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Filter: Creator Name of Cole, Harry Elsworth, 1861-1928
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| Description: | Western Hotel. The original tavern was built in 1834 (?) by William Shields (?). In 1845 it was operated by his son Simon Shields. In 1873 the Hotel was ta... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An old, dilapidated mining building surrounded by a field. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A deteriorating mining building seen from across a field. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Dell House, built in 1828 by Robert Allen in the vicinity of the Wisconsin Dells. This Inn was later operated by the J.B. McCuen Family. It burned down som... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A large wooden classical revival style building identified as the Kellogg Tavern in Kellogg's Corner, part of Somers township. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Remington House, located on 2nd Street. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A log cabin and frame house behind the Milton House. The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house w... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from across road of Baxter House, a two-story wooden structure. A man is sitting on the roof working on the chimney. A bell tower is seen behind the r... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Steele Tavern, built in 1849. The large, two-story wooden building with a rear wing, is in a state of neglect. The portion on the left has twelve over eigh... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Plow (Plough) Inn, 3402 Monroe St., surrounded by trees. The stone section on the right is the original farmhouse. The brick section on the left was a... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A car and driver stop on a country road near Mt. Horeb at the site of the Holton Tavern. A windmill and tree stand on the site and there is debris at the ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A deteriorating wooden structure with a stone foundation stands on an overgrown site. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The old toll house. The house is surrounded by a sagging wire fence, and there are two pumps in the overgrown yard. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View of the Low Tavern from the yard. There are two small porches on the left and right side of the building, and two chimneys. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | The inactive Leland mill, with the faded painted sign, "Leland Roller Mill," on the upper story. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Stone Barn Tavern, located about three miles west of Milton. The three cottonwood trees in front of the tavern were brought from Vermont. There are sev... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man enters the side door of the stone barn at the Stone Barn Tavern, three miles west of Milton. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An early two-story frame house with a lean-to addition on the rear. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | This two-story wooden structure was originally the house of LaFayette Hill (1812-1853), a member of Wisconsin's first Constitutional Convention and settler... |
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