Bayside Cleanup and Restoration

Located along Lake Michigan, about twelve miles north of downtown Milwaukee, the Village of Bayside occupies the northern end of Milwaukee County’s lakeshore and extends into Ozaukee County. The Village had a population of 4,389 in 2010. An agricultural and summer home region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Bayside began as an entirely residential community. Incorporated in 1953, the Village sought to retain its natural and residential character, while preventing annexation by its neighbors.  Unfortunately, Bayside can be struck by water and flood damage, fire damage, mold infestations, and biohazards. So, when residents and business owners need a premier cleanup and restoration company, SERVPRO is prepared to help. With over two thousand franchises across the United States and Canada, we are Faster to Any Size Disaster and dedicated to arriving onsite within one hour of your call.

The most famous of Bayside’s farms was the Schlitz Nine Mile Farm. Acquired by the Schlitz Brewery in the late 1880s, the farm supplied food and recreation to the brewery owners and served as a convalescent home for the brewery’s draft horses. By the 1960s, Bayside residents disagreed whether the farm should be subdivided or maintained as open space. The issue was finally decided in 1971 when the Schlitz Foundation donated the land to the National Audubon Society. Maintained today as the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, the former farm is a 185-acre preserve and the largest parcel of undeveloped land in the Village of Bayside.

By the late nineteenth century, Bayside’s farms were joined by communities of vacation cabins belonging to Milwaukee’s elite. The Fairy Chasm neighborhood was one such community. In 1892, businessmen from Milwaukee’s Third Street incorporated themselves as the Fish Creek Park Company and bought 146 acres near the mouth of Fish Creek. For many of its early years, Fairy Chasm was dotted by summer cabins and walking paths. As automobiles became more common in the decades following World War II, the neighborhood shifted from summer to year-round residences. Fairy Chasm’s transition was part of a larger regional building boom; the majority of Bayside’s current homes are single-family houses built between 1950 and 1980. SERVPRO is Here to Help these homeowners with any issues arising from water, fire, mold, or storm damage resulting from the often unpredictable Midwest weather.