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Dousman House
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A large wooden classical revival style building with rear extension identified as the Dousman House, or tavern. "[It] stands a few miles east of Waukesha, where the road branches into Grand Avenue, Milwaukee." A gas pump and a sign for Texaco gasoline and motor oil are in front of the building.
July 22, 1925
Cole, Harry Ellsworth, 1861-1928
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