| Former SOO crossing shanty preserved on S. Park St. next to the CN, former SOO, rails at Spencer, WI on 22 Aug. '15. It was constructed in 1910 on the west side of the tracks at Clark St./Hwy. 98/Hwy. C, about 300 ft. out of frame to left. Henry Fenhouse was the flagman who worked out of it, almost exclusively, 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, until he was replaced by automated signals in Jun. 1949. The shanty was moved to his house north of town and used as a playhouse. Later it was sold to a friend named Weis and moved to his farm 5 miles east of town on Hwy. C where it was used as a smokehouse. It was probably Vernal or Ray Weis, who jointly operated the farm on Hwy. C started by their grandfather. A subsequent owner of the farm donated it to the Village of Spencer so it could be preserved, it was moved back to town on 28 Jul. 1986. |