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Mills Residence
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Simeon Mills (farm) residence, 2709 Sommers Avenue. This Victorian Italianate residence was built from local sandstone in 1863. Mills, an early Madison settler and a prominent figure in commercial and governmental activities, lived here until 1868. The property was once known as "Mills Folly" for being located so distantly from the center of town. Later residents included J.W. Hudson, a leading industrialist, and Sam Miller, a nationally known opera and theater promoter. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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Mills House
1965
The Simeon Mills (farm) house, 2709 Sommers Avenue. Snow is on the ground.
Simeon Mills House
June 10, 1887
Simeon Mills poses with Darwin Clark in front of Mills' house at the corner of Monona Avenue and East Wilson Street.
Keyes Residence
1909
The Elisha Keyes residence at the corner of Gorham and North Pinckney Streets.
General Simeon Mills
1874
General Simeon Mills. He was born in Norfolk in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 1810, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1836. Simeon Mills was the last treasurer of the territory in 1848. M...
Island City Mill
1870
Stereograph of Island City Mill. Island City Mill was built in 1867 by Carl Stridde and A.H.F. Krueger, and also called Stridde & Krueger Mill. By 1891 it was known as Krueger & Lachmann Milling Co...
