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Edgewater Hotel Dedication
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Edgewater Hotel dedicated to Madison contractor and civic leader John H. Findorff, builder of the hotel. Dedication is marked with a bronze plaque hanging at the hotel entrance. Pictured from left to right are: Dr. A.A. Quisling, president of the Edgewater Corp.; Arline Findorff, daughter of Mr. Findorff, Carol Findorff, Mr. Findorff's widow, John R. and Gordon Findorff, who hung the plaque, and Milton B. Findorff, M.r Findorff's son.
May 21, 1950
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Edgewater Hotel
1958
The Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. The original wing was in the moderne style by architect Lawrence Monberg and built for the Quisling family in 1946. Other local examples of this buildin...
Edgewater Hotel
1958
The Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. The original wing was in the moderne style by architect Lawrence Monberg and built for the Quisling family in 1946. Other local examples of this building ...
Edgewater Hotel Garden Entrance
April 26, 1948
Interior view of flower garden entrance to the new Edgewater hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue, America's newest hotel.
