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Heart Details on House

Date: 11 23 1969
Description: Home of J.V. Nemec at 3638 Johns Street, decorated with a heart motif.
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Byron Bloomfield House

Date: 11 19 1970
Description: Exterior view of the uniquely designed house of Byron Bloomfield at 1010 Edgehill Drive in Shorewood Hills, which is built into the side of a sharp slope. ...
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Keenan House

Date: 01 10 1971
Description: Exterior view of German Romanesque revival brick house built in 1857 with a Second Empire-style mansard roof added in 1870, 28 East Gilman Street in the Ma...
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Leaning Houses

Date: 10 10 1971
Description: Two houses at 1112 and 1114 Regent Street, both of which lean to one side.
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House on West Olin Avenue

Date: 03 19 1972
Description: Exterior view of a house at 702 West Olin Avenue. It was built in either 1904 or 1890. Currently many of the architectural details have been removed, but i...
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Domed Tower of the Eastwood, Cinema, Barrymore Theater

Date: 05 27 1973
Description: The ornate, domed tower of the Cinema Theater, 2090 Atwood Avenue, which was the Eastwood Theater and is now the Barrymore Theater.
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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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Rock Terrace

Date: 10 07 1973
Description: A rock terrace in the yard of a house at 5606 Old Middleton Road.
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Joseph Statz Farmhouse

Date: 02 03 1974
Description: A vine-covered stone house, 3400 Tallyho Lane, built by Joseph Statz about 1855. Later owned by builder David Stephens and then by Forest & Leonore Middle...
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Concrete Garden Sculpture

Date: 01 26 1975
Description: Concrete figures of Smokey the Bear and a comical bust in an otherwise Oriental garden at 237 Waubesa Street. These are scuptures made by the artist Sydney...
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Turneaure House

Date: 10 26 1975
Description: Prof. Frederick E. Turneaure house built in 1905, 166 North Prospect Street, University Heights, showing three distinct architectural styles. The curved ro...
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Moores House

Date: 11 09 1975
Description: Exterior view of the Howard O. Moores house, 220 North Prospect Avenue in University Heights. It was commissioned by John M. Olin for his nephew in 1923. I...
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Gabled House

Date: 03 21 1976
Description: Exterior view of a house at 211 North Prospect Avenue, University Heights, which features gables with rounded tops similar to "cape" gables of 18th Century...
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John M. Olin House

Date: 12 19 1976
Description: Exterior view of the John M. Olin House, 130 North Prospect Avenue, University Heights neighborhood. The house, which displays traditional Gothic lines and...
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Georgian Revival Style House

Date: 12 26 1976
Description: Exterior view of the Charles Foster Smith/Frederick Ogg house, 1711 Kendall Avenue, University Heights. The Georgian Revival style is demonstrated by the u...
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English Tudor Style House

Date: 01 30 1977
Description: Exterior view of a house, 101 North Prospect Avenue in University Heights, which demonstrates English Tudor style architecture in its steep roofs and half-...

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