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John T. Yule House 6128 7th Av Kenosha WI
AD1866 Italianate. John T. Yule came to Wisconsin from Scotland in 1840, and to Kenosha in 1849. He was involved in wagon making and went to work for the Bain Wagon Works where he rose to prominence in the company. He was also a Kenosha city alderman.
The kids for the first time had to sleep in the same room. It was not easy for Joshua because he has little tolerance for his sister's night-owl ways. Plus, she chatters non-stop until she falls asleep. So, it was challenging for them not to have an argument every night before sleeping.
CSA Week 12 - Intern Solo Week
Troy Community Farm
Community Groundworks
Madison, WI
August 17, 2015
Photos by Emma Cassidy, eaCas.com
Built in 1924, this eclectic Italian Renaissance Revival, Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival-style building was designed by Herber W. Tullgren to house Hotel Loraine, with the hotel being built for hotel magnate Walter Schroeder. The hotel was expanded with an addition to the northeast in 1925, adding 100 additional guest rooms to the original 250 rooms. It was expanded in 1963, adding 50 additional rooms, trying to stay relevant in the increasingly changing hospitality industry. The hotel was one of the most prestigious in Madison from the time it opened until 1968, when it began a conversion into office space, with the State of Wisconsin eventually occupying the entire building starting in 1988, using it to house the state Departments of Justice and Commerce, which moved to a new building in 2001. The building features terra cotta cladding on the first three floors, which make up the base, with decorative Tudor-style pilasters and sconces, Chicago windows on second floor and casement windows on the third floor, storefronts on the ground floor, an entrance with a copper and glass canopy, recessed spandrel panels, an architrave with cartouches over each pilaster, and a cornice at the top of the base. The central section of the building is clad in red brick with terra cotta trim, including belt coursing, quoins, window trim, window sills, and many one-over-one windows, with paired one-over-one windows framed by a grid of terra cotta trim in alternating center bays of the Washington Avenue facade, and at the second bays from the corners on the Fairchild Street facade. The top of the central portion of the building is demarcated by a band of terra cotta trim, with two-story arched bays above, with recessed brick panels and windows with brick spandrel panels, framed with decorative terra cotta trim, trefoil motifs on the blind arch panels above the eleventh floor windows, topped with decorative arched trim, with a terra cotta cornice, brick parapet, and decorative Tudor Revival-style terra cotta panels at evenly spaced intervals on the parapet. The building features simpler facades to the sides and rear, with a large light court in the center of the building, and a twelfth floor penthouse addition with a deep setback from the edges of the building’s roof to maintain the original appearance of the building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, owing to its association with many notable historic figures and architectural design. In 2004, the building was converted into a condominium, with retail spaces on the ground floor along Washington Avenue.
Built in phases between 1911 and 1959, this Prairie and Organic Modern-style house and office were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright to serve as his family residence and studio, with two fires leading to substantial reconstruction of the house in 1914 and 1925. The house, which is named “Taliesin”, Welsh for “Shining Brow” or “Radiant Brow”, referring to the hill upon which it is situated, is a long and rambling structure with multiple sections built at different times, with the building serving as a living laboratory for Wright’s organic design philosophy, as well as growing with Wright’s family, wealth, and business. The house sits on a hill surrounded by fields, but is notably located below the top of the hill, which Wright saw as being such a significant feature of the landscape that it should remain untouched by the house’s presence. The house’s westernmost wings served as the home of livestock and farm equipment, as well as a garage, later becoming housing for the Taliesin Fellowship, where aspiring architects apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright. The central wing served as the Frank Lloyd Wright studio, where Wright and his apprentices and employees worked on projects for clients, as well as where Wright often met with clients. The eastern wing served as the Wright family’s residence, and was rebuilt twice, in 1914 and 1925, after being destroyed by fire, and is overall the newest section of the complex, though some portions of the west and central wings were added after the main phase of construction of the residence was complete.
The house is clad in stucco with a wooden shingle hipped and gabled roof, with stone cladding at the base and on piers that often flank window openings, large casement windows, clerestory windows, outdoor terraces and balconies, stone chimneys, and glass french doors, all of which connect the interior of the building to the surrounding landscape. The interior of the buildings feature vaulted ceilings in common areas, stone floors, stone and plaster walls, decorative woodwork, custom-built furniture, and multiple decorative objects collected by Wright during his life. The exterior of the house has a few areas distinctive from the rest of the structure, with a cantilevered balcony extending off the east facade drawing the eye towards the surrounding landscape from the living room of the residence, next to a large set of glass doors that enclose the living room and adjacent bedroom from a shallower cantilevered terrace, while to the west of the residence, and south of the central wing, is a landscaped garden, which rests just below the crest of the hill.
The building was the full-time home of Wright from 1911 until 1937, when Wright began to spend his winters at Taliesin West in Phoenix, Arizona, due to the effects of the Wisconsin winters on his health. For the rest of Wright’s life, the house was the summer home of Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship, and following his death, the house was deeded to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which operated and maintained the house as a museum and the home of multiple programs until 1990. Since 1990, the house has been under the stewardship of the nonprofit Taliesin Preservation Inc., which operates the house in conjunction with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. The building is a contributing structure in the Taliesin Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Taliesin was one of eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings listed as The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2019. Today, Taliesin is utilized as a museum, offering tours and interpretation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and work.
These images were made during a journey down Rustic Road 60 in Vilas County on June 20, 2017.
R-60 winds through the Northern Highland/American Legion State Forest, with canopies of coniferous and hardwood trees. R-60 passes near old logging camp sites and hiking trails, and offers vistas of numerous, clear Northwoods lakes and dense forestland.
Wisconsin's Rustic Roads system was created to preserve many of the state's scenic, lightly traveled country roads. Features of Rustic Roads include rugged terrain, native vegetation and wildlife, or open areas with agricultural vistas.
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Farm wagon at the Pederson Tree Farm near West Salem, Wisconsin. Color and contrast given a boost in Photoshop Elements 9.
Another image from Addi's birthday in Wisconsin. Made August 17, 2013 in Eau Claire, WI.
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