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Hotz Cottage

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The Hotz cottage, garage, and stone tower are seen through a stand of birch trees from the base of the bluff in Fish Creek. There is snow on the ground.

Date Created:
1918
Creator:
Hotz, Ferdinand

Publication Information

Creator Hotz, Ferdinand
Date Created 1918

Physical Description

Format Image
Extent 1 photograph
Dimensions 16 x 9 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Ferdinand Hotz photographs, 1900-1998
Call Number PH 6706.1.4
Catalog Record https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911126539302121

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
United States
Country
Wisconsin
State
Door
County
Fish Creek
Community

1910-1919
Decade
Unique ID
W012GKS
Legacy ID
WHi 92471

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Ferdinand Hotz

Ferdinand Hotz

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Ferdinand Hotz poses on snowshoes at the base of a bluff. The Hotz cottage complex, built in 1912-3, is seen atop the bluff. The complex included three cottages, a log outhouse, pumphouse, and sto...

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Hotz Family Cottages

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View from below a bluff, through evergreens and birch trees, looking up at the Hotz Fish Creek compound. The stone garage and tower are on the left.

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Fish Creek Cottage

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The Hotz cottage is seen from the base of the bluff. Snow covers the birch and conifer trees.

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Hotz Cottage

Hotz Cottage

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One of the Hotz Fish Creek cottage stands covered with snow among birch and evergreen trees.

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Hotz Cottage

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The entrance and gabled front of the main Hotz cottage at Fish Creek, seen after a snowfall. There are rustic branch details under the gables.

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Winter Scene

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Snowy landscape with evergreens and birches below the bluff at Fish Creek.

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