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Unitarian Meeting House Construction
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The First Unitarian Society Meeting House sanctuary (or auditorium) during the final stages of construction. Here, members of the congregation who helped during the construction in order to save money, remove planks and scaffolds. Workers are assembling or disassembling scaffolding. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and it is likely that his apprentices, who also aided in the construction, may be pictured here.
August 19, 1951
Newhouse, John
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction
Workers erecting scaffolding outside the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the members of the Meeting House congregation...
Unitarian Meeting House Construction
1950
Interior view of the classroom space in the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. Window openings and the roof construction are shown. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd ...
Unitarian Meeting House Construction
Roof and hearth room of the Unitarian Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Unitarian Meeting House Construction
1950
Exterior view of the roof trusses during construction of the Unitarian Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Unitarian Meeting House Construction
1950
Roof trusses in auditorium of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Unitarian Church and Vet's Hospital
1950
Aerial view of the Frank Lloyd-Wright-dsigned Unitarian Church under construction and the Veteran's Administration Hospital, also under construction, to the right. Lake Mendota is on the upper left.