The Flickr 1903Datestone Image Generatr

We need to be formally thanking the long-dead builders of the buildings in our town!

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In downtown Menominee, Michigan, on May 24th, 2024, was a datestone at the Spies Public Library (built 1903-1905, a "contributing property" in the First Street Historic District, 74000997 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the east side of 1st Street, between 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Menominee (2052633)
• Menominee (county) (2000978)
• Upper Peninsula (7016058)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• cornerstones (300002616)
• date stones (300374978)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• historic districts (300000737)
• public libraries (buildings) (300006877)

Wikidata items:
• 24 May 2024 (Q69307178)
• 1900s in architecture (Q16482507)
• 1903 in architecture (Q2744826)
• 1905 in architecture (Q2744565)
• contributing property (Q76321820)
• Marinette-Iron Mountain, WI-MI Combined Statistical Area (Q126131459)
• May 24 (Q2584)
• May 2024 (Q61312957)
• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• Spies Public Library (Q69480274)
• Treaty of the Cedars (Q7837316)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Public buildings—Michigan (sh98007914)

Personally I like C.E. better than A.D., but the shapes of the letters and numbers are winsome.

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In downtown Port Huron, Michigan, on October 26th, 2024, was a datestone at a commercial building at 607-609 Huron Ave (the "Citadel," completed in 1905, originally the local branch of the Salvation Army; a "contributing property" in the Military Road Historic District, 98001059 on the National Register of Historic Places), at the northwest corner of Huron Avenue (Interstate 69 Business Loop) and Bard Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Port Huron (7014271)
• Saint Clair (County) (7016056)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• charitable societies (300026015)
• date stones (300374978)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• historic districts (300000737)
• red brick (material) (300444202)

Wikidata items:
• 26 October 2024 (Q69307334)
• 1900s in architecture (Q16482507)
• 1903 in architecture (Q2744826)
• 1905 in architecture (Q2744565)
• Anno Domini (Q159791)
• Business Loop Interstate 69 (Port Huron, Michigan) (Q23724523)
• contributing property (Q76321820)
• Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area (Q74208256)
• Metro Detroit (Q1925718)
• Military Road Historic District (Q46999913)
• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• October 26 (Q2953)
• October 2024 (Q61313017)
• Salvation Army (Q188307)
• Treaty with the Chippewa, 1836 (Q132186578)

At the datestone of a county courthouse in Mason, Michigan, a range of years has been supplied, yet the range does not include the year the building was completed: 1904. That's stupid and they should have fixed it!

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In downtown Mason, Michigan, on October 28th, 2023, was a datestone at the Ingham County Courthouse (completed in 1904; 71000397 on the National Register of Historic Places; also a "contributing property" in the Courthouse Square Historic District, 85001243 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northeast corner of South Jefferson Street and East Ash Street (Highway M-36).

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ingham (county) (1002502)
• Mason (2052604)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• building stone (300011700)
• cornerstones (300002616)
• county courthouses (300005979)
• date stones (300374978)
• engraving (action) (300053829)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• historic districts (300000737)
• shadows (300056036)

Wikidata items:
• 28 October 2023 (Q69306966)
• 1900s in architecture (Q16482507)
• 1902 in architecture (Q2810973)
• 1903 in architecture (Q2744826)
• 1904 in architecture (Q2811011)
• Central Michigan (Q2945568)
• contributing property (Q76321820)
• Courthouse Square Historic District (Q56274560)
• dash (Q187819)
• Ingham County Courthouse (Q6032452)
• Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area (Q6487493)
• M-36 (Q2352925)
• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• October 28 (Q2952)
• October 2023 (Q61313015)
• Treaty of Saginaw (Q1572601)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Courthouses—Michigan (sh94008985)