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Richard Eid Home

Date: 03 22 1970
Description: Exterior view of the Pliney H. Hawkins house at 1910 Regent Street, which is unique in that its windows are numerous and in various shapes and sizes. The h...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 03 29 1970
Description: Night view of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome, which is the only granite dome in the United States. It is made with white Bethel Vermont granite and cost ...
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Camp Randall Stockade

Date: 04 05 1970
Description: The stockade from the Civil War era that still remains on the grounds of Camp Randall.
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Taliesin-Designed Panels at Plaut Home

Date: 06 07 1970
Description: Multi-colored panels with a circular motif, designed by the Taliesin Fellowship, at the home of Dr. Walter Plaut, a University of Wisconsin-Madison zoology...
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Gates of Heaven Detail

Date: 06 14 1970
Description: Detail on the building at 214 West Washington Avenue that, over the years, has been the first synagogue in Madison (Shaare Shomaim or Gates of Heaven), a s...
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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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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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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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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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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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Two Gargoyles

Date: 04 25 1971
Description: Two gargoyles, imported from England, peer from beneath the roof of Leo Crowley's house at 1110 Edgewood Avenue. Architect James Law installed the stone ca...
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Brick Pattern on Madison Public Library Wall

Date: 05 02 1971
Description: The kaleidescope brick pattern on a wall of the Madison Public Library, 201 West Mifflin Street, built in 1964.
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Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall

Date: 05 16 1971
Description: Exterior details of the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall (G.A.R.), at 118 Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987).
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Triangle Superette Market

Date: 07 11 1971
Description: Round, ornate turret on the Triangle Superette, later known as the Triangle Market, on the corner of State and North Henry Streets.
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Wisconsin Union Ceiling

Date: 06 20 1971
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin Memorial Union at 800 Langdon Street; ornate ceiling inside the main doors.
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Nicolet Electronics Building

Date: 09 19 1971
Description: The Japanese-style building that houses Nicolet Electronics at 5225 Verona Road.
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Thomas House

Date: 10 03 1971
Description: Exterior of the Ted Thomas house at 1028 Sherman Avenue which shows terra cotta window details.

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