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Pierce House Latticework

Date: 10 11 1970
Description: Detail of ornamental iron lattice-work on German Romanesque revival McDonnell/Pierce House, 215 North Pinckney Street. Built in 1857-58 for Alexander and F...
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Stone House

Date: 10 18 1970
Description: The John Stein House at 229 South Owen Drive designed by stone mason Fritz Carpenter the home was once occupied by Nicholas Justo.
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Carving on 102 N. Hamilton Street Building

Date: 11 08 1970
Description: An intricate design carved into the side of the building at 102 N. Hamilton Street. The building was built for Montgomery Wards (1929-1942); occupied by US...
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Byron Bloomfield House

Date: 11 19 1970
Description: Exterior view of the uniquely designed house of Byron Bloomfield at 1010 Edgehill Drive in Shorewood Hills, which is built into the side of a sharp slope. ...
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Cannon at Camp Randall Memorial Building

Date: 11 22 1970
Description: A cannon from the Civil War which stands outside the Camp Randall Memorial Building. It is one of several preserved on the grounds.
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Iron Doorway Design

Date: 11 29 1970
Description: Entrance to a building formerly on the 200 block of East Main Street, featuring careful brickwork and ironcast panels with a curvilinear design. It was tor...
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Ornamented Stone Stairway

Date: 12 27 1970
Description: Ornamented stone stairway leading up to Period Garden Park and the Elisa Keyes house at the corner of North Pinckney and East Gorham Streets. The upper por...
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Keenan House

Date: 01 10 1971
Description: Exterior view of German Romanesque revival brick house built in 1857 with a Second Empire-style mansard roof added in 1870, 28 East Gilman Street in the Ma...
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Levitan Building

Date: 08 31 1969
Description: Entrance to the Levitan Building at 15 West Main Street, which exhibits Egyptian architecture in the terra cotta details. The columns are copies of Eyptian...
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Olbrich Park Fountain

Date: 01 24 1971
Description: A split-level fountain at Olbrich Park at the east end of Lake Monona on Atwood Avenue. It was designed by the City Parks Department and built in 1969 by J...
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Brick Building

Date: 01 31 1971
Description: A majestic brick building which housed the Teckmeyer Candy Company, the Globe Bakery, and the original Buy-and-Sell Shop before the State of Wisconsin took...
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St. Patrick's Catholic Church

Date: 02 07 1971
Description: Exterior view of St. Patrick's Catholic Church at 410 East Main Street which was dedicated on March 17, 1889. The church was designed by T.C. McCarthy and ...
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Senate Bar

Date: 02 21 1971
Description: Exterior view of the Senate Bar at 188 North Pinckney Street which shows its unusual brickwork and elaborate Gothic windows.
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Old Carriage House

Date: 02 28 1971
Description: Exterior of exotic-looking Old Carriage House on the northeast edge of Lake Kegonsa in Stoughton. John Williams, a steel magnate from Youngstown, Ohio, use...
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Wright-Style Dresser House

Date: 03 07 1971
Description: Exterior view of a house, named "Ode to an Oak Leaf" by its architect James Dresser, and built in 1950 in the style of Frank Lloyd Wright (Dresser was a pu...
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Mary Vilas Hanks House, 525 Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 03 21 1971
Description: Ornate exterior of the Hanks house at 525 Wisconsin Avenue, built by Colonel William F. Vilas for his daughter Mary Vilas Hanks. The window detail shows ve...
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Detail of Orpheum Marquee

Date: 03 28 1971
Description: A detail of the top of the flashing baroque marquee on the Orpheum Theatre at 216 State Street.
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Hand Baptismal Font

Date: 04 04 1971
Description: A bronze-plated baptismal font in the shape of a hand which was made by Winnebago Indian sculptor Harry Whitehorse. This was found in St. Matthew's Luthera...
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"Wisconsin" Statue

Date: 04 11 1971
Description: "Wisconsin," the bronze statue which was sculpted by Daniel Chester French, covered in gold leaf, atop the Wisconsin State Capitol. The piece includes a ba...
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Keenan House and National Guardian Life Insurance Building

Date: 04 18 1971
Description: The Keenan House at 28 East Gilman Street is seen reflected in the mirror-like windows of the National Guardian Life Insurance Building at 2 East Gilman St...

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