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This takes me back to the collapse of the Sultanate of Aceh on the island of Sumatra, following a thirty-year war of conquest by the viciously greedy Dutch.
Personally I would have hated for my home island to be violently taken over by military sadists!
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In downtown Marquette, Michigan, on September 26th, 2024, was a datestone at the Peter White Public Library (built 1902-1904; designed by Patton and Miller) at the southwest corner of North Front Street and West Ridge Street.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Marquette (7014008)
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• Upper Peninsula (7016058)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• autumn (300133093)
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• flowers (plant components) (300132399)
• public libraries (buildings) (300006877)
Wikidata items:
• 26 September 2024 (Q69307303)
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• Peter White Public Library (Q7177690)
• September 26 (Q2885)
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• Treaty of La Pointe (1842) (Q24694980)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Public buildings—Michigan (sh98007914)
Union List of Artist Names IDs:
• Patton & Miller (American architectural firm, late 19th-early 20th century) (500516382)
Per an inscription around the corner from this one, here was the Deutsche Evangelical Lutheran Friedens Kirche.
Friedens Kirche equals "Peace Church."
Was Arthur Pillsbury a Friedens Kirche worshiper? Or was he just there to get paid as an archt.
Peace churches soon became unfashionable in the U.S., and have never since been fashionable.
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In downtown Bloomington, Illinois, on August 10th, 2024, was a datestone at the Christian Faith Center, originally the Deutsche Evangelical Lutheran Friedens Kirche or German Evangelical Lutheran Church, later known as St Luke's Evangelical and Reformed Church, at the southwest corner of West Front Street and South Lee Street.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Bloomington (2026630)
• McLean (county) (7019015)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• architects (300024987)
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• cornerstones (300002616)
• date stones (300374978)
• engraving (action) (300053829)
• Lutheran (300153842)
• red brick (material) (300444202)
Wikidata items:
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• Bloomington-Normal (Q2907050)
• Central Illinois (Q5061228)
• Pillsbury (Q37494383)
• Treaty with the Kickapoo, 1819 (Q129263988)
• Treaty with the Peoria, etc., 1818 (Q129263931)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Lutheran church buildings (sh85025871)
Union List of Artist Names IDs:
• Pillsbury, Arthur L. (American architect, 1869-1925) (500286596)
View of Front Street at Union Station
The new St. Lawrence Market North building at the corner of Jarvis and Front
Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto
St. Lawrence Market
St. Lawrence Market
St. Lawrence Market
View along Front Street towards CN Tower
Toronto Skyline from Front & Wellington Street
Toronto Skyline from Front & Wellington Street
