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Hearthstone House

Date: 1974
Description: Front view of historic house in the summertime.
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Evans House

Date: 1977
Description: Southeast view of the Evans house at 104 West Main Street with the Campbell-Willoughby house, at 44 West Main Street, in the foreground. The Evans house wa...
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Edgewater Hotel

Date: 1976
Description: The Edgewater Hotel at 666 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Gilman Press Building

Date: 01 11 1970
Description: Exterior of the top story of the Gilman Press Building, built in 1893, at the corner of 301 North Hamilton and East Johnson Streets. This building housed a...
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Majestic Theater Facade

Date: 02 01 1970
Description: Upper brick facade of the Majestic Theater, Madison's oldest operating theater, at 115 King Street. The Majestic was built by Edward F. and Otto J. Bieders...
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Carved Swags and Dentils

Date: 02 15 1970
Description: Hanks II Building, designed by Frank Riley in 1928-29, showing a French influence with paneled parapet ornamented with swags and rows of dentils (small, re...
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Unfinished Stone at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 02 22 1970
Description: Small stone portion of the Wisconsin State Capitol that was never carved.
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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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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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