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"The Mazomanie Sickle Building is the village's only surviving example of the Boom Town style, the main characteristic of which is the high, false front which does not correspond in shape to the roof behind it. It was built for use as a printing plant by Harold L. Swan, editor of The Sickle, Mazomanie's newspaper.
Swan ran his newspaper business out of the second story of the D. W. Bronson Block and the C. J. Trager Building before building this small office behind his house on East Hudson Street.
In later years the front of the building was altered so that it could be used as a garage. Otherwise the frame exterior remains in its original condition.
Swan published The Sickle from 1893 to 1933. He also served the village as clerk, treasurer, and member of the board of trustees." Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993.
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