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| 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: | 01 19 1975 |
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| Description: | 12-foot-high Cambodian warrior head sculpture in the garden at 237 Waubesa Street. It was made from concrete by the artist Sydney Boyum. Many of his scuptu... |
| Date: | 01 26 1975 |
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| Description: | Concrete figures of Smokey the Bear and a comical bust in an otherwise Oriental garden at 237 Waubesa Street. These are scuptures made by the artist Sydney... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 02 23 1975 |
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| Description: | Three-story tall painting of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war, that decorates the rear wall of a State Street restaurant. |
| Date: | 03 02 1975 |
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| Description: | Brick wall and cornice on exterior of El Esplanade at 122 State Street. |
| Date: | 03 09 1975 |
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| Description: | Decorative details on the upper exterior of the Strand Theater at 16 East Mifflin Street featuring classical Greek engaged (recessed) columns that reflect ... |
| Date: | 03 16 1975 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of East High School with Gothic architecture reflected in the window tracery. |
| Date: | 03 23 1975 |
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| Description: | Civil Works Administration emblem on the stone wall of Breese Stevens Field at the corner of East Washington Avenue and Paterson Street. |
| Date: | 03 30 1975 |
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| Description: | A coat of arms depicting three animal heads (demons? eagles?), used by Ryan Cars, Inc. at 1136 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 04 06 1975 |
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| Description: | Two carved stone books on the exterior of East High School reflecting a decorative Gothic architectural style. |
| Date: | 04 13 1975 |
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| Description: | The rooftop of a house at 753 East Gorham Street reflecting the Gothic revival style in its extensive use of glass, vaults, and pointed arches. |
| Date: | 04 20 1975 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the University of Wisconsin Primate Center at 1220 Capitol Court. This functionalist style features stone awnings and separated stone pane... |
| Date: | 04 27 1975 |
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| Description: | A railroad turntable at the Milwaukee Road railroad yard off West Washington Avenue. |
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