Court House, Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1901-1907, copy 2

Undivided back postcard notes: Undivided back indicates 1901-1907. Picture postcard of courthouse from northeast. No postmark, stamp, addressee, or message. Imprinted on front: "Court House Richland Center, Wis." Typed on front, "Built in 1889...note the size of the trees, which by now (1957) have reached enormous proportions." Dog in front. Typed on back, “The building was remodeled in 1954, removing gables, belfry etc., including lowering of the clock. The original cost of the structure, by-the-way, was less than $30,000, the brick being of the soft variety, manufactured locally, just across the river.” Written on back in blue ink, “Romanesque style 70 x 109 feet.”, “Built 1889 180,000 feet of rough lumber. 11,000 feet of yellow pine. 2,500 feet marble flooring. 124 cards of rubble stone & footings, 10 cars of range rock, 2 cars of basement stone, 660,000 bricks, 3 cars cement, 95,000 shingles.”