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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1895
Description: Front entrance to the Methodist Episcopal Church, the first parsonage built at Fayette.
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Surgeons' Quarters

Date: 1895
Description: Front view of the Fort Howard surgeons' quarters.
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Richards' Octagon House, with a horse and carriage and various people posed in front of it. Caption reads: "Octagon House Watertown Wi...
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Octagon House

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view of the Octagon House with a horse and carriage posed in the foreground and several people around it and on its porches. Caption reads: "Octag...
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Octagon House

Date: 1930
Description: The Octagon House was built by General Francis Henry West. The photograph was taken late in 1930 and it shows the original "carpenter's lace" and other por...
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Sanitarium

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Prairie du Chien Sanitarium. Established in 1903, it became a general hospital in the 1930s. A group of people are posing on the lawn ...
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Elijah Hinkson Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Elijah Hinkson residence, with a fence in the foreground. Snow is on the ground.
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The Empire House

Date: 1926
Description: A copy of a duo-tone print of the exterior of a three-story wooden classical revival building identified as the Empire House.
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Bodette House

Date: 1932
Description: View of front of two-story house of neoclassical proportions with two front bay windows and porch with Italianate details.
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Quarry Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View over quarry towards two men in suits sitting at the top edge of the cut face of the granite quarry. In the background is a house at the top of the hil...
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North Carroll Street

Date: 1940
Description: View looking north across intersection towards the 400 block of North Carroll Street. A light snow clings to the trees and roofs of the houses. A car is ap...
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On the Front Porch of the Ark Cottage

Date: 1911
Description: A small group is gathered on the screened porch of the Ark cottage. Anna Holt Wheeler is standing in the doorway, looking at the camera and holding a handi...
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"Pine Barren" — Front View

Date: 1895
Description: Front view of the two-story Queen Anne style home where Lucy and W.A. Holt lived together starting in 1895. The address is 523 Main Street. "A front ver...
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"Pine Barren" — Corner View

Date: 1895
Description: Corner view of the Queen Anne style home where Lucy and W.A. Holt lived together, starting in 1895. The address is 523 W. Main Street. There are no trees o...
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Church Music on Porch at Island Lodge

Date: 1916
Description: Arch McClure, on the left, is Holding a book and standing behind the home-made wooden podium that is decorated with flowers. A group of musicians is playin...
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Strawberries and First Long Trousers

Date: 06 15 1918
Description: Donald Holt, who is 16 years old, is wearing his first long trousers, marking the transition from boyhood to manhood. He is taking a strawberry that Mrs. W...
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Jeannette Holt and Spot on Exhibition

Date: 1912
Description: Jeannette Holt is holding on Spot up on its hind legs in front of Island Lodge. People are standing on the porch and watching.

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