Editing Ephraim, Wisconsin (section)

==History==
The [[Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Village|village]] was founded in 1853 by the Reverend Andreas Iverson as a [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] religious community.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zFo0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA333-IA1 Chapter 34: Ephraim] in ''History of Door County, Wisconsin by Hjalmar R. Holand, 1917, pages 333–334</ref> The steeples of the [[Ephraim Moravian Church]] and the [[Free Evangelical Lutheran Church-Bethania Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation]] are the landmarks of the village as seen from Eagle Harbor. The home of Reverend Iverson, as well as the Anderson Store, the Anderson Barn and History Center, the Pioneer Schoolhouse and the Goodletson log cabin are preserved by the Ephraim Historical Foundation and open to visitors as museums. The Ephraim Historical Foundation also offers walking tours of the village.
{{stack|[[File:Ephraim Water St County Rd 42 2019.jpg|thumb|Typical architecture along Water St.]]}}
Since its founding, the village prohibited alcohol sales or manufacture within the village; it was, until 2016, the only [[List of dry communities by U.S. state#Wisconsin|dry municipality in the state of Wisconsin]]. There were two referendums concerning the sale of liquor within the village, in 1934 and 1992. Both times the citizenry voted decisively to keep the village dry (with majorities of 59% and 74%, respectively).<ref>[http://www.ephraim-wisconsin.com/ephraim/ephraim-history Village Website]</ref> On April 5, 2016, village residents voted on two separate referendums to allow beer and/or wine sales within the village, both of which passed by 56% and 68% majorities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wbay.com/2016/04/06/after-163-years-door-countys-ephraim-no-longer-dry/?cid=facebook_WBAY_TV-2|title=After 163 years, Door County's Ephraim no longer dry|last=Roberts|first=Rhonda|date=April 6, 2016|publisher=[[WBAY-TV]], Green Bay|access-date=April 6, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418213850/http://wbay.com/2016/04/06/after-163-years-door-countys-ephraim-no-longer-dry/?cid=facebook_WBAY_TV-2|archive-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref>