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National or State Registers Record

13105 Watertown Plank Road

Community: Elm Grove
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: Visitation Convent Complex
Reference Number: 11000311
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 28 1979
Description: A pair of boy and girl toddlers lead a part of the 33rd annual Memorial Day Parade on flag-bedecked tricycles.
Map or Atlas

Village of Elm Grove, Wisconsin

Date: 1970
Description: This map shows lots, house numbers, institutional buildings, and cemeteries. The bottom of the map includes indexes to streets, points of interest and inst...
Postcard

Elm Grove Post Office

Date: 
Description: View across street towards the Elm Grove Post Office and John Reinders Grocery Store. Caption reads: "Post Office, Elm Grove, Wis."
Postcard

East View of St. Mary's Home

Date: 
Description: View from road towards St. Mary's Home, a nursing home next to the Catholic Church. A high fence is along the road in front. Caption reads: "East View of S...
Postcard

Elm Grove

Date: 1912
Description: View along stream towards people standing in front of buildings and near a stone bridge. The buildings include a post office and a feed mill. Caption reads...
Postcard

Front View, Marianum

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored view of the front of the Marianum Convent. Caption reads: "Front View, Marianum, Elm Grove, Wis."
Postcard

Rear View, Marianum

Date: 
Description: Colorized view of the back of the Marianum Convent. An automobile is parked in the drive. Caption reads: "Rear View, Marianum, Elm Grove, Wis."
Postcard

Holy Family Hospital and Grotto

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Description: Slightly elevated black and white view of a stone hospital and grotto affiliated with the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Trees and shrubs are on the lawns d...
Postcard

Chapel of Perpetual Adoration

Date: 1982
Description: Interior view from the rear of the Chapel of Perpetual Adoration, part of the Visitation Convent. Four people are sitting or kneeling.
Photograph

Adda Howie Feeding a Calf

Date: 1905
Description: Adda Howie bottle feeding a calf at Sunny Peak Farm.
Photograph

Adda Howie with Beans

Date: 
Description: Adda Howie at Sunny Peak Farm holding a handful of green and purple beans. There are two rocking chairs and a potted plant on the porch in the background.
Photograph

Adda Howie with a Cow

Date: 1905
Description: Adda Howie and her pet cow at Sunny Peak Farm.
Photograph

Sunny Peak Farm

Date: 1902
Description: View of Sunny Peak Farm, owned and operated by Adda Howie. There is a farmhouse, barn, outbuildings, and two windmills.
Photograph

Adda Howie Feeding a Calf

Date: 
Description: Adda Howie, wearing a work dress and wide-brimmed hat, is feeding a calf from a bottle outdoors at Sunny Peak Farm. Another calf is standing nearby. Adda a...
Property Record

14520 BLUEMOUND RD

Community: Elm Grove
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 104845
Property Record

735 BRINSMERE DRIVE

Community: Elm Grove
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: J. Pfiester House
Reference Number: 104846
Property Record

740 BRINSMERE DRIVE

Community: Elm Grove
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 104847
Property Record

1155 CHURCH ST

Community: Elm Grove
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 104848
Property Record

835 CIRCLE DRIVE

Community: Elm Grove
County: Waukesha
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 104849

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