Cook Street, East - Residence of Rector of St. Mary's Church
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- Created Date
- 1903-1910
- Description
This photographic print, taken sometime between 1900 and 1910 by local photographer, Edward L. Memhard, features the dwelling of the Rector of St. Mary's Church. This complex was once located on East Cook Street and housed the rector(s) of the neighboring Catholic Church, St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception. The annotation on the front of the object, located on the bottom left-hand corner of the matting, states the dwelling to be inhabited by the Rector of St. Mary's Church in 1952. On the back of the object, there is a stamp that indicates this photograph was a production of the E.L. Memhard Studio. Edward L. Memhard was a Portage photographer that succeeded I.A. Ridgway and proceeded Kleist. According to census information (1905), Edward L. Memhard was an active photographer in Portage sometime before 1904 until sometime in the 1910s. Sources: History of Columbia County 1880, 1914; Tales of Old Portage, Portage Daily Register; McKay, Intensive Architectural Survey; Wisconsin Arc
- Creator
Memhard, Edward, 1861-1944
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Portage Historical Society
- Collection
- Portage Historic Homes
- Publisher
- Portage, WI: EL Memhard Photography Studio
- Subjects
- Photographs
Dwellings
Architectural elements
Rector
East Cook Street
St. Mary's Church
Memhard, Edward L. L - Location
- Portage
Columbia County
Wisconsin - Type
- image
- Format
- Photographs
- Rights
- Copyright to this resource is held by the Portage Historical Society and is provided here for educational purposes only.
- Chicago citation style
- Memhard, Edward, 1861-1944. Cook Street, East - Residence of Rector of St. Mary's Church. 1903-1910. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/portage/id/88. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Memhard, Edward, 1861-1944, (1903-1910) Cook Street, East - Residence of Rector of St. Mary's Church. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/portage/id/88
- MLA citation style
- Memhard, Edward, 1861-1944. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/portage/id/88>.