An Era of Instability; Ruby Farm's Future the Latest Concern for County Preservationists

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For decades, motorists along I-94 in Brookfield enjoyed the bucolic view of Rolland Ruby's prize-winning Belgian horses grazing on his Calhoun Road farm north of the freeway.

But when Ruby died in 1989, the parade horses were sold and sent away.

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An Era of Instability; Ruby Farm's Future the Latest Concern for County Preservationists

Now neighbors and historic preservationists fear that the entire Ruby farmstead - including the yellow horse barn with cupola and 1860 Greek Revival Cream City brick farmhouse - also will disappear soon.

A road-widening project scheduled for next year will demolish part of the farmstead. The fate of the remainder lies with a developer who bought the farm and adjacent vacant l...

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