this historic Cornish settlement, ensuring that its unique architecture and rich mining history continue to inspire future generations. Donate today!

Discover Wisconsin’s Cornish
History and the Couple
Who Helped Preserve It

Every building tells a story, and at Pendarvis, there are plenty, each with a unique narrative to tell. Your journey through this picturesque cluster of stone structures will take you not only through the stories of the people who originally created and inhabited them, but also the story of Bob Neal and Edgar Hellum, the couple who  salvaged, restored, and made these buildings shine again. 


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Tucked away in historic Mineral Point, Pendarvis celebrates the 20th century preservation efforts of

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Merry Christmas from all of us at Pendarvis! Pictured here is Pendarvis founder Edgar Hellum with his mother, Milla, at Christmas in the 1960s.

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Merry Christmas from all of us at Pendarvis! Pictured here is Pendarvis founder Edgar Hellum with his mother, Milla, at Christmas in the 1960s. 

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Happy Christmas Eve! Pendarvis founders Bob Neal and Edgar Hellum would visit Edgar's mother, Milla, in Edgar's hometown of Stoughton every Christmas. Pictured here is their Christmas Eve dinner party in Stoughton, likely in the late 1950s.

📸 Left to right, Bob Neal, Edgar Hellum, Milla Hellum, Olaus, Amanda, Clara, Marcia, and Ingeborg Vea (Edgar's aunt); Pendarvis Archives

📸 Left to right, Marcia, Harold, Olaus, Bob Neal, Ingeborg Vea; Pendarvis Archives
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Happy Christmas Eve! Pendarvis founders Bob Neal and Edgar Hellum would visit Edgars mother, Milla, in Edgars hometown of Stoughton every Christmas. Pictured here is their Christmas Eve dinner party in Stoughton, likely in the late 1950s. 

📸 Left to right, Bob Neal, Edgar Hellum, Milla Hellum, Olaus, Amanda, Clara, Marcia, and Ingeborg Vea (Edgars aunt); Pendarvis Archives

📸 Left to right, Marcia, Harold, Olaus, Bob Neal, Ingeborg Vea; Pendarvis ArchivesImage attachment