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. Guenther was a Prussian immigrant who owned a drug store in Oshkosh, became Wisconsin

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. From 1906 to 1913 the large house hosted Dr. M. E. Corbett's new Lakeside Sanitorium and Training School for Nurses, the first hospital in Oshkosh, which later evolved into Mercy Medical Center. Largely unaltered, the house was listed on the

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in 1984 for its architectural significance, for its association with Guenther, and for its service as Oshkosh's first hospital.

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Houses in Winnebago County, Wisconsin Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Buildings and structures in Oshkosh, Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Winnebago County, Wisconsin Houses completed in 1888 Queen Anne architecture in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub