Norway Building, The

The Norway Building stood on this site for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition. After the Fair Chicago millionaire C.K. Billings purchased the structure and moved it to his estate in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. William Wrigley of chewing gum fame later became the owner. In 1935 the building was purchased by Isak Dahle and moved to Little Norway in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, an outdoor museum showcasing Norwegian heritage. In 2015 the Norway Building was brought back to Orkanger, Norway, where it had been originally constructed and was again rebuilt. The Norway Building is modeled after the Norwegian stave churches of the Middle Ages. It is one of the few buildings from the Exhibition in original condition and the only one to return to its country of origin.