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Fountain House
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Text on front reads: "Fountain House, Metropolitan Church Association, Waukesha, Wis." On July 4, 1874, the Fountain Spring House opened for business. Built of Waukesha limestone, the Fountain Spring House burned in 1878 and was rebuilt to twice its original size. It was sold to the Metropolitan Church Association of Chicago in 1905. Porches and balconies wrap around the front of the building. A sign on the chimneys reads: "Fountain Spring House."
December 9, 1907
E.C. Kropp Co.
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Fountain Spring House
July 14, 1910
Text on front reads: "Fountain Spring House, Waukesha, Wis." On July 4, 1874, the Fountain Spring House opened for business. Built of Waukesha limestone, the Fountain Spring House was eventually re...
Arcadian Spring
1907
Text on front reads: "Arcadian Spring, Waukesha, Wis." Two people are seated at a "healing mineral spring" with a pavilion and springhouse. The Arcadian Mineral Spring Company was incorporated in 1...
St. Wenceslaus Church and School
1907
Text on front reads: "St. Wenceslaus Church and School, Ripon, Wis. Congregation organized by Rev. W. Kruzke, March 7, 1896, Frame Church dedicated Dec. 15, 1896, burned July 11, 1906, rebuilt and ...
Grand View Hotel, Chain O' Lakes
1914
Text on front reads: "Grand View Hotel, Chain O' Lakes, Waupaca, Wis." The two story hotel was located on Rainbow Lake and opened in 1894. It had a 16 foot wide porch on three sides. A sign on the ...
Courthouse
1922
Text on front reads: "Court House, Waukesha, Wis." Built in 1893 of limestone in the Richardson Romanesque style, it is now the home of the Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum. In the bac...
W.C.T.U. Public Fountain
1907
View of a fountain on a pedestal in a park. Caption reads: "W.C.T.U. Public Fountain, Lake Mills, Wis."
