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Octagon House

Date: 1940
Description: The octagon house. Text on back reads: Whitewater's octagon house is a frame one which dates back to 1855. The porch was added only a generation ago, the k...
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Green Shutters

Date: 1940
Description: The "Green Shutters".
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Allerton Residence

Date: 1907
Description: The home of the Allertons. Caption reads: "Residence of S. W. Allerton, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Boisot Residence

Date: 1925
Description: The home of E.K. Boisot.
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N.K. Fairbanks Estate

Date: 1915
Description: The N.K. Fairbanks estate, "Butternuts." Caption reads: "N. K. Fairbanks Estate, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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N.W. Harris Residence

Date: 1925
Description: The home of N.W. Harris.
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J.J. Mitchell Summer Home

Date: 1915
Description: The summer home of J.J. Mitchell, formally known as Ceylon Court. Caption at right reads: "Greetings from Lake Geneva, Wis. (near Chicago)", and below read...
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Porter Residence

Date: 1908
Description: The home of H.H. Porter. Caption reads: "H. H. Porter's Residence. Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Porter Residence

Date: 1925
Description: The home of Mrs. H.H. Porter.
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Snug Harbor

Date: 1900
Description: The estate known as "Snug Harbor" built by George Sturges in 1884 and owned by the Sturges family until about 1908. In the driveway in front is a child in ...
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Wrigley Residence

Date: 1920
Description: The home of William Wrigley. Caption reads: "Residence of Wm. Wrigley, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Young Residence

Date: 1958
Description: The home of Mrs. Otto Young.
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Young Residence

Date: 1910
Description: The home of Mrs. Otto Young. Caption reads: "Residence of Mrs. Otto Young, Lake Geneva, Wis."
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1905
Description: View from street toward the facade and right side of the neoclassical structure. Four columns support the two-story porch. A semi-circular opening is in th...
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1905
Description: A view of the facade and right side of a Masonic temple. Four columns support the two-story porch on the neoclassical building and a semi-circular opening ...
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Episcopal Church

Date: 1911
Description: A view of the facade of an Episcopal church, partially obscured by trees. A house stands to the building's right.
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Fricker House

Date: 1936
Description: Three views of the Fricker House on Case Street, Whitewater's first modern house, the first of its kind in Whitewater. It was finished in the winter of 193...
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Getting Water

Date: 1931
Description: George Stallman and Walter Shinkus pose with a bucket at the water pump outside the Tibbets School. They are "getting water for the school." There are hou...
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Rhythm Band

Date: 05 1931
Description: Members of the rhythm bands from the Woods and Fontana state graded schools pose outdoors holding their instruments. The children in the front row and on t...
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Black Point

Date: 1900
Description: View up brick path towards the exterior of the Conrad Seipp summer home at Black Point on Geneva Lake. A horse-drawn wagon is parked in front; a dog stands...

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