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| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Wilson's Tavern, north of the point where the road from Black Hawk enters Trunk Highway 60. Built by John Wilson on Wilson Creek. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Denniston House, P.J. Schnorrenberg, proprietor. View across railroad tracks of the hotel entrance with porch. A man and three women are standing on the po... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front view of Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn, with a person sitting on the porch. There is also a second floor porch. Posters are posted on a pole i... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Three men are working outside on the street in front of the Dodgeville Hotel. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the Buena Vista House, a hotel located in East Troy. This Greek revival inn was erected in 1843 by Samuel R Bradley of Milwaukee, w... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the White House Inn, a three-story wooden structure with a two-story wing in the rear. A road sign for Highway 23 is in the foreground on the c... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became... |
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| Description: | Western Hotel. The original tavern was built in 1834 (?) by William Shields (?). In 1845 it was operated by his son Simon Shields. In 1873 the Hotel was ta... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of the front of the Empire House Hotel, showing the porch and balcony. There are many wicker chairs on the porch, and there is an automobile parked ... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A wood frame house, with a porch, which was formerly the post office, owned by Mr. Edgar Wood, who was the postmaster. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from yard of the Johnstown Center Tavern. A dance hall extends the full length of the second-story. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A large wooden classical revival style building identified as the Kellogg Tavern in Kellogg's Corner, part of Somers township. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View acorss road of the home of Stephen Bell, which served as the last post office at King's Corners in the Town of Sumpter. Bell was the last postmaster h... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The home of Carl L. Buelow, a combination of a log and frame house, also used as a saloon. A rod at the left corner can be used to hang a sign. A chair sit... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A mill, left, and a commercial building with attached residence stand in front of a wooded bluff. A woman crosses a small bridge near the mill. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the log building which served as the post office in Loreta (formerly known as Loreto) until January 31, 1907. There is a church in the bac... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a post office. Sign near door says: "Post Office. Sandusky." A man stands just outside the door, looking at another man standing inside. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Ruggles Tavern from yard. There is a long, screened-in porch along the front of the L-shaped building. A stone mounting block is at the c... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A log cabin and frame house behind the Milton House. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house w... |
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