The Walker House

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e (16,000 sq. ft.), and it informas the interactions with guests who come to the House through the 5 enterprises. The enterprises cover the recurring bills and build an endowment to perpetuate the work related to extreme beauty. No money accrues to the owners, Dan and Kathy, who volunteer their time. The enterprises illustrate a fundamental principle of extreme beauty: people reveal beauty in their brokenness when they are talking, walking, eating, and so on. In other words, they show their real beauty when they are doing things, because activity reveals talent and individual talent is always beautiful. THE WALKER HOUSE

Carved into the same hillside rock from which mineral ore was first discovered and mined in the 1820s, the Walker House stands proud as one of the oldest, unique, and most beautiful buildings in the United States–it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Come stay with us and relive almost 200 years of history–from the miners’ badger holes to the space age heating system. You can gaze in awe at the building’s stone, unchanged from the time Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. And when you leave the Cornish Pub, you will not forget to rub the horse brasses for good luck!

03/26/2025

WALKER HOUSE EASTER HAM PASTY ALERT! Let the Easter Bunny put more than eggs in your basket this year. Ask him (or her) to hop down to the Walker House and pick up some of our new and delicious ham pot pie pasties! It’s a scrumptious pasty filled with honey baked ham, carrots, peas, onions, creamy sauce, fresh herbs and wrapped in our fabulous flaky crust. Easter dinner at its best—super yummy and fuss-free! Taking orders now for frozen ham pot pie pasties (baking instructions included). $5 each. Call or email: 608.553.0728 – [email protected]

02/17/2025

Did you know that St. Piran lived over 1,000 years ago, when records were virtually non-existent, making it hard to separate fact from fiction? Writer Elizabeth Dale, who focuses her work on Cornish history, shares some insights from her research on the saintly man.
"During his long life in Cornwall (some say he lived 200 years), St Piran became very popular with the locals.
"Besides converting many of them to Christianity, he also had a reputation for celebrating his faith with feasting and merriment. But, perhaps most significantly for the Cornish people, legend has it that it was St Piran who showed them how to smelt tin.
"It became the basis for the industry that would define Cornwall's culture and economy for many generations." https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-68406096
Stay tuned form more about St. Piran's life.

02/08/2025

As always, we will be serving our award-winning pasties! Also, don't forget that Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned forward 1 hour (Daylight Savings Time).

02/04/2025

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Mineral Point, WI
53565

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EXTREME BEAUTY No landscapes, no places, no human beings are perfect. Landscapes, places, and people exhibit flaws and imperfections, what some philosophers have called a state of brokenness. The challenge is to find beauty in the brokenness—and to make the effort, sometimes an extreme effort of love, to find it. Extreme beauty drives the development of the landscape (3 acres) and the Walker House (16,000 sq. ft.), and it informs the interactions with guests who come to the House through the 5 enterprises. The enterprises cover the recurring bills and build an endowment to perpetuate the work related to extreme beauty. No money accrues to the owners, Dan and Kathy, who volunteer their time. The enterprises illustrate a fundamental principle of extreme beauty: people reveal beauty in their brokenness when they are talking, walking, eating, and so on. In other words, they show their real beauty when they are doing things, because activity reveals talent and individual talent is always beautiful. THE WALKER HOUSE Carved into the same hillside rock from which mineral ore was first discovered and mined in the 1820s, the Walker House stands proudly as one of the oldest, unique, and most beautiful buildings in the United States–it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Come stay with us and relive almost 200 years of history–from the miners’ badger holes to the space age heating system. You can gaze in awe at the building’s stone, unchanged from the time Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States. And when you leave the Cornish Pub, you will not forget to rub the horse brasses for good luck!