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Tank Cottage
1940
Drawing of the front of the cottage and the stone wall. Text reads: "Roi 1776, Porlier 1805, Tank 1850."
Tank Cottage
1940
Exterior view of the 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 presen...
Tank Cottage
1940
Front view of the 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 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.
