Coming Soon:
Note cards and calendars, featuring Marquette County's Barn Quilts and Hidden History Murals.
Barn Quilt blocks, many representing heritage quilt designs, are painted on 8’x 8’ exterior signboard and then hung on barns or buildings throughout Marquette County. Nineteen Barn Quilts are hung along the mural trail already and more are planned. We are excited about sight-seers driving along our highways and byways and enjoying these rural works of art. You are invited to visit our towns, shop, and enjoy meals and overnight stays.
Would you like a Barn Quilt on your Marquette County barn or building and to become a part of our Barn Quilts and Hidden History Murals Trail? If so, you may paint your own Barn Quilt, or we can find someone to paint it for you. If you are interested in having a Barn Quilt on your barn please fill out this request form.
The Montello Historic Preservation Society strives to connect the past to the present in order that all those who live, visit, or pass through Montello may benefit from knowing how those who came before us worked and played, what they dreamed and accomplished, how and why they grieved, laughed, loved and what gave them joy and the resilience to go on even through hardship.
The Hidden History Mural Trail will place a number of Barn Quilts and Mural on barns, buildings and posts throughout the county so locals and visitors can follow a charted trail to see and learn about these images, appreciate their history and admire their beauty.