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Garden City Brewery

Date: 1860
Description: Exterior view of the Garden City Brewery, built in 1854. A person is on horseback in the yard below on the left, and a man is standing above them in an ope...
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Oldest Standing Brewery

Date: 1935
Description: The second brewery to be built in Wisconsin and the oldest still standing (at the time the photograph was taken).
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Cheese House

Date: 1925
Description: The rear facade of a cheese house. A man is standing in the doorway of the loading dock next to a hand cart.
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Cornish Miner's House

Date: 1936
Description: The home of a Cornish miner.
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Cornish House

Date: 1940
Description: A Cornish home in Mineral Point. In the background is a small hill with trees.
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Cornish Miner's Home

Date: 1930
Description: The home of a Cornish miner in Mineral Point. Houses are on a hill in the background.
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Patio of Cornish House

Date: 1946
Description: Slightly elevated view of the patio area of a Cornish house.
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Shakerag Street

Date: 1910
Description: View across open area and fence towards the Cornish homes on Shakerag Street in Mineral Point.
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Cornish Miner's House

Date: 1925
Description: View from road looking down slope toward the house of a Cornish miner. Other buildings are in the background on the right.
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Gundry, Gray and Company Store

Date: 1875
Description: The Gundry, Gray and Company store. The building was erected in 1841 and the dog on the sign was added in 1871.
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High Street

Date: 1895
Description: View from sidewalk across unpaved High Street in Mineral Point. There is a large clock hanging above the sidewalk on the right.
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Mineral Point High School

Date: 1930
Description: A Mineral Point high school used through 1904.
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High Street, Mineral Point

Date: 1915
Description: View down High Street, looking east.
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J. Hutchinson Residence

Date: 1932
Description: The home of J. Hutchinson, originally built by John B. Terry and consisting of just the first story. Terry came to the lead region in 1829 as a merchant an...
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Mineral Spring Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Mineral Spring Brewery, located on 272 Shake Rag Street, erected in 1850 (currently 276 Shake Rag Street). A group of four men are posing outdoors on the r...
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Musgrove House

Date: 
Description: The Musgrove house and furnace site.
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Holsmiller Farm

Date: 1920
Description: The Spensley Furnace on the Holsmiller farm.
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Spensley Smelting Furnace

Date: 1895
Description: Joseph Spensley's smelting furnace, built in 1861.
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St. Paul's Irish Catholic Church

Date: 1920
Description: St. Paul's Irish Catholic Church, erected in 1855.
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Mineral Point Business Street

Date: 1962
Description: Slightly elevated view of a street in Mineral Point, looking north.

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