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Capitol Park and City Hall
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Stereograph of Madison City Hall at the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue, as viewed through the trees of the Capitol Park. The three-story tall building was constructed in 1858. The building was sufficiently large that the third floor was entirely given over to a public auditorium and some of its offices could be rented to the state for extra income for the city. The old City Hall was not destroyed until 1954.
1868
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City Hall from Capitol Dome
1868
Stereograph of Madison looking northwest from the top of the Capitol. City Hall is featured in the foreground.
Capitol Fence and Pinckney Street
1868
The wooden fence surrounding the Capitol Park. On the right is the railing at which horses were hitched, and some newly-planted trees. This view looks north on Pinckney Street toward the Methodist...
Capitol Park and Entrance to Third Wisconsin State Capitol
1868
The entrance to the third Wisconsin State Capitol before the construction of the dome, showing the park and walkway. Framing for the dome can be seen through the trees. Because this entrance faced ...
Capitol Park Gateway
The southeast entrance to the Capitol Park at Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Boulevard), probably taken about 1875. In the foreground are elaborate stone gateways topped with statues which f...
Wisconsin State Capitol Fence from East Washington Avenue
Winter view of the wooden gate to the third Wisconsin Capitol at East Washington Avenue.
Capitol Park Statue
Close-up of the sculpture of a female figure which is on top of one of the two stone gateways at the Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) entrance to the Wisconsin State Capitol.
