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Park Hotel
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Exterior view of the Park Hotel. Among its fine features are black walnut trim, Brussels carpet, marble-topped furniture, and spring beds. The hotel was one of Madison's earliest first-class hotels and was the first building on the Capitol Square to have water closets.
1871
Curtiss, E. R. (Edwin Rodney), 1836-1906
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Capitol Park and Park Hotel
1873
Elevated view of the Park Hotel at the intersection of Carroll and Main streets, with the Capitol Park on the right. Several carriages are hitched at the park railing. Because the wooden Capitol fe...
Vilas House Hotel
1868
Stereograph of Madison looking southeast across Lake Monona from the Capitol featuring the Vilas House hotel.
Soldiers' Orphans Home
1870
Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by August Kutzbock and Samuel H. Donnel, archite...
The Park Hotel
1875
Stereograph of the Park Hotel on the corner of Main and Carroll Streets. The Park Hotel wagon and baggage wagon are in front of the hotel. People are in front of the building and on the second floo...
Wisconsin State Capitol Fence from East Washington Avenue
Winter view of the wooden gate to the third Wisconsin Capitol at East Washington Avenue.
Saint Julien Billiard Rooms
1872
Exterior elevated view of the Saint Julien Billiard Rooms on Main Street on the Fourth of July.
