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Feature Story

History Uncovered in Commercial Building Rehabilitation

1-5 West Main Street, Evansville, Wisconsin
Historic photographs, research and removing layers of remodeling reveal the history of three 1852 buildings on a prominent downtown corner.
Photograph

George W. Hall, Jr., Circus Performer

Date: 1868
Description: George W. Hall, Jr., noted Evansville, Wisconsin, circus performer, as a young boy, holding a snake and wearing copper-toed boots.
Photograph

Logger

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A logger poses next to a team of horses pulling a load of logs.
Photograph

Charles H. Meyerhoff

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Meyerhoff, Company E, 14th Indiana Infantry, wearing eyeglasses and a badge for the Gr...
Historical Essay

A Grieving Father Thanks Soldiers for Returning His Son's Body

A Wisconsin Civil War Story
Photograph

Grace May Hall as a Circus Child

Date: 1891
Description: Grace May Hall, as a five-year-old circus child, with a large show python coiled at her feet and a smaller show snake around her neck.
Property Record

15 E ANTES DR

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: BAKER MFG. CO. OFFICE BUILDING
Reference Number: 140859
Property Record

141 E CHURCH ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: BAKER MFG. CO. MACHINE SHOP AND FIRST FOUNDRY BLDG.
Reference Number: 140866
Property Record

ENTERPRISE ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: BAKER MFG. CO. MACHINE SHOP
Reference Number: 140871
Property Record

ENTERPRISE ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: BAKER MFG. CO. GALVANIZING SHOP
Reference Number: 140872
Property Record

ENTERPRISE ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: BAKER MFG. CO. PATTERN WAREHOUSE
Reference Number: 140874
Property Record

306 S 1ST ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: JAMES & SARAH GLEAVE HOUSE
Reference Number: 140878
Property Record

341 S 1ST ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: JOSEPH B. HARTLEY/ROBERT D. HARTLEY HOUSE
Reference Number: 140879
Property Record

348 S 1ST ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: THOMAS GLEAVE HOUSE
Reference Number: 140880
Property Record

349 S 1ST ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: JAMES & ELPHA GILLIES HOUSE
Reference Number: 140881
Property Record

409 S 1ST ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: HOXIE CARRIAGE HOUSE
Reference Number: 140884
Property Record

123 HIGHLAND ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: J. B. HARTLEY HOUSE
Reference Number: 140939
Property Record

124 HIGHLAND ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: GILMAN SEARLES HOUSE
Reference Number: 140940
Property Record

309 S MADISON ST

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: HIRAM VAN PATTEN HOUSE
Reference Number: 140955
Property Record

16 N. MADISON ST.

Community: Evansville
County: Rock
Historic Name: ELMER E. COMBS BUILDING
Reference Number: 141279

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