I found a few more pictures of some of the older houses that used to exist in Fond du Lac.
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| Moved back from N E corner 4th & Marr. Gone |
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| Bought by Presb. Church as Parsonage, for $4000 - 1867-1872, or possibly home of Dr. Patchen. unknown. |
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| Typical mill hand house, in Lincoln Ave area. |
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| M. T. Simmons, cashier at Wells Bank; occupied by Dr. Kalk. |
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| West side workers home (near mills) Lincoln Ave.; residents mainly Belgian-French from Canada. - "Bel-jacks" worked in woods in winters, and in mills in summers; much singing in Brooke St. tavern. |
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| H. L. Sweet, brother of B. F. Sweet; together they built "Common-sense" sleighs and other conveyances. |
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| Chandler House on 5th st - he was a merchant with Dan. W. Smith |
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| Upjohn house - he came from Hudson valley, hence a Dutch house; Anna, d. of Boston archi. m. he who later became Bishop Brown - her bro. edu in Latin & Greek - traveling preacher. son bookkeeper 1st Natl Bank. |
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| Dr. L. A. Bishop residence; he married Cynthia Patchen, dau. of Dr. Patchen - Mrs. Bishop & Mrs. Blankenburg both sang - rivals.; Marlea, dau. of L. A. Bishop, was music teacher in a private school in Spokane. Located on the corner of First and Marr, the house was acquired by St. Joseph's, when the school needed more classroom space. Named Willard Hall, it was eventually demolished. The Doctor's office was located south of his house, on Marr, and is currently a garage. You can still see the medical emblem on the garage. |
I love looking at these old homes. I grew up at 448 3rd st. Always loved the different architecture in Fond du Lac. My absolute favorite was the old library, with all the steps and museum upstairs.
ReplyDeleteHi. The house at the top of the page is actually still there, at 173 S. Marr. In a drastically updated and remodeled condition the building still shows all the defining features. It's especially pleasing for me to see this image since I lived there with my family for at least five years in the early and mid-50s. We attended St. Joseph's just down the street a couple of blocks. Many many memories of early childhood in that house. Thanks for finding the picture.
ReplyDeleteWhen you refer to the Mills what businesses would those have been?
ReplyDeleteI attended St Joe's 6th grade at Willard Hall. We thought it was a former Funeral Home.
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