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The American Exchange Bank is an Italian Renaissance Revival-style business block built in 1871 in Madison, Wisconsin, and is one of the last such structures left on the Capitol Square.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: Belmont, Wisconsin, Burlington, Iowa, Cornice, Dane County Courthouse, Finial, First Capitol Historic Site (Wisconsin), Frieze, Gable, Iowa Territory, Italianate architecture, Keystone (architecture), Madison, Wisconsin, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Renaissance Revival architecture, Tuscan order, Urn, Wisconsin Territory, World War I.

  2. 1871 establishments in Wisconsin
  3. Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
  4. Commercial buildings completed in 1871

Belmont, Wisconsin

Belmont is a village in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Burlington, Iowa

Burlington is a city in, and the county seat of, Des Moines County, Iowa, United States.

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Cornice

In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall.

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Dane County Courthouse

The Dane County Courthouse is a courthouse located in the city of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin.

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Finial

A finial (from finis, end) or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature.

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First Capitol Historic Site (Wisconsin)

First Capitol Historic Site is a free-admission historic museum located outside Belmont, Wisconsin, United States.

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Frieze

In classical architecture, the frieze is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs.

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Gable

A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches.

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Iowa Territory

The Territory of Iowa was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1838, until December 28, 1846, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Iowa.

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Italianate architecture

The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

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Keystone (architecture)

A keystone (or capstone) is the wedge-shaped stone at the apex of a masonry arch or typically round-shaped one at the apex of a vault.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Renaissance Revival architecture

Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes.

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Tuscan order

The Tuscan order (Latin Ordo Tuscanicus or Ordo Tuscanus, with the meaning of Etruscan order) is one of the two classical orders developed by the Romans, the other being the composite order.

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Urn

An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal.

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Wisconsin Territory

The Territory of Wisconsin was an organized and incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 3, 1836, until May 29, 1848, when an eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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See also

1871 establishments in Wisconsin

Bank buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin

Commercial buildings completed in 1871

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Exchange_Bank