Photograph
Capitol View of the Water Tower
| The Madison water tower and farmers' market as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park. The building on the left became the American Exchange Bank in 1922 when the First National Bank moved into their new building across the street. |
| Image ID: | 3507 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1890 |
| Creator Name: | Nielson, Andrew C. & Nielson, Edward, Madison, Wisconsin |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (X22)4488 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| The bank is one of two buildings from the 1850s still standing on the Capitol Square. The 125-foot-tall water tower was constructed in 1889 to maintain high pressure in the city's mains. Madison was critical of the way in which the tower marred views of the Capitol, and the tower was torn down between October 1920 and February 1921. Appears in Thematic Panel Image ID: 102469. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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