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| Date: | 05 05 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a storage building with warped metal siding. |
| Date: | 09 04 1960 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an abandoned, two-story farmhouse. A large tree is in the foreground. The base of a windmill is on the left, with a water pump stamped "Hu... |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
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| Description: | Old stone mill, with a smaller wooden addition on the left. Water is passing through the flume. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Large wooden mill building. This mill was built in 1872 by Benjamin Boorman on the site of an earlier (1842) mill built by McNeil, Elmore, and McClure. The... |
| Date: | 10 27 1963 |
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| Description: | Several trees surround an abandoned farmhouse on a hill. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A photographic postcard of "The Old Tavern" built at Knowlton in 1849. It is a large wooden classical revival style building. A dog joins a group of peopl... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | A mower and car parked in front of the dilapidated Mayne Hotel. Two boys are standing to the right of the car, and two men are talking near a wagon and bug... |
| Date: | 11 03 1963 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of two abandoned stock yard buildings. Between the buildings is the unused loading chute. |
| Date: | 09 01 1963 |
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| Description: | A view of an abandoned log cabin obscured by plants and trees. |
| Date: | 06 09 1963 |
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| Description: | View of a dilapidated outbuilding and a windmill on an abandoned farm. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Three-story stone mill built in 1847 by J.C. Sherwood. Many panes of glass in the twelve over twelve windows are broken and the roof over the loading dock ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man sits on the porch of the Johnson House hotel. The large wooden structure has a standing seam metal roof and tall chimney. "Johnson House" is painted ... |
| Date: | 08 05 1925 |
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| Description: | The Melchior Hotel on the Mississippi River, with the "brewery at near end." There is a prominent stone portion at right center with several wings or addit... |
| Date: | 09 04 1967 |
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| Description: | An abandoned farm with overgrown foliage. In the background is a farmhouse. The doorway is detailed with decorative pilasters or engaged columns flanking t... |
| Date: | 05 18 1966 |
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| Description: | Two large trees grow near two barns. Moss grows on the roof of the barn in the foreground. A large, open valley is in the background. |
| Date: | 04 16 1980 |
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| Description: | View from across street of a rectangular dilapidated building featuring arched windows. A billboard for H. Dan Wright Insurance is under the fire escape. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The famous "Shirley House" or "White House," stands near the Jackson Road, which was between the Union and Confederate entrenchments during the siege of Vi... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A deteriorating, large, two-story building with Greek revival features, which may have served as an inn or hotel. The windows are boarded up or broken and ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A small farmhouse in the Greek Revival style stands near a field with corn shocks and pumpkins. Large evergreens line the lane, and a barn is in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored photograph of Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. The building is built of brick and has a bell tower, with a ... |
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