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Make a romantic getaway to 'colonial' Wisconsin.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-DEC-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Make a romantic getaway to 'colonial' Wisconsin.(Going Places)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Mike Michaelson

On the final day of the 300th anniversary year of the birth of founding father Benjamin Franklin, it is appropriate - though perhaps a bit surprising - to discover a touch of colonial America in the heart of the Midwest.

That is precisely what you'll find at Delafield, Wis., (pop. 8,204), set amid nine square miles of gently rolling terrain in the Kettle Moraine hills about 30 miles west of Milwaukee.

There's a Williamsburg look and feel to the town's architecture and, among a clutch of upscale shops, there's the studio of master furniture maker Dennis Bork, ready to fashion a custom-built Windsor chair or, perhaps, a Philadelphia highboy.

Book an overnight stay at the Delafield Hotel and you can inspect a sideboard that once belonged to the multitalented Franklin, internationally...

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