Packer fences are part of the Lambeau Field Neighborhood culture

Good fences make good neighbors who wrote poet Robert Frost, and sometimes good neighbors make good fences.

This is the case along Lombardi Avenue, directly north of Lambeau Field, where four owners are highlighted in the Fandom of Green Bay Packers.

From Steve Kraf's original idea in 1984 to paint his fence in the Shadow Lane 1177, the Packers fences have become part of the Green Bay football culture. “I like to drive past and think: 'My goodness, I started all of this,” said Kraft. “It's nice. It's funny to think about it and talk about it.”

In 1984 Kraft had an actual stream of stream on the Lombard Avenue side of his property with rooms between the boards, in contrast to all four current fences of the packers, which offer solid backgrounds for their murals. He wondered if letters could be read on his strike fence with Lambeau Field.

It turned out that they could and “welcome back, forrest”, an indication of the packers who stop the former Tackle Forrest Gregg as a coach.

Current topics reflect current circumstances of the packers, such as: B. a new quarterback, a talented list of recipients or the NFL design of 2025. Creative sayings and word games are often employed.

The fences are usually rejected before the start of the regular season. This year, however, three fences in the week before the draft in the shadow Lane 1167, the 1219 Shadow Lane and the 1267 Shadow Lane were repainted.

Here is a little more about the four fences:

1167 Shadow Lane

Owner: John Kaul, Richland Center

Artist: Christopher Handler

2024 slogan: “Speed guaranteed.

2025 Draft Slogan: “Design day of the TittletownArt.”

Story: Kaul Enterprises of Richland Center, a restaurant and hospitality company in family-owned, has the house in the 1167 Shadow Lane and rents it for games and events. The Kaul family also often uses it. The company has rental properties in Florida and Wisconsin and has restaurants across the state.

“It's such a unique thing. It's one thing in the middle west,” said John Kaul about the Packers fences.

Kaul, a lifelong “crazy” Packers fan – “If it is a big game, I can hardly see it” – bought the house a long time ago, but three years ago the fence began when he was approached by Handler, who painted four different fences along the street for over 27 years.

“We bought the house back when it was easier to buy the houses because the Packers lost all the time,” said Kaul.

He and his wife drove through Green Bay and saw the house for sale opposite the Lambeau Field. They stopped to look at it, and when he noticed from the bathroom window, he was able to see the scoreboard of Lambeau Field, he had to weaken a deal.

The backyard of the house comprises wooden cutouts by Packers players who are changed from year to year.

1177 Shadow Lane

Owner: Dorothy Harrsch

Artist: 2024 Bruce AS

2024 slogan: “Design of dreams on Murphys lawn”

Story: Finally, Krafts was replaced by a solid fence and power of Frederick Harrsch as the owner of the property. Harrsch moved from New Jersey to Green Bay to be closer to the Packers and maintained tradition. Christopher Handler painted the fence for many years before switching to other fences on Shadow Lane. Harrsch died in 2022 at the age of 81. His sister -in -law Dorothy Harrsch, who now owns property, holds the tradition of fence measurement with her son Peter.

The topic and the appearance of the fence are deliberately simple. Bruce Kiel, who outlined the text on the fence opposite Lambeau Field for a decade, said he asked Fred Harrsch before he died if he wanted a fence with fancier works of art. “He said, 'No, it should be,” said Kiel.

Friends and neighbors as well as the President and CEO of Packers, Mark Murphy, helped the fence in autumn before the start of the football season.

The fence was referred to by the city of Green Bay as a historical site.

1219 Shadow Lane

Owner: Matthew Weir

Artist: Spencer Young

2024 slogan: “Rollin 'deep”

2025 Draft Slogan: “Welcome to Lambeau (we somehow hope that the picks of all other other)”

Story: Spencer Young from Forever Young Designs, Shiocton, designed his 11th fence in 10 seasons. In 2016 he made an additional one for the game in Wisconsin-Lsu. Cheesehead TV that belongs to the house next door is sponsor of the fence.

The 2024 fence contained paintings by eight Packers recipients, hence the topic “Rollin 'Deep”. The 2025 draft topic welcomes the fans in Lambeau Field and offers a small sitting for fans of the other 31 teams.

The fence over the years has promoted more than the packers. It promoted autism awareness in 2013 and recognized a well-known Packers song “I Love My Green Bay Packers” in 2023.

Young, a former football player of St. Norbert College, designed and paints the fence in the shadow Lane 1069, east of Lambeau Field, which has a topic of Wisconsin than a packer.

1267 Shadow Lane

Owner: Dennis Jr. and Pamela Klumb

Artist: Zane Statz

2024 slogan: “Lambeau”

2025 draft draft: Faces of 32 people, celebrities and the general public.

Story: Zane Statz from ZAS Designs, which started in 2014 and produced 13, including the design design, usually creates a draft of paint-by-number and invites the public to stop by and get a brush. The design of 2024 comprised large letters that “Lambeau” and paintings from eight players unique, with quarterback Jordan Love in the center.

He paints the draft draft because of the level of difficulty. He plans to return to a huge fence in autumn.

Statz is in two places in his tenth fence.

Contact Richard Ryman at rryman@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @Richrymanpg, on Instagram at @RRYMANPG or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardymanPG

This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press Gazette: Packers fences are part of the Lambeau Field Neighborhood culture