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Halvor and Gunil Olmstead Skavlem and their Home

Date: 1875
Description: Halvor Skavlem (middle?), Gunil Olmstead Skavlem and a friend standing near the fence in front of Skavlem's frame home, with an unidentified man reading on...
Photograph

Skavlem Family

Date: 1875
Description: The Skavlem family is around the table at the home of Lars H. Skavlem. A cloth, books, a vase of flowers and fruit are on the table. The two men on the r...
Photograph

Ralph Warner House

Date: 1950
Description: Garden with trees and a stone fence in the backyard of Ralph Warner's home.
Photograph

Ralph Warner House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the front of Ralph Warner's house.
Photograph

Burdick Homestead in Edgerton

Date: 1930
Description: Burdick homestead, which was originally made from logs. Built in 1842, it was said to be the first house west of the Rock River.
Photograph

Carrie Jacobs Bond Home

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Description: The home of Carrie Jacobs Bond.
Photograph

Little Stone House

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Description: Sketch of a residential home. Text reads: "'Little Stone House' 1841".
Postcard

Frances E. Willard Home

Date: 1900
Description: The home of Frances E. Willard. The image of a bow is printed on the left. Caption reads: "The Francis E. Willard Home, Janesville, Wis."
Photograph

Harriet Wheeler House

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Description: Exterior view of Harriet Wheeler's house, built in 1884, at the corner of Chapin Street and Milwaukee Road.
Photograph

Old Gallery

Date: 1925
Description: Old Gallery.
Photograph

Milton Log Cabin Behind the Milton House

Date: 1925
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...
Painting

Old Milton House

Date: 1920
Description: Watercolor of the "Old Milton House" done by Mrs. Louise Westby of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad during...
Photograph

Milton House Stables

Date: 08 1898
Description: The stables at the Milton House. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by ...
Photograph

Home of S.C. Chambers

Date: 1910
Description: The home of S.C. Chambers. Caption reads: "New Residence of S.C. Chambers, Milton Jct., Wis."
Postcard

Home of S.C. Chambers

Date: 1910
Description: The home of S.C. Chambers. Caption reads: "Residence of S.C. Chambers, Milton Junction, Wis."
Photograph

Janesville House

Date: 1919
Description: A frame house on East Wall St. was once occupied by the family of Jenkin Lloyd Jones just before they moved to Chicago. His son, Richard Lloyd Jones was b...
Photograph

Martin House, 327 Milton Ave. Janesville

Date: 1919
Description: French Second Empire style, C. Loftus Martin House, 327 Milton Ave., built ca. 1868. Richard Lloyd Jones was born in Janesville in 1873 and lived there unt...
Photograph

Janesville House with Retaining Wall

Date: 1919
Description: A frame house with a retaining wall. The house was once occupied by the family of Jenkin Lloyd Jones just before they moved to Chicago. His son, Richard Ll...
Photograph

Janesville House on Corner Lot

Date: 1919
Description: Frame house on corner lot, with stone retaining wall.
Photograph

Stone Barn Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: The Stone Barn Tavern, located about three miles west of Milton. The three cottonwood trees in front of the tavern were brought from Vermont. There are sev...

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