Lannon has an outsized claim to fame for a village of about 1,100 people. Lannon stone, the distinctive buff and grey dolomite quarried here since the 1800s, is in fireplaces, walls, churches, and civic buildings across the Midwest. If you have admired stonework in Wisconsin, there is a good chance it came out of the ground here.
The quarries are still working, and they are part of the landscape rather than hidden away. It gives the village a character you do not find in the subdivisions south of here.
Lannon Village Park and the Bugline Trail give the town its recreation, and the trail connects out toward Sussex and Menomonee Falls on the old rail line that once hauled the stone.
It is a working village, close-knit and unpretentious, and the people who live here tend to prefer things done properly over things done fashionably. We get along well. Lannon clients are direct about what they want and quick to say when something is not working, which makes them some of the easiest people we see. The results speak for themselves and nobody needs a sales pitch.
The Bugline Trail runs on the old rail line that hauled Lannon stone out to the rest of the state, which makes a walk on it a walk through the village's entire economic history. Lannon has never been big, but what came out of the ground here is in buildings from Milwaukee to Madison.
