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Chequamegon Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: View of the original Hotel Chequamegon, built by the Wisconsin Central Railroad interests and opened in 1877. It was built of wood with a wrap around porch...
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Argyle Hotel

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Description: View from across street of a hotel with a brick facade. Many of the windows are open and the curtains are hanging out. There is a pedestrian walking on the...
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Lake View Sanitarium, where Lewis Arms's mother Mamie Arms Hall was treated for tuberculosis.
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Highland Avenue

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Description: View down tree-shaded Highland Avenue featuring the Princeston Inn, a boarding residence. Men sit on the porch as other men and women walk down the sidewa...
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Meeting House

Date: 1905
Description: Two frame structures connected by an open porch stand in a wooded area. The building on the right appears to be a small two-story house. On the left is a o...
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Saloon

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Description: View across road of a man with his horse outside the Bar Room. There is a large circus advertisement with elephants and lions painted on the wall of the bu...
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Sullivan County Courthouse

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Description: View of the Sullivan County Courthouse, built in 1909. Three young boys read a newspaper on a park bench in front of the building while a man drinks from a...
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World War Monument and County Clerk's Office

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Description: View of a World War I Monument outside of the County Clerk's Office. To the left of the colonnaded Clerk's Office, the Old Courthouse, built in 1895, can ...
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City Hall and Jail

Date: 1910
Description: View of Athens City Hall, built in 1903-1904, featuring a central dome and clock tower. A water tower can be seen beyond the city jail to the left.
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Residential District

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Description: View of a row of homes in the residential district. The brick house in the foreground features a large wraparound porch and a fence around the front yard.
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Residential District

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Description: View down a road lined with residences.
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Monmouth

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Description: Exterior of Monmouth, built in 1818 in the Greek Revival style. The residence features a colonnaded entrance and front balcony.
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The Forks of Cypress

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Description: Exterior frontal view of The Forks of Cypress, a Greek Revival style plantation designed by architect William Nichols and completed in 1830. The main resi...
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West View Farmhouse

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Description: Exterior view of West View Farmhouse, built in 1870. Rocking chairs can be seen on the house's porch.
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Residence

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Description: Exterior view of the front of a residence surrounded by a fence. A stairway leads to the front porch, and above, a balcony and elaborate window can be see...
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High School

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Description: View from road of the high school and a smaller building next door. Sidewalks crisscross the lawn among trees in the schoolyard. A woman wearing a hat is j...
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Hotel Ogden

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of the front of the Hotel Ogden located at 149 East Wilson Street. Three men wearing suits are relaxing on the porch, with two men sitting on...
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The Black Oaks Cottages at the Dells — E. Broadway, Kilbourn

Date: 1927
Description: Two small wood-frame cottages behind the main building at Black Oaks. A section of the porch of the main building is on the far right.
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"The Maples" Broadway at Capitol Highway 29

Date: 1926
Description: Side view from sidewalk of "The Maples," a large brick house with arched windows and a columned porch.
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The Dixon

Date: 1931
Description: Exterior view of The Dixon, a Victorian-era house with guest rooms.

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