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The Third Wisconsin State Capitol
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Elevated view over trees toward the third (second in Madison), Wisconsin State Capitol that stood from 1857-1913, from a stereograph original. Elevated view over bare trees.
1870
Curtiss, E. R. (Edwin Rodney), 1836-1906
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WHi 10483
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Portico
1870
The only known evidence of the north/south entrances to the original third Wisconsin State Capitol building. (The entrances were identical and cannot be differentiated here.) The entrance porticos ...
Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)
circa 1880-1889
Elevated view of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol (extension of the second State Capitol which was the first in Madison), shortly after the construction of the North and South additions.
Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Third)
February 27, 1904
Elevated view of the third Wisconsin State Capitol ablaze.
Fourth State Capitol under Construction
1912
Wisconsin State Capitol (fourth capitol, third in Madison) under construction. View from South Hamilton Street.
View from Pinckney and Gorham Streets
1870
Elevated view toward the Capitol Square from Pinckney and Gorham Streets.
Surveying Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol
February 1904
Elevated view of the damage to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol caused by the fire of February 27-28. The statue of "Forward" can be seen at the right.
