1931 people could put up a building at the nadir of the Great Depression, but maybe they should not have bothered!, seeing now what their efforts have come to.
Ah but these buff-colored bricks have got my mouth watering for a bowl of straw.
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In downtown Norwalk, Ohio, on June 16th, 2024, was the former office of Charles P. Derby, Attorney at Law, at 17 N Hester St (built in 1931) on the west side of North Hester Street, south of West Monroe Street.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Huron (county) (1002497)
• Norwalk (2081160)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• abandoned buildings (300008055)
• buff (color) (300263546)
• commercial buildings (300005147)
• law offices (300444926)
• office buildings (300007043)
• oriented strand board (300380238)
• personal names (300266386)
• storefronts (300002533)
• urban blight (300163405)
• wood (plant material) (300011914)
• yellow brick (material) (300444206)
Wikidata items:
• 16 June 2024 (Q69307201)
• 17 (Q40118)
• 1930s in architecture (Q16482516)
• 1931 in architecture (Q2811536)
• boarding up (Q4931416)
• Charles (Q2958359)
• Connecticut Western Reserve (Q1126227)
• Derby (Q16869522)
• Firelands (Q5451878)
• June 16 (Q2653)
• June 2024 (Q61312789)
• Treaty of Fort Industry (Q7837057)
• vacant building (Q56056305)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Office buildings—Ohio (sh99002598)