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| Date: | 06 23 1974 |
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| Description: | A wing and wheel design carved above a window at the Greyhound Bus Company terminal at 122 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 07 28 1974 |
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| Description: | Exterior decorative detail featuring carved columns decorated with faces, vines and leaves on Baskin O & V at 7 North Pinckney Street. |
| Date: | 09 15 1974 |
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| Description: | Carved stone angel and wings detail on the exterior of the Lutheran Memorial Church at 1021 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 09 29 1974 |
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| Description: | Carved bird in Egyptian Revival design above the entrance to the Levitan Building at 15 West Main Street. |
| Date: | 03 09 1975 |
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| Description: | Decorative details on the upper exterior of the Strand Theater at 16 East Mifflin Street featuring classical Greek engaged (recessed) columns that reflect ... |
| Date: | 05 18 1975 |
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| Description: | Carved lion head which serves as an ornament above the entrance of the Baccarat Tavern at 235 King Street. |
| Date: | 11 23 1975 |
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| Description: | The base of a column at Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue, decorated with angels and crosses that hint at Renaissance style. |
| Date: | 05 02 1976 |
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| Description: | A window in a building at 16 North Broom Street featuring columns topped by a pediment. Carved in the center of the pediment is a wooden swag, which is a d... |
| Date: | 08 22 1976 |
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| Description: | A carved smiling face detail on the end of a wooden beam on Le Chateau residential cooperative at 636 Langdon Street. It's one of four decorative faces, th... |
| Date: | 09 26 1976 |
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| Description: | A stone sculpture of the eagle Old Abe, mascot of the Civil War Eighth Wisconsin Infantry. The stylized sculpture of an eagle features "Old Abe" carved in ... |
| Date: | 10 17 1976 |
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| Description: | Ornate stone steps leading to Period Garden Park in front of the Elisha W. Keyes residence, built in 1853, at 102 East Gorham Street. The top step features... |
| Date: | 02 06 1977 |
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| Description: | A window frame decorated with ornate carved wood, 115 Ely Place, in a Madison landmark known as the Charles E. Buell House. |
| Date: | 02 27 1977 |
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| Description: | A carved caduceus, which is a mythological winged staff with intertwined serpents, decorates the entrance to a wing of old Wisconsin General Hospital (1924... |
| Date: | 04 10 1977 |
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| Description: | A wooden gable on a house at 1724 Jefferson Street ornamented with octagonal shingles, intricately carved brackets, and decorative, carved squares. |
| Date: | 05 08 1977 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a house at 1254 Rutledge Street which displays several examples of handcrafted detail including crab-like carved woodwork, open gables, an... |
| Date: | 05 29 1977 |
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| Description: | A carved Eyptian bust which adorned the Levitan building at 15 West Main Street before it was razed. |
| Date: | 04 1991 |
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| Description: | Detail of carved marble frieze in a side panel by the Governor's Conference Room fireplace in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | Detail of woodwork in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | Detail of decorative molding in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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| Description: | Detail in the Capitol Assembly parlor with circassian walnut panelling, in the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
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