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 Day, Dr. Fisk Holbrook, House - Wauwatosa WI Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 43° 03.183 W 088° 00.780
16T E 417502 N 4767204
Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day, Wauwatosa's most prominent citizen, was a highly regarded physician and a member of many societies that reflected his varied interests.
Waymark Code: WMMND3
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2014
Views: 3
The Day house, architecturally a wonderful example of Victorian ecelecticism, is important for its association with amateur geologist Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day. Day and other naturalists of his time unselfishly assembled large collections of natural history specimens, made detailed observations on a local scale, then passed them along to professional scientists who examined them and decipherred their significance on the national level. In such a manner, the Dr. Days of their time played key roles in the progress of 19th century American science. Dr. Day's particular contribution was a large and outstanding collection of Silurian fossils, which now forms an important part of the paleontology collection in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Source: ( visit link)
Street address:
8000 W. Milwaukee Ave
Wauwatosa, WI
County / Borough / Parish: Milwaukee
Year listed: 1997
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Domestic
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
National Historic Landmark Link: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
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