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Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse
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View from lake towards the Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse, also known as the City Boat House. The boathouse was at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. It was an early design by Frank Lloyd Wright. There is a barrel floating in the lake in the foreground.
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City Boathouse
1920
Elevated view toward Lake Mendota towards the City Boathouse, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The boathouse was at the foot of North Carroll Street. It stood from 1893 until the late 1920's.
Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse
June 10, 1894
View across water along shoreline towards the City Boat House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota.
Mendota Shoreline with University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse
1896
View from sloped lawn of the Lake Mendota shoreline, with the Olin boathouse in the foreground, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison boathouse on the right. A boat just off the shoreline is anch...
Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse
1920
Exterior view from the lake of the Madison City Boathouse at the foot of North Carroll Street on Lake Mendota. It was an early design of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse
1900
A Lake Mendota boathouse, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built at the foot of North Carroll Street in 1893.
Boathouse Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
April 24, 1899
Partial view of a boathouse at the foot of North Carroll Street, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built for the city of Madison. The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is seen in the distance...
