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| Date: | 07 28 1974 |
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| Description: | Exterior decorative detail featuring carved columns decorated with faces, vines and leaves on Baskin O & V at 7 North Pinckney Street. |
| Date: | 10 06 1974 |
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| Description: | Formerly a receiving vault, this storage building at Forest Hill Cemetery features cathedral Gothic design elements. |
| Date: | 10 27 1974 |
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| Description: | Decorative terra cotta details on the exterior front of the Schlimgen Building at 1327 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 11 10 1974 |
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| Description: | A "broken" pediment over a window on a Madison building. This style is typical of pediments developed in the baroque period. |
| Date: | 11 24 1974 |
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| Description: | Detail showing projecting brackets, known as corbels, on a building at 2709 Sommers Avenue. Corbels reflect an Italianate Gothic style more commonly associ... |
| Date: | 12 01 1974 |
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| Description: | New, modern wing on the classically designed Old Chemistry Building on the University of Wisconsin campus. The wing was built after the building sustained ... |
| Date: | 12 08 1974 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an Italianate-Gothic style house at 2709 Sommers Street, built in 1862 for Simeon Mills. |
| Date: | 12 29 1974 |
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| Description: | Renaissance style detail known as swag, which is a stone, wood, or plaster design depicting decorative items tied together. This detail is seen on the exte... |
| Date: | 01 05 1975 |
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| Description: | A peculiar mini-rooftop featuring a classical triangular pediment on a house at 124 North Baldwin Street. |
| Date: | 01 12 1975 |
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| Description: | A wing design, possibly carved in stone, above the entrance of the building at 149 South Blair Street. The building was originally the North Western Railro... |
| Date: | 02 05 1975 |
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| Description: | Art Deco design on the exterior of the Harry S. Manchester store at 2 East Mifflin Street. Art Deco emphasized simplicity of design and drew on Egyptian, I... |
| Date: | 02 16 1975 |
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| Description: | Ornate metal siding above oriel windows, common in Tudor and Gothic architecture, on a building at 115 North Hamilton Street. |
| Date: | 03 09 1975 |
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| Description: | Decorative details on the upper exterior of the Strand Theater at 16 East Mifflin Street featuring classical Greek engaged (recessed) columns that reflect ... |
| Date: | 03 16 1975 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of East High School with Gothic architecture reflected in the window tracery. |
| Date: | 04 13 1975 |
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| Description: | The rooftop of a house at 753 East Gorham Street reflecting the Gothic revival style in its extensive use of glass, vaults, and pointed arches. |
| Date: | 05 18 1975 |
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| Description: | Carved lion head which serves as an ornament above the entrance of the Baccarat Tavern at 235 King Street. |
| Date: | 06 22 1975 |
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| Description: | A series of modern arches bridging two coal bunkers at the Capitol Heating and Power Plant at 624 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 06 29 1975 |
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| Description: | Ornamental swag depicting fruits, flowers, and foliage tied with ribbon in the National Mutual Benefit Insurance Co. (Beaver Building) at Monona Avenue and... |
| Date: | 11 09 1975 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Howard O. Moores house, 220 North Prospect Avenue in University Heights. It was commissioned by John M. Olin for his nephew in 1923. I... |
| Date: | 12 19 1976 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the John M. Olin House, 130 North Prospect Avenue, University Heights neighborhood. The house, which displays traditional Gothic lines and... |
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