Laying the cornerstone for Pearsons Science Hall, Beloit College, Wisconsin, 1892 (detail). In honor of the new year and new beginnings, we’re looking at photos of Wisconsin buildings under construction. This detail image shows a crowd gathered for the laying of the cornerstone for a new building on the Beloit College campus. Doctor and philanthropist D. K. Pearsons, for whom the building was named, is at the left (with white beard). Full image here.  via: Pearsons Hall Collection, Beloit College Archives
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Laying the cornerstone for Pearsons Science Hall, Beloit College, Wisconsin, 1892 (detail).

In honor of the new year and new beginnings, we’re looking at photos of Wisconsin buildings under construction. This detail image shows a crowd gathered for the laying of the cornerstone for a new building on the Beloit College campus. Doctor and philanthropist D. K. Pearsons, for whom the building was named, is at the left (with white beard). Full image here. 

via: Pearsons Hall Collection, Beloit College Archives

Source: dcms.beloit.edu

Requiem: A.L. Benjamin Residence, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Demolished 1963. via: Historic Photos Collection, Milwaukee Public Library On this week’s blog, guest curator Keith D. MacKay provided an elegy of sorts for some of the grand architecture of Milwaukee now lost to the wrecking ball. Keith is the Director of Historic Preservation for Ten Chimneys Foundation, responsible for the stewardship and interpretation of a National Historic Landmark. Keith also blogs for Ten Chimneys at http://tenchimneys.tumblr.com/.
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Requiem: A.L. Benjamin Residence, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Demolished 1963.

via: Historic Photos Collection, Milwaukee Public Library

On this week’s blog, guest curator Keith D. MacKay provided an elegy of sorts for some of the grand architecture of Milwaukee now lost to the wrecking ball. Keith is the Director of Historic Preservation for Ten Chimneys Foundation, responsible for the stewardship and interpretation of a National Historic Landmark. Keith also blogs for Ten Chimneys at http://tenchimneys.tumblr.com/.

Source: content.mpl.org

Requiem: First Methodist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Demolished 1966. via: Historic Photos Collection, Milwaukee Public Library On this week’s blog, guest curator Keith D. MacKay ponders the passing of five landmark Milwaukee buildings. Keith is the Director of Historic Preservation for Ten Chimneys Foundation, responsible for the stewardship and interpretation of a National Historic Landmark. Previously, he served as the Assistant Director of Historic Savannah Foundation’s Davenport House Museum and Research Assistant for the White House Historical Association.
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Requiem: First Methodist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Demolished 1966.

via: Historic Photos Collection, Milwaukee Public Library

On this week’s blog, guest curator Keith D. MacKay ponders the passing of five landmark Milwaukee buildings. Keith is the Director of Historic Preservation for Ten Chimneys Foundation, responsible for the stewardship and interpretation of a National Historic Landmark. Previously, he served as the Assistant Director of Historic Savannah Foundation’s Davenport House Museum and Research Assistant for the White House Historical Association.

Source: content.mpl.org

Pioneer home in the Manitowoc area, n.d. Families pose with pride in front of their own homes, whether the house itself is a stately Queen Anne (like Monday’s example) or a simple log cabin. Photographer Hermann C. Benke captioned this image of an unidentified Wisconsin family with the comment: “The humble home … with inmates, young and old, artistically grouped.” via: Manitowoc Local History Collection, Manitowoc Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Pioneer home in the Manitowoc area, n.d.

Families pose with pride in front of their own homes, whether the house itself is a stately Queen Anne (like Monday’s example) or a simple log cabin. Photographer Hermann C. Benke captioned this image of an unidentified Wisconsin family with the comment: “The humble home … with inmates, young and old, artistically grouped.”

via: Manitowoc Local History Collection, Manitowoc Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

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