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N.K. Fairbanks Estate

Date: 1890
Description: The N.K. Fairbanks estate, "Butternuts."
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Purdy House

Date: 1959
Description: View from street of the Purdy house, Portage, Wisconsin. A stone wall runs along the sidewalk, topped with an iron fence.
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Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Wisconsin Governor's residence with snow on the ground, 130 East Gilman Street. The house was built for General Julius White in 1856. Succeeding owners wer...
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Villa Louis

Date: 06 1969
Description: The veranda at Villa Louis reflected in a pond. Many stately trees surround the mansion.
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Villa Louis

Date: 1953
Description: Villa Louis, the mansion of Hercules Dousman.
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T.B. Scott Mansion

Date: 1907
Description: View across water towards a large Queen Anne style house sitting on a hill above the Wisconsin River. There is a bridge on the left and a road, now South C...
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Babcock House

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of the Babcock home, a Queen Anne style structure at 537 E. Wisconsin Avenue. The family stands on the porch.
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence - Porch/Garden Room

Date: 03 09 1950
Description: Sun streams into the first floor porch and garden room of the Governor's residence at 101 Cambridge Road. Its color is repeated in the warm golds of the ti...
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Franklin Car Across the Street from Governor's Residence

Date: 1934
Description: View from 121 East Gilman Street, of Annie S. Brown's Franklin car. In the background is the Governor's residence.
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Babcock House

Date: 1883
Description: Exterior view of the Babcock home, a Queen Ann style structure at 537 E. Wisconsin Avenue. People, presumably the Babcock family, are standing in front of ...
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Executive Mansion

Date: 1946
Description: The Executive Mansion, built in 1854.
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: Three-quarter view from street of the Magnus Swenson house at 530 N. Pinckney Street. This house was sold to a fraternity and later demolished.
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Magnus Swenson House

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Description: View across lawn towards the Magnus Swenson house at 530 N. Pinckney Street. This house was sold to a fraternity and later demolished.
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Executive Mansion

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Executive Mansion in Madison.
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Executive Residence

Date: 1940
Description: Executive Residence, 130 East Gilman Street, preceded the current one in Maple Bluff. Purchased in 1882 by Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk, the legislature bough...
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Villa Louis Porch

Date: 1898
Description: The Dousman family and friends on the east porch of Villa Louis.
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Villa Louis

Date: 1936
Description: An exterior view of the Villa Louis, built by H. Louis Dousman in 1870.
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Lucius Fairchild Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Lucius Fairchild residence.
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Vilas Mansion

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Description: View from across Langdon Street looking toward the residence of Levi B. Vilas. Built in 1851, the house was later used by the Phi Gamma Delta and then Sig...
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Lucien Stanley Hanks Residence

Date: 11 11 1925
Description: This red brick Italianate residence located at 216 Langdon Street, was built in 1870 for Lucien Stanley Hanks, a prominent Madison banker and civic leader,...

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