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Dilapidated Milwaukee House

Date: 03 1909
Description: Dilapidated Milwaukee house.
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Gogert Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: The Gogert barn is on its last legs.
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Ducharme/Grignon House

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Description: Ruins of the Ducharme/Grignon House in Kaukauna built during the French fur trade period of Wisconsin history. The left portion of the building was built a...
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Winter Winds

Date: 1976
Description: Deserted farmstead with a cow standing in the snow at the base of a windmill. The wooden portions of the stone farmhouse are deteriorating, and many pieces...
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Hollister Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: The rear wheel of a bicycle is visible beyond the small front porch of a small, deteriorating one room school. The main portion of the school building is ...
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Cedarbark Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: A dilapidated Cedar Bark Lodge with no glass in the windows and an overgrown yard on Hermit Island.
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Doty House

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Description: The Doty House, built in the 1840s.
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Benjamin Walker Castle

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Description: Exterior view of the front of the disintegrating Benjamin Walker Castle. Much of the window glass is broken out, and the sandstone bricks are eroding or br...
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Couple and Dilapidated House

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Description: A young couple poses in front of a dilapidated house.
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Brisbois Fur Trading Post

Date: 1890
Description: The Astor Company or Brisbois fur trading post.
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Benjamin Walker Castle

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Description: Exterior view of the disintegrating Benjamin Walker Castle in the 900 block of E. Gorham Street. The castle was built by an Englishman, Benjamin Walker, ab...
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Congregational Church

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of the Congregational Church in dilapidated condition.
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Abandoned Barn

Date: 1960
Description: Exterior view of a barn on an abandoned farm.
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Abandoned Farm

Date: 1960
Description: Abandoned farm along Highway 51.
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Abandoned Farmhouse

Date: 1962
Description: Abandoned farmhouse, rear view, along Highway 131.
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Abandoned School

Date: 1935
Description: A simple one-room schoolhouse with a hip roof is standing behind a neglected fence. Most of the window glass is gone and the paint has faded. There is a de...
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Brigham Farm Building in Ruin

Date: 06 1925
Description: View of three farm buildings - the one in the center is collapsing.
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Mining Building

Date: 1910
Description: An old, dilapidated mining building surrounded by a field.
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Abandoned Log Cabin

Date: 09 01 1963
Description: A view of an abandoned log cabin obscured by plants and trees.
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Crumbling Mine Building

Date: 1909
Description: A deteriorating mining building seen from across a field.

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