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Ralph Warner House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the front of Ralph Warner's house.
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Door and Chair in Taliesin Living Room

Date: 1957
Description: Corner of the living room at Taliesin, the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright, showing the door out to the Bird Walk. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of...
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Mountain View House

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Description: Men and woman stand outside a mountain view house while playing croquet on the front lawn. Published by Fred W. Brown.
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The Elms

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Description: A group of adults and children sit on the porch of The Elms, a two-story house with an American flag flying from the porch roof. Tree stumps are in the fr...
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Hilltop Inn

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Description: View of the rear porches and balconies at Hilltop Inn, built in 1910. Trees and other plants surround the porches where wicker chairs and potted plants ar...
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Montauk Manor

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Description: Horses and rider stand on the front lawn of Montauk Manor near a driveway and parked automobiles. The English Tudor-style hotel opened in 1927.
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Peaks of Otter Lodge

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Description: Exterior of Peaks of Otter Lodge. The wooden shelter, built into the surrounding rock, features a doorway in the stone, ground floor, and one in the wooden...
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Town from Overlooking Hill

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Description: View of a town from an overlooking hill. Beyond dwellings, the Russell-Miller Milling Company is visible; it was built in 1906.
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Residential District

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Description: View of homes built closely together along a street in the residential district.
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Mason Street

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Description: View down Mason Street featuring Trinity Methodist Church at the Cedar Street intersection. The Gothic structure was built in 1898. Published by Parish &...
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Narrow Residential Lane

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Description: View of four men and a boy walking down a narrow lane lined with homes and a picket fence.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, lined with residences.
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Old Residence

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Description: Exterior of an old residence in a rural setting at the wharf.
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Apothecary Shop of General Hugh Mercer

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Description: Apothecary Shop of Hugh Mercer (1726-1777), soldier and physician during the Revolutionary War. Erected around 1760, the building was restored to provide m...
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Elm Court

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Description: View of Elm Court, the largest American Shingle Style home in the United States. The residence was built by William Douglas Sloane and Emily Vanderbilt in ...
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Old English

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Description: View of Old English, an estate in a valley setting of the late Mr. Andrew Carnegie. Later, the building was used as St. Stanislaus Novitiate.
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City Hall

Date: 1929
Description: View from street of City Hall building on a corner. There are garages in the back on the left. On the corner there is a stop sign, a Hwy 51 signpost, and a...
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Pendarvis House Menu

Date: 1935
Description: Menu of Cornish pasties and desserts offered by Pendarvis House, a group of restored stone houses built by Cornish settlers in Mineral Point. The cover of ...
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Mansion on the Hill

Date: 12 2013
Description: Three-quarter view of the Thorp house on Mansion Hill. The house is constructed of locally quarried sandstone and designed in the Italianate style. Snow is...
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Washstand

Date: 01 2014
Description: A washstand sitting in front of a glass door is being used as a plant stand to hold a pot of Christmas cactus. On the floor on the right is a pot of orchid...

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