Rev. Enoch Downs Underwood
Rev. Enoch Downs Underwood, Virginia-born pioneer, co-founded Wauwatosa’s First Baptist Church, sheltered freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad, and became a prominent Wisconsin abolitionist.
Echoes of Enoch Underwood
Alice Underwood Nelson, wrote down her memories of her father William Underwood. She captures her grandfather’s complexity: a physically powerful man who inspired awe in his children.
The House at Underwood Creek
Emma Underwood Gray (1847-1935) remembers a harsher time: wood stove heating, shared butchering, linsey-woolsey fabric, wild berries, and lifelong suffering from bad shoes.
The Underwood Reminiscences
Discover the story of one of Wauwatosa’s earliest pioneer families through the Underwood Reminiscences — transcribed from a handwritten journal preserved in the WHS Research Library.
New Railcam Offers a Glimpse of History
April 2, 2025 The Wauwatosa Historical Society recently partnered with railfan organization Steel Highway to launch a live webcam at the Little Red Store in Wauwatosa, giving train enthusiasts around
Tehana T -Wauwatosa West, 2025
Read how one Wauwatosa West student finds history alive in their mother’s Jamaican restaurant, their community’s organizations, and the everyday fabric of where they live.
Aila T – Wauwatosa East, 2025
Read how a Wauwatosa East student finds history not in textbooks, but in their own community, family, and cultural traditions.
Wauwatosa Historical Society’s Carol Bannen Receives 2024 Governor’s Archives Award for Archival Innovation
July 3, 2024
Wauwatosa Historical Society research librarian Carol Bannen received the 2024 Governor’s Archives Award for Archival Innovation for her work on the Lefeber Glass Plate Negative Collection.
400-million-year-old trilobite fossil discovered on Honey Creek Parkway
A 5-year-old’s fossil find on Honey Creek Parkway turns out to be a 400-million-year-old trilobite, now the oldest artifact in Wauwatosa Historical Society’s collection, linked to the famed Schoonmaker Reef and Dr. Day’s fossil legacy.
Lowell Damon House, Wauwatosa’s Oldest Residence, Is Sold
Built in 1844, Wauwatosa’s oldest residence, the Lowell Damon House, has left public hands after decades as a museum. New owners will preserve it under a permanent easement.
