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Brewers House

Date: 1976
Description: Brewer's house, a half-timbered Prussian-Colonial style of architecture, built about 1855.
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Brewers House

Date: 1976
Description: Brewer's house (Saxonia House) with driveway, front entrance, and trees. Built about 1855, it is a half-timbered Greek Revival type of architecture. Loacte...
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1890
Description: Front entrance to the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Balian House

Date: 07 1958
Description: Balian House, formerly the Lincoln School.
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Carmelite Fathers' Home

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Carmelite Fathers' home on Holy Hill. Caption reads: "Home of the Carmelite Fathers, Holy Hill, Wis."
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Bickford House

Date: 1938
Description: The Bickford house built by Mr. John Bickford of Devonshire, England when he moved to Wisconsin around 1874-1876. The plan of the house and grounds were ba...
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FulWeiler House

Date: 1938
Description: The FulWeiler house was built before the Civil War and owned by Henry FulWeiler. During the time of an Indian scare around 1862, settlers had planned to fo...
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Jones House

Date: 1938
Description: The Jones house was built in 1867 by William L. Jones who moved to Wisconsin from New York. The carpenter for the home was Mr. William Seeley, a Yankee.
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Washington County Court House

Date: 1910
Description: The Washington County Court House. Caption reads: "Washington County Court House, West Bend, Wis."
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West Bend

Date: 1910
Description: View of West Bend featuring the Washington County Court House in the distance. Caption reads: "South View, West Bend, Wis. Showing Court House and Jail."
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Maxon Farmhouse

Date: 1936
Description: The Northwest elevation of the Maxon Farmhouse.
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Catholic Church

Date: 1918
Description: A Catholic Church in West Bend. Caption reads: "Catholic Church, Parsonage and Sister Home, West Bend, Wis."
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Birthplace of Augusta (Koepsell) Graese

Date: 1975
Description: The birthplace of Augusta (Koepsell) Graese.
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Weiss House

Date: 1937
Description: Weiss farm, residence of John Weiss, in the township of Saukville, Ozaukee County, one half mile from County Trunk Hwy Y near Washington County line. Side ...
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Weiss Farm

Date: 1937
Description: Barn, smoke house, and bake house at Weiss farm, residence of John Weiss, in the township of Saukville, Ozaukee County, one half mile from County Trunk Hwy...
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Kissel Motor Car Company

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the Kissel Motor Car Company. The elevated view shows the factory buildings, water towers, railroad cars and track. A dirigib...
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Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view towards Main Street. Sheds and dwellings are along both sides. A man is standing on the right corner and a dog is in the middle ...
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St. Marys Church, School and Parsonage

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard view of the church, with a parsonage on the left and a school on the right. A fenced-in field is across the street and an automobile ...
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Robert Becker Photographs Father's Childhood Home

Date: 10 1992
Description: Robert Becker of the Lincoln Star Journal photographs the home in which his father grew up.
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Grotto on Holy Hill

Date: 08 1904
Description: View of the grotto on Holy Hill. A statue of the Virgin Mary sits inside a stone arch inside the grotto.

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