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Tank Cottage
1930
View of the cottage with a stone wall in front of it, and surrounded by plants and trees. On the original site on the west side of the Fox River before restoration.
Tank Cottage
1940
Drawing of the front of the cottage and the stone wall. Text reads: "Roi 1776, Porlier 1805, Tank 1850."
Tank Cottage in the Summer
1930
View of the cottage from the outside, with trees and plants surrounding it. A garden is in the foreground with a low-lying brick wall. The cottage's porch has lattice on it. On the original site on...
Tank Cottage
1955
View of Tank Cottage. The cottage was built in 1776 by Joseph Roi, a fur trader, who lived in it until 1805 when it was purchased by Jacques Porlier. Later, the Tank family, who presented Tank Park...
Plaque depicting Tank Cottage
Plaque commemorating Tank Cottage, constructed in 1776 in Green Bay.
