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Visual display of the Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, spring house and park

Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, spring house and park

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Bethesda Spring, Waukesha, spring house and park

Donor: Postill, Leona
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1889
Summary: Medium shot of Bethesda Spring and park. Benches are placed around the spring house gazebo and people are seated on them. The ornate spring house has a cupola with final atop a hexagonal roof. The roof features fishscale shingles. There is a pediment on all six sides of the spring house. A pair of doric columns support each pediment. In the background and trees surround the open area of the park.

Bethesda Spring was located southwest of the Fox River, near Dunbar Avenue and Bethesda Court in Waukesha.
Notes: Notes from photo: Donor Mrs. Leona Postill 3-4-67 Bethesda Spring 1885 about

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Donor: Postill, Leona
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1889
Collections: State of Wisconsin Collection; Wisconsin Local Histories; Waukesha County History 1870-1920
Description of Original: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 14 cm.
Local identifier: 2004.0163.6
Part of: Waukesha County History, 1870-1920

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