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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: The octagon house. Text on back reads: Whitewater's octagon house is a frame one which dates back to 1855. The porch was added only a generation ago, the k...
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Green Shutters

Date: 1940
Description: The "Green Shutters".
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Morris Pratt Institute

Date: 1889
Description: Veew toward the facade and right side of the Morris Pratt Institute on a street corner. The roof line has an ornate iron railing running around its perimet...
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1905
Description: View from street toward the facade and right side of the neoclassical structure. Four columns support the two-story porch. A semi-circular opening is in th...
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A Residential Part of Town

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Description: A view of a tree-lined street, with sidewalks, houses and lawns on either side.
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1905
Description: A view of the facade and right side of a Masonic temple. Four columns support the two-story porch on the neoclassical building and a semi-circular opening ...
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Episcopal Church

Date: 1911
Description: A view of the facade of an Episcopal church, partially obscured by trees. A house stands to the building's right.
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House and Yard

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Description: View of a house and yard as seen from the street. The gables of the house suggest Dutch Colonial style. Large plants line the walkway and vines trail up ...
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A Residential Street

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Description: A view of a tree-lined residential street. Houses with large lawns are to the left. Two men are walking bicycles down the sidewalk at right.
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A Residential Street

Date: 1860
Description: A view of a tree-lined residential street with houses partially visible on the left.
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A Residential Street

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Description: View across tree-lined residential street towards houses on the right.
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A Residential Street

Date: 1870
Description: A view of an intersection of tree-lined streets in a residential area. Homes are partially visible on the right.
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A Residential Street

Date: 1870
Description: A view of a tree-lined residential street, with homes partially visible on the right.
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Main Street, Looking East

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Description: A view looking east along the left side of a tree-lined Main Street with houses on the left. Caption reads: "Main Street, Looking East, Whitewater, Wis."
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Fricker House

Date: 1936
Description: Three views of the Fricker House on Case Street, Whitewater's first modern house, the first of its kind in Whitewater. It was finished in the winter of 193...
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American Elm

Date: 1960
Description: An elm growing on the property of C.H. Weller, on West Highland Street, towers over the adjacent houses. In 1952, the circumference of the tree's trunk was...
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The Territorial Oak

Date: 1981
Description: View across street towards a very tall bur oak towering over nearby houses at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets. There is a small monument at its bas...

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