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| Date: | 09 08 1974 |
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| Description: | Elaborate carved ornamentation decorates this corner of the Capitol Theatre at 213 State Street. |
| Date: | 09 15 1974 |
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| Description: | Carved stone angel and wings detail on the exterior of the Lutheran Memorial Church at 1021 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 09 22 1974 |
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| Description: | Square-designed house at 3692 Lake Mendota Drive. |
| Date: | 09 29 1974 |
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| Description: | Carved bird in Egyptian Revival design above the entrance to the Levitan Building at 15 West Main Street. |
| Date: | 10 06 1974 |
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| Description: | Formerly a receiving vault, this storage building at Forest Hill Cemetery features cathedral Gothic design elements. |
| Date: | 10 13 1974 |
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| Description: | Cross detail on the exterior of Fitch-Lawrence Funeral Home at 626 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 10 20 1974 |
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| Description: | Three chimney pots atop a stone chimney on a house at 415 North Carroll Street. |
| Date: | 10 27 1974 |
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| Description: | Decorative terra cotta details on the exterior front of the Schlimgen Building at 1327 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 11 10 1974 |
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| Description: | A "broken" pediment over a window on a Madison building. This style is typical of pediments developed in the baroque period. |
| Date: | 11 17 1974 |
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| Description: | A stone bas-relief of an announcer adorns the entrance to Madison Business College at 215 West Washington Avenue. This building used to house WKOW radio an... |
| Date: | 11 24 1974 |
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| Description: | Detail showing projecting brackets, known as corbels, on a building at 2709 Sommers Avenue. Corbels reflect an Italianate Gothic style more commonly associ... |
| Date: | 12 01 1974 |
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| Description: | New, modern wing on the classically designed Old Chemistry Building on the University of Wisconsin campus. The wing was built after the building sustained ... |
| Date: | 12 08 1974 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an Italianate-Gothic style house at 2709 Sommers Street, built in 1862 for Simeon Mills. |
| Date: | 12 15 1974 |
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| Description: | Ornate cut stone detail over the entrance to a University of Wisconsin building at 525 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 12 29 1974 |
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| Description: | Renaissance style detail known as swag, which is a stone, wood, or plaster design depicting decorative items tied together. This detail is seen on the exte... |
| Date: | 01 05 1975 |
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| Description: | A peculiar mini-rooftop featuring a classical triangular pediment on a house at 124 North Baldwin Street. |
| Date: | 01 12 1975 |
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| Description: | A wing design, possibly carved in stone, above the entrance of the building at 149 South Blair Street. The building was originally the North Western Railro... |
| Date: | 02 05 1975 |
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| Description: | Art Deco design on the exterior of the Harry S. Manchester store at 2 East Mifflin Street. Art Deco emphasized simplicity of design and drew on Egyptian, I... |
| Date: | 02 09 1975 |
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| Description: | Outriggers used as bracket-like window casement supports on a house at 308 North Carroll Street. |
| Date: | 02 16 1975 |
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| Description: | Ornate metal siding above oriel windows, common in Tudor and Gothic architecture, on a building at 115 North Hamilton Street. |
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