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Brisbane House

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Description: William Henry Brisbane house. The house was built between 1868 and 1869 from locally quarried stone for Dr. Brisbane, a physician and Baptist minister. He ...
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Pleasant Ridge Schoolhouse

Date: 1890
Description: Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop...
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Farmhouses Near Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Two farmhouses and the surrounding snowy landscape near Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Residential Street

Date: 1912
Description: View down sidewalk in a residential street, with a house on the right. Caption reads: "A pretty Resident St., Barneveld, Wis."
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Laxey Church

Date: 1947
Description: Laxey Church, built prior to the Civil War, was named after Laxey in the Isle of Man, from which many of the immigrants had come. There is a cemetery with ...
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Peneil Church

Date: 1925
Description: Peneil Church with a car parked in front, and a monument on the right.
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Site of Old Helena Marker

Date: 1925
Description: View of a marker commemorating Old Helena.
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Cornish House

Date: 1940
Description: A Cornish home in Mineral Point. In the background is a small hill with trees.
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Shakerag Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across open area and fence towards the Cornish homes on Shakerag Street in Mineral Point.
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Fountain Street Cottage

Date: 1940
Description: A cottage on the corner of Fountain Street and Chestnut Street.
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Rear of Lanyon House

Date: 1948
Description: Rear view of the Lanyon house, built by William Lanyon. At the time of this photograph, the house was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. George Jeuck.
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Mineral Spring Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Mineral Spring Brewery, located on 272 Shake Rag Street, erected in 1850 (currently 276 Shake Rag Street). A group of four men are posing outdoors on the r...
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Musgrove House

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Description: The Musgrove house and furnace site.
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Pendarvis and Trelawny Homes

Date: 1930
Description: The Cornish homes of Pendarvis and Trelawny on Shake Rag Street.
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Pendarvis and Trelawny Homes

Date: 1938
Description: The Pendarvis (left) and Trelawny (right) homes, before the Trelawny house was restored. Originally the homes were Cornish miner's cottages.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of a Methodist Episcopal church.
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Primitive Methodist Church

Date: 1900
Description: A primitive Methodist Church building. Caption reads: "Old P.M. Church Mineral Point, Wis."
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Spensley Smelting Furnace

Date: 1895
Description: Joseph Spensley's smelting furnace, built in 1861.
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St. Paul's Irish Catholic Church

Date: 1920
Description: St. Paul's Irish Catholic Church, erected in 1855.
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S.C. Thomas House

Date: 1898
Description: The home of S.C. Thomas.

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