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Buildings On King Street and Environs
circa 1860-1869
Buildings located in the first two blocks of King Street. Several residences in Madison's Eastside are visible in the distance. The Farwell Octagon House (Harvey Hospital/Soldier's Orphans Home) an...
View Down King Street
circa 1860-1869
Corner of King, Main, and Pinckney streets looking toward Lake Monona. The Bank of Madison is in the foreground.
Wisconsin State Capitol, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Environs
circa 1860-1869
View of Madison from the Farwell Octagon House (Harvey Hospital/Soldier's Orphans Home). The third Wisconsin State Capitol building (second in Madison), is visible at the left. The University of Wi...
Residential Neighborhood in Madison
circa 1860-1869
Street and residential neighborhood with Lake Monona in the background. This possibly is the intersection of King, Wilson, and Butler streets.
East Main and Webster Streets
circa 1860-1869
Elevated view of the second block of East Main Street showing the intersection of East Main and Webster streets. Businesses include the Argus Office and the William Oppel, Dealer in Fruits, Vegetab...
Harvey Hospital
1865
Harvey Hospital, or the Soldiers' Orphans Home. The main octagon section was the home of Governor Farwell, and the wing of wood was added in 1862 and used as an orphans home. It stood on the west b...
