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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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St. Willebrord Roman Catholic Church

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Description: St. Willebrord Roman Catholic Church, said to be the former town hall and Court House, built around 1850.
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Capitol Park

Date: 1874
Description: Southeast Gate of Capitol Park. Four stone columns stand along the sidewalk, with statues on top of the two columns in the center, and two columns with str...
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Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches

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Description: Grace Episcopal and Congregational Churches.
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Court House

Date: 1874
Description: View from Capital Park towards the United States Court House. There is a stone gateway with iron statues and an iron fence along the sidewalk. The elaborat...
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City Park

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Description: Elevated view across the tree lined city park towards the high school, courthouse, and bandstand.
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Baptist Church

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Description: View of the Baptist church built in 1822.
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Park with Monuments

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Description: A view of five children eating ice cream and a man standing in a park with a number of monuments including a cannon, a flagpole with a stone base and a sta...
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Lake Chautauqna

Date: 1911
Description: Two sailors in a sailboat on Lake Chautauqna with the Lewis Miller Memorial bell tower on the point in the background.
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Ely Park Soldiers Monument

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Description: Tall cylindrical Civil War memorial with multiple sculptures in Ely Square in downtown. A wrought iron fence surrounds the monument, trees dot the square a...
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Southern Poets' Monument

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Description: Small monument to southern poets surrounded by benches in a median park on Greene Street. Trees line the street and large stone buildings are in the backgr...
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Overton Park Higbee Memorial

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Description: Classical stone memorial with six columns to the memory of Jennie Higbee, founder and principal of a local school for girls. Located in Overton Park which ...
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Sulloway Mills

Date: 1917
Description: Composite of views, including an elevated view of Sulloway Mills, and insets captioned "50 Years Ago" and "New Office Building."
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Stockbridge Town Hall

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Description: Front of town hall built in classical style with two-story columns. In front of the building is a large lawn with two rows of trees. In the background, m...
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Homewood

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Description: "Homewood," one of the largest mansions in the Natchez area, was built in 1855-1860.
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Gloucester

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Description: Gloucester, the home of Winthrop Sargent, Mississippi's first governor was built in 1800 by David Williams.
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Melrose

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Description: Melrose was a residence constructed between 1841 and 1848 in the classic Greek Revival style. George Kelly began the restoration of the home when he inheri...
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Shadows-on-the-Teche

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Description: The Old Weeks Home, known as "Shadows-on-the-Teche," was a white-columned brick residence built in 1830. The home was a backdrop for several events during ...
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House of Employment

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Description: Front view of the House of Employment, or the Poor House. A fence is shown in the foreground and a staircase leads to a long porch and the front entrance o...
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Grier Monument at Erskine College

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Description: View of a monument to William Moffatt Grier (1843-1899), president of Erskine College from 1871-1899. The monument, erected in 1904, features a statue of G...

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