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A photo of the tower of the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland. Designed by Wright Butler, the Cumberland courthouse was completed in 1894. The Allegany County Courthouse, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure, is part of the Washington Street Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This stock image Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
A photo of the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland. Designed by Wright Butler, the Cumberland courthouse was completed in 1894. The Allegany County Courthouse, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure, is part of the Washington Street Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This stock image Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
A photo of the tower of the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland. Designed by Wright Butler, the Cumberland courthouse was completed in 1894. The Allegany County Courthouse, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure, is part of the Washington Street Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This stock image Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
A photo of the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland. Designed by Wright Butler, the Cumberland courthouse was completed in 1894. The Allegany County Courthouse, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure, is part of the Washington Street Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This stock image Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
An image of the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland. Designed by Wright Butler, the Cumberland courthouse was completed in 1894. The Allegany County Courthouse, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure, is part of the Washington Street Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This stock photo Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
A photo of the tower of the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland. Designed by Wright Butler, the Cumberland courthouse was completed in 1894. The Allegany County Courthouse, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure, is part of the Washington Street Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This stock image Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
A photo of the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland. Designed by Wright Butler, the Cumberland courthouse was completed in 1894. The Allegany County Courthouse, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure, is part of the Washington Street Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This stock image Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
An image of the Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Maryland. Designed by Wright Butler, the Cumberland courthouse was completed in 1894. The Allegany County Courthouse, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure, is part of the Washington Street Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This stock photo Copyright Capitolshots Photography, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
I remember trick-or-treating at that door with the awning when I was a child.
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, a building on Paca Street, west of South Smallwood Street.
The State of Maryland's record for the foreground building lists 1900 as an estimated construction date. According to my analysis of Sanborn fire insurance maps, it was erected sometime between 1904 and 1910.
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I am the one that threw that chair into the creek. Fortunately I do not think there were any witnesses to my rage the night it happened!
Yeah man there are Haystack Mountain (left), Wills Mountain (right), and the water gap "The Narrows" between them.
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, Wills Creek as viewed from the west side of Valley Street.
Wills Creek flows to the North Branch Potomac River, which flows to the Potomac River, which flows to Chesapeake Bay.
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Next, identify useful applications for your new skill.
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, the North Branch Potomac River as viewed from Riverside Park on the east side of Bridge Street.
Ridgeley, West Virginia, is on the opposite bank. The rail bridge is owned by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, formerly by the Western Maryland Railway. Knobly Mountain is in the distance at the right. The North Branch Potomac River flows to the Potomac River, which flows to Chesapeake Bay.
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It is comfortable because we associate Sheetz with our respective fond memories of the scent of gasoline on our fingers as we alternate between:
• bites of a 639-calorie "Big Mozz" cheeseburger with provolone, marinara, and breaded mozarella sticks on it;
• and sips of a 1389-calorie Reese's Peanut Butter Cup milkshake.
Unfortunately that church over there at the left has badly poisoned the brains of generations of its attendees!
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, a Sheetz station at the southeast corner of Greene Street and South Lee Street.
It was built in 2016, per the State of Maryland's "Real Property Data Search" website, and replaced an older Sheetz station, per Google Streetview.
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When I was a child I used to daydream about converting the Pick'n'Go building into a house for my family. I'd imagine different ways of dividing up the interior space.
The rounded square pump canopy is adorable. The red-orange-green-yellow color scheme of the building's roof and its signs is adorable.
Woah, the building is from 1972!, according to the State of Maryland's "Real Property Data Search" website.
I would never put the word "pick" in the name of a business because people associate it with people picking boogers, people picking at scabs, people picking their shorts out of the cracks of their asses then sniffing their fingers, etc. Gross!
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, a Citgo station on the north side of North Centre Street between Canada Place and Brooklyn Place.
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"I do not like this area and I would never want to live here," visitors to Cumberland, Maryland, say when they see this. "Beer prices everywhere!"
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, at the intersection fo Queen City Drive and South Centre Street. The elevated road at the left is Interstate 68 and U.S. routes 40 and 220.
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"We hear with our eyes the sky music of beautiful harpstrings of electricity."
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, on the west side of North Mechanic Street, north of Market Street.
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Oh my goodness!, freshwater plants.
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, American water willow (Justicia americana) in the North Branch Potomac River, as viewed from the east side the "Blue Bridge" on Bridge Street.
The mouth of Wills Creek is at the upper left. The right bank is in Ridgeley, West Virginia (either officially or de facto, I'm not sure which). The rail bridge is owned by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, formerly by the Western Maryland Railway. The North Branch Potomac River flows to the Potomac River, which flows to Chesapeake Bay.
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, on the east side of South Smallwood Street, north of Paca Street.
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, a house (built in 1912, according to the State of Maryland's "Real Property Data Search" website) on the west side of North Mechanic Street, south of Queen City Drive.
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We'll use the same style of all-caps lettering for the new sign.
I have also asked to be granted exclusive control of the display content of the information kiosk on the streetcorner.
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In downtown Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, the Center City Parking Garage (built in 1976 according to the State of Maryland's Real Property Data Search website) at the southwest corner of South George Street and West Union Street.
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In Cumberland, Maryland, on June 26th, 2019, the backside of the Upchurch Funeral Home at the southwest corner of Greene Street and South Smallwood Street.
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