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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of the Methodist Evangelical church surrounded by trees. The building features a steps and a small landing at the entrance, arched windows, wood s...
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view from across street of the church. It has a bell steeple, stained glass windows, double french doors with an archway, and a wall gable facade....
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Congregational Church

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the church. The building features a bell steeple, stained glass windows, and double front doors. There is a fenced lot and a barn to the l...
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Catholic Church

Date: 1928
Description: The exterior of Saint Mary's Church. The building features lancet arches and a steeple with a cross atop.
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West Main Street

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Description: View across street of a storefront at a snowy intersection.
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German Catholic Church

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of Saint Anthony's Church. The building features stained glass, double doors, and a tall steeple.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

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Description: Exterior of the Methodist Episcopal Church with bell tower and stained glass windows. To the right of the church is a smaller building, and behind the chur...
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Metropolis Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the brick Metropolis Hall building in winter.
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High School

Date: 1912
Description: View from drive of the High School and grounds. The building has a gable roof and iron fence detailing around the edge. On the right side of the building i...
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Public School

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Description: View of the public school with two chimneys, a bell tower, and firewood stacked on the porch. The building is reflected in the puddle in the foreground. Be...
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Potosi Congregational Church

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Description: View of the exterior of the Congregational Church, with arched windows and belfry. In the arched window above the doorway it reads: "1891 Cong'l Church." I...
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: View of the public school in a rural area. The front door is inset, and two small square windows flank the entrance. A small structure with a roof houses a...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down unpaved Main Street towards a train passing by in the background. There is a row of buildings on the right and a fenced in lot on the left. A woo...
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Catholic Church

Date: 1911
Description: View across road of the Catholic church. Images of saints are in the stained glass windows along the side. There is a large belfry near the front entrance....
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Rockwood Public School

Date: 1924
Description: View of the front of the public school, a three-story brick building. Wooden buildings are in the background on the left. In the foreground is a barbed wir...
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Roxbury Parochial School

Date: 1924
Description: The parochial school with a statue of St. Dominic in the yard in front. There is across on the roof above the entrance. There is a large stack of firewood ...
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Christian Church

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Description: View down unpaved road towards the left side and front of the wood clapboard sided church. There are six arched windows along the side and in the front of ...
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Sextonville Alert Hall

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Description: Exterior of Alert Hall. Near the roof line is a sign with the date "1905". Posters are in the windows and a broadside is posted outside underneath a window...
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German Lutheran Church

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Description: Three-quarter view of front and side of the German Lutheran Church, a brick building with steps to the entrance. There are narrow arched windows, a belfy w...
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Christian Church

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Description: View of front of a wooden rural church, with a columned porch, belfry and steeple. There is a weather vane on the steeple. A wood and wire fence surrounds ...

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