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Bradley House Detail

Date: 03 26 1972
Description: Detail of the intricately designed abutments protruding from the side porch of the Bradley house at 106 North Prospect Street. The building, now the Sigma ...
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Ott House

Date: 04 09 1972
Description: Exterior view of the brick home at 754 Jenifer Street. The home was built by John George Ott, a Swiss immigrant, who made the bricks for the home at his ow...
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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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Petterson House Carvings

Date: 05 07 1972
Description: Wooden carvings of two faces (of a total of four) on the front of the L.W. Petterson house at 101 North Prospect Avenue which represent the "four ages of m...
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Gargoyle Fountain

Date: 07 02 1972
Description: A gargoyle fountain on the side of the residence of Thomas Nelson at 3403 Circle Close in Shorewood.
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Simeon Mills House

Date: 06 10 1887
Description: Simeon Mills poses with Darwin Clark in front of Mills' house at the corner of Monona Avenue and East Wilson Street.
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Apartment House Detail

Date: 04 15 1973
Description: Curved arch details on the upper story of an apartment house at 609 North Lake Street.
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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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Pierce House Detail

Date: 07 01 1973
Description: Detail of the intricate, medieval-style roof work of the Pierce House at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Brown House Detail

Date: 06 08 1973
Description: One of four Ionic-style columns on the Greek revival Brown house at 116 East Gorham Street.
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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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Quisling Towers Apartments

Date: 07 29 1973
Description: Exterior view of the Art Moderne Quisling Towers Apartments at 1 East Gilman Street, featuring sharp ledges and curved towers, designed by Lawrence Monberg...
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Pierce House Detail

Date: 08 05 1973
Description: Delicate design in iron at the main entrance of the Pierce House at 424 North Pinckney Street.
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Sunflower House

Date: 09 19 1973
Description: Exterior view of the Sunflower House at 5126 Tomahawk Trail, was designed and built by its first occupant, architect James Dresser in 1952. With a unique d...
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Window Case

Date: 09 08 1973
Description: An ornate leaded glass window case near the front door of the Daniel Campbell residence at 125 East Gilman Street.
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Shingled House

Date: 11 04 1973
Description: A house at 314 North Pinckney Street decorated in a shingle style with multiple gables.
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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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Executive Residence

Date: 11 25 1973
Description: Executive Residence, 130 East Gilman Street, which housed 17 governors before it was sold to the University of Wisconsin in 1950.
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Example of Shingle Style

Date: 12 02 1973
Description: Detail of a house at 116 East Johnson Street, built in 1884, with a unique shingle style.

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