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Wilson Hotel

Date: 12 14 1969
Description: The small circular tower of the Wilson Hotel (now the Hotel Ruby Marie), at the corner of 524 East Wilson and South Blair Streets.
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Mapleside House

Date: 01 25 1970
Description: Mapleside, a 116-year-old Greek-revival, sandstone house at 3535 University Avenue which was built by Abel Dunning.
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Senate Bar

Date: 02 21 1971
Description: Exterior view of the Senate Bar at 188 North Pinckney Street which shows its unusual brickwork and elaborate Gothic windows.
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The Pierce House

Date: 07 18 1971
Description: Exterior view of the Pierce House at 424 North Pinckney Street, which was designed by Samuel H. Donnell, an architectural partner of August Kutzbach (Kutzb...
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Paisan's Porta Bella

Date: 1971
Description: Exterior view of the Italian restaurant Paisan's, which has a miniature Renaissance garden just inside the arched entrance.
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Hiram Smith Hall

Date: 12 26 1971
Description: Exterior view of front of Hiram Smith Hall, a stone and timber, Queen Anne-style structure. Dairy building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, j...
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The Curtiss House

Date: 04 16 1972
Description: Exterior view of the Curtiss House at 1102 Spaight Street, which features a turret. The "Curtiss House" (named after the family which built it) is typical ...
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Storybook House

Date: 06 13 1973
Description: The design of the "Storybook House" at 2114 Van Hise Avenue, was inspired by fairytale drawings and French Norman architecture. The house was built of holl...
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Kendall House

Date: 07 15 1973
Description: Kendall House, 104 East Gilman Street. Built in the Italinate style in 1855 with French Second Empire Mansard roof added in 1873.
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Breese Stevens House

Date: 07 22 1973
Description: Exterior view of the Italianate-style house, 401 North Carroll Street, built for Daniel Tenney in 1863 and owned by Breese Stevens.
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Mediterranean-Style Building

Date: 11 11 1973
Description: Exterior view of a Mediterranean-style building at 204 North Pinckney Street.
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Judson C. Cutter House

Date: 11 18 1973
Description: Judson C. Cutter house, 1030 Jenifer Street, built in 1884. The house was built with influences of American Stick Style architecture with lateral clap boar...
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First Church of Christ Scientist

Date: 12 30 1973
Description: Exterior view of the First Church of Christ Scientist at 315 Wisconsin Avenue featuring a domed roof and Doric columns.
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Womans Building

Date: 02 25 1974
Description: The Spanish-mission-like facade of the Womans Building at 240 West Gilman Street.
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Meditteranean-Influenced House

Date: 05 05 1974
Description: House with an apparent Mediterranean, "High Renaissance" influence, 1122 Sherman Ave., built by Joseph E. Messerschmidt in 1922.
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Tiffany House

Date: 07 21 1974
Description: Tiffany House, a Cotswold cottage-style house at 1001 Seminole Highway.
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Wing on Old Chemistry Building

Date: 12 01 1974
Description: New, modern wing on the classically designed Old Chemistry Building on the University of Wisconsin campus. The wing was built after the building sustained ...
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Italianate-Gothic Style Home

Date: 12 08 1974
Description: Exterior view of an Italianate-Gothic style house at 2709 Sommers Street, built in 1862 for Simeon Mills.
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Gothic Revival Rooftop

Date: 04 13 1975
Description: The rooftop of a house at 753 East Gorham Street reflecting the Gothic revival style in its extensive use of glass, vaults, and pointed arches.
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Classical Tiled Porch

Date: 07 27 1975
Description: Classical and Mediterranean design elements are seen in this porch on an apartment building at 29 Langdon Street. Doric columns support an arched entrance.

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