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The Arnold house occupies a large site on the west edge of the city of Columbus and overlooks the farmlands to the west. It was built in 1955-1956 for E. Clarke Arnold, a successful Columbus attorney, his wife, Julia, and their growing family, from a design supplied by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Griswold had trained to be a lawyer in New York, but when his eyesight failed he came to Columbus at age 34 and opened a mercantile firm in 1850. After some success, in 1857-58 he built this house, designed by Columbus architect E.D. Baldwin in Italianate style. [40] Now a funeral home. [41] 25: Holsten Family Farmstead: Holsten Family Farmstead
Furs of wild animals were a popular part of fashionable clothes at the time, and they brought a good price. More valuable than red fox was the silver fox, a sport of the red fox. In 1901, the brothers read in Hunter Trapper magazine about a silver fox pelt that sold in London [2] for $1200, [3] the price of many Wisconsin farms at the time ...
The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story house was designed in the Queen Anne style and built for Albert and Alice Bellack in 1897. [2] From 1920 to 1923, the house underwent extensive renovations which expanded its size and introduced the Mission architecture style to it.
Hercules Louis Dousman (August 4, 1800 – September 12, 1868) was a fur trader and real-estate speculator who played a large role in the economic development of frontier Wisconsin. He is often called Wisconsin's first millionaire.
The Columbus Downtown Historic District is located in Columbus, Wisconsin. History The ...
Fashion Week Columbus, which has established a new fur-free policy, will feature seven days of runway shows, presentations, parties and more.
The house was commissioned in 1916 by John Henry Kurth, son of the founder of Kurth Brewery. [3] It was a wedding gift for his daughter, Frances, who soon after married Lloyd C. Sharrow, who later became Mayor of Columbus.