Lake Lawn Resort
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Lake Lawn Resort is a resort in Delavan, Wisconsin, United States located on the shores on Delavan Lake. It is located off Highway 50 (Geneva Street), near Interstate 43. Lake Lawn has its own private airport.
[edit] History
The north shore of Delavan Lake, where Lake Lawn Resort is situated, was occupied by Indians as early as 1000 B.C. The resort's construction unearthed many artifacts from these tribes that are currently on display throughout the facility. The original hotel was built there in 1878 as a place for members of the Mabie Circus to stay. When the circus was bought by Barnum and Bailey, the hotel was sold. Under the management of Barnum and Bailey it became a retreat for the employees of Commonwealth Edison, [[[People's Light and Coke Company]], and the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois.
At one point, one of Barnum and Bailey's stage elephants died. Baffled as to what to do, the circus owners ordered that the elephant be pushed out onto the middle of the lake (conveniently the lake was frozen for the winter). Come springtime and thaw, the semi-preserved elephant's corpse sank under the water once the ice was sufficiently thin.
The current hotel was opened to the public in 1936. In the 1950s and 1960s it was expanded, and an indoor pool, a health club, a convention center, and a restaurant were added. It continued to expand by adding more guest rooms, a golf course, and an outdoor pool. The resort underwent many ownership changes between 1990 and 2005. During this time, the name of the hotel changed from "Lake Lawn Lodge" to "Lake Lawn Resort". Each change brought a round of renovations to public areas, guest rooms, or the golf course.
[edit] Today
The present resort contains nearly 300 guest rooms, two restaurants, a golf course, spa, driving range, airport, marina, two pools, and a health club. Major renovations were completed in 2006 on all of the guest rooms in the main lodge and the spa and indoor pool area, with the exception of Woodlawn Lodge, the oldest lodge in Lake Lawn.
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