Assembly Park in Delavan, Wisconsin is a historic lakeside community on Lake Delavan with roots reaching back to the late 1800s. Known for its summer cottages, shoreline gatherings, Indian Mounds, and generations of family memories, Assembly Park has long held a unique place in the history of Delavan and Walworth County.
Personal reflections on Assembly Park:
I had the privilege of growing up in Assembly Park. My family maintained a home here beginning in the 1950s, and my most formative memories were shaped during the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Those are the years when you discover who you are, and when friendships begin to shape you in ways both meaningful and lasting.
From a shy kid to a rebellious teenager to a college-bound adult, these were my “growing-up” years. These were my years in Assembly Park. And, I found my people here.
I found my first love here, too. She opened my world, gave it meaning, and in the same breath wrecked my heart. She was one of the reasons I eventually left Assembly Park, not out of anger, but to escape the weight of her memory. That heartbreak became the gateway to my trek out West, to a glittering city where my life truly began again, where I grew up.Our group of friends were never the most popular group of kids in the park (G-J-K-C-F). We existed a bit on the fringe, and that suited us just fine. We were curious, restless, frequently reckless, and deeply bonded by shared experiences that still matter decades later, at least to me.
This site exists to preserve those memories, the places that shaped them, and the history of Assembly Park as it was lived, not just recorded.An earlier personal archive, created years ago to preserve stories from Assembly Park during those formative decades, can be found here.
For Historic Postcards of Assembly Park in Delavan, Wisconsin, click here.
