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Pond House

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Description: View from street of exterior of Pond House.
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Memorial Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Memorial Hall at Northland College was built in 1926 of brick in the Tudor Revival style.
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Neckerman House

Date: 1939
Description: The Neckerman house, located at 208-212 (210-214?) Monona Avenue, (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard), built by General David Atwood and his partner Ro...
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St. Frances School

Date: 1910
Description: View of the exterior of a Roman Catholic school built of stone with many windows. Sidewalks run along two sides. Trees can be seen behind and on the right....
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Atwood/Buck-Neckerman House

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Description: Possibly the Atwood/Buck-Neckerman House at 210-214 (208-212?) Monona Avenue, early view. Built by David Atwood and his partner Royal Buck as a double hous...
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124 Langdon Street

Date: 1924
Description: 124 Langdon Street, viewed from Lake Mendota. The house was designed by Madison architect Frank Riley and built in 1924 for the Kappa Sigma fraternity. T...
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Lake Monona and Atwood House

Date: 1874
Description: View towards Lake Monona (David Atwood House in foreground, Monona Avenue and Doty Street).
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Cross Plains Tavern and School

Date: 1946
Description: Pencil drawing of a stone building in Cross Plains, which used to house a tavern downstairs and the town's school upstairs. Features a porch entrance, and ...
Drawing

Pendarvis and Trelawny Houses at Pendarvis Complex

Date: 1946
Description: Pencil drawing of the Pendarvis and Trelawny Houses. Stone building with six over six windows on two levels, and three entrances. A stone wall runs along t...
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Ruins of the Old Court House

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Description: View of a wooden structure, with wood planks and wheels on the lawn outside. The sign above the door reads: "H. Farnum, Wheelwright." Caption reads: "Old C...
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Penitentiary

Date: 1921
Description: View across river toward the exterior of the prison, with the central tower and wings. A boat sits at the dock on the far shoreline, and a large smokestack...
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McClellan's Farewell to his Officers

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Description: Lithograph entitled, "McClellan's Farewell to his Officers." A great crowd can be seen in front of the Warren Green Hotel in Warrenton, Virginia, built in...
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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 Curtis Hotel

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Description: Exterior of the Curtis Hotel, a Victorian era building expanded in 1883. Horse-drawn carriages can be seen parked underneath an awning, and a man stands o...
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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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Vacation Lodge

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Description: Exterior of a vacation lodge with raised wooden walkways that lead through a wooded area. The trail to the main lodge continues to the right toward anothe...
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Tower in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: A standpipe water tower stands between what appears to be a farmhouse and a barn.
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St. Coletta School

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Description: View of St. Calletta School. The three-story brick school building features arch and rectangular windows, several porch-like entrances, and a cupola. A w...
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Brick Building

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Description: Side view of a two-story brick building with rectangular windows, chimney, cupola, and pointed roof. A sidewalk runs in front of the building.
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Building in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: Front view of a brick building with a flat roof, chimney, and rectangular windows.

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