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- 1 2 Kirchoff & Rose Milwaukee County Historical Society
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Factory No. 7". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ↑ Mary Ellen Wietczykowski (August 6, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral Complex". National Park Service . Retrieved March 29, 2018. With three photos from 1984.
- ↑ "Mount Olive Lutheran Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
