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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Historic Herndando Water Tower
While water systems’ materials and designs have changed, the basic gravity-fed concept used by the Romans remains the same. (Nancy Bell, 2013 nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places, retrieved from Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic … Continue reading
Posted in Mississippi, water towers
Tagged hemispherical botton elevated water tower, Hernando historic water tower, Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
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Arkansas County Courthouse, DeWitt, Arkansas
…best known example of the Art Deco style in both DeWitt and all of Arkansas County, but also as one of the best extant Art Deco Courthouses in the entire state. (Arkansas County Courthouse, Southern District, Dewitt, Arkansas County, retrieved … Continue reading
Ruston, Louisiana Art Deco High School
The Ruston High School was described, rightfully so, as “an Art Deco gem” (Leighninger, 2007, p. 78). The National Register of Historic Places nomination form describes is as “among the very best” Art Deco designs in the 40 Louisiana buildings … Continue reading
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Mount Vernon City Hall and Fire Station
The City Hall/Fire Station project for Mount Vernon, Texas was approved in 1940 with an appropriation of $4,711 in WPA funds. The two-story, natural stone building was constructed with an estimated total cost of $8,100 (“City Hall project for Mt. … Continue reading
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Hope, Arkansas: 1911 post office
The Hope post office was begun in 1911 and completed in 1912. Apparently, nothing unusual occurred with the facility until 1964, when the Federal government decided a new facility was needed due to growth of mail volume, and the plans … Continue reading
Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells
The Baker Hotel opened in November 1929, and was described as “the largest and finest hostelry of the Baker chain” with a reported cost of $1,750,000 (“H. H. Waller Joins Baker Hotel Chain,” The El Paso Herald, 22 November 1929, … Continue reading
Post Office Building Mineral Wells, Texas
The US post office in Mineral Wells was completed in 1913, as the town began to grow and prosper. Numerous hotels were developed, including the Baker, which I will profile in a coming post. The post office was in use … Continue reading