TREASURE HUNT AT NORTHSIDE

Hi buddies,

On Friday, 11^th of July, we’ve gotten into another adventure in Eau – Claire, but now instead a bicycle, we took a bus to go to the North Side of Eau Claire.

In the bus stop

First of all, we’ve planned the whole itinerary in google directions to organize our time. So we took a bus on the bus stop located in State and Mckinley to take another bus at Transfer Center. There are a lot of options to go to this place, it can be the route 6, 7, 15, and 20. Once we got there, it took a long time to the bus’ arrival, because of that we decide to call the (715) 839-5111.

In the amazing Bus!

In the Transfer Center we continued our route taking the bus number 4. The bus was awesome, there were air conditioner and fast wi-fi, so we were really excited about the tour.

            After a few minutes, we’ve gotten to the North Dewey and Birch’s bus stop, and started our Treasure Hunt. The first building that we found we found was the Former Sacred Heart Hospital located at 550 North Dewey St.

Former Sacred Heart Hospital's Park

            The Sacred Heart Hospital was erected by sisters of St. Francis, from Springfield Illinois, in 1890. In the beginning, this building contained 17 rooms and accommodations for 50 patients. However, this place discontinued its operation at this site in 1964 and moved to another facility on Claremont Avenue. Nowadays, the Former Sacred Heart Hospital became Eau-Claire academy, a child and adolescent treatment center, in 1967.

In front of the Eau Claire Academy

            Next to the Hospital we found the Sacred Heart Church situated in 418 N. Dewey St. This frame church was erected by 6 German-speaking families, in 1880 and the present church building was completed in 1928.



The Sacred Heart Church



Selfie at the SHC

           

After a long walk we found the Sears Cattalog House, which is located in 1403 Omaha St. This building represent an old company named Sears that started to sell catalog homes in 1908. This place was constructed based on a floor plan that was the precursor of a home that was later called the “Clyde”.

Sears Catalog House

Front of Sears Catalog House

In the end, we took the same route to the transfer center and then to the campus. We spent 3 hours to do this adventure. It was AMAZING /O/!