Three houses owned by the Adams Family
Adams house in Sandwich, Illinois, early spring 1898;
the back of the photo is dedicated "138 -- Residence Bert
Adams -- Mar 29/98 -- Sandwich"
photo on loan from Barbara Hoffman, who obtained the photo
in a Sandwich yard sale, along with other photos of Sandwich
homes from that era. |
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1892 Plat map of Sandwich, Illinois; buildings visible in the above photo are below and right
of the camera. Drawing not to scale. A possible homesite for the Cox family is the SE corner of
West St. and Elmwood Place. The Cox and Adams homes were near each other , according to
the obituary of Marie (Cox) Adams |
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Adams house at 927 South Main Street, Racine, Wisconsin, photo date
2005 by historian Pippin Michelli;
Walter Adams, Marie (Emma Cox) Adams and family lived here
between 1897 and 1901 |
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Alternative Adams house at unknown location (probably Sandwich), photo date about 1887.
Marie's dress is the same as the one she wears here |
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