That is the Columbus WI City Hall above, recently cleaned in order to look nice for the upcoming scenes from the movie Public Enemies with Johnny Depp, to be made here, starting very soon I think. I don't know where the name of the town comes from, but I am sure Mr Google does. Well I guess he doesn't. Kurth Brewery is also located here.
Was picked up by brother Gerald in Columbus WI after spending some time looking at Mississippi river towns like Red Wing and Winona (I did not know that you can catch a bus in Winona to the Mayo Clinic in nearby Rochester MN but I learned that from a fellow traveller who went there for occasional checkups, not entirely trusting her hometown doctors I guess).
Columbus is a fascinating little town on the edge of Dodge County where I grew up. It was always a little upscale even in the 40s but now it is even more prosperous looking with many really nice 19th (see the above house of some 19th cent worthy now on the Historical Register) and early 20th century houses and public buildings in the downtown area. Many of the older houses are really kept up well.
The latter are so well preserved they are using them as part of a set for a movie. I'm not sure what that earlier prosperity was due to, probably lumber and/or agriculture, or maybe just business.
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