05 Mar 2025 photographic survey of harvey ellis’s mabel tainter memorial building (1889-1890 in menomonie, wisc.

2025 photographic study of mabel tainter memorial building (1889-1890) designed by architect harvey ellis.
the richardsonian style building, which houses a theater and library, was built for lumber magnate andrew tainter and his wife bertha as a memorial to their daughter mabel tainter, who died of cancer at the age of 19.

the two-story hipped-roof building with flanking corner towers, is comprised of carved and rusticated dunnville sandstone, quarried from the red cedar river located south of menomonie , wisc.
