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I imagine the social climate of Chattanooga in 1908 was dominated by mean-spiritedness. But I wasn't there.

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In downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, on January 2nd, 2025, was a datestone at Chattanooga City Hall (80003818 on the National Register of Historic Places; also a "contributing property" in the Stone Fort Land Company Historic District, 99000786 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northeast corner of East 11th Street and Lindsay Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Chattanooga (7017496)
• Hamilton (county) (2001869)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• ashlar (300011701)
• city halls (300122210)
• cornerstones (300002616)
• date stones (300374978)
• historic buildings (300008063)

Wikidata items:
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• Municipal Building (Q133286571)
• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• Stone Fort Land Company Historic District (Q133289405)
• Treaty of New Echota (Q1049395)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Historic districts—Tennessee (sh88005234)
• Public buildings—Tennessee (sh92003892)

1904 funfact: It was the year of the Great Baltimore Fire and the Second Great Fire of Toronto.

Per MY INTERNET RESEARCH, there has apparently never been an event widely remembered as the "Great Fire of Chattanooga," only non-great fires. For instance, a tank farm blew up in 1972.

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In downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, on January 2nd, 2025, was a datestone at the Old Library Building (completed in 1905, originally a Carnegie Library; surfaced in marble; designed by Reuben Harrison Hunt; 73001776 on the National Register of Historic Places; presently a privately-owned office building) at the southeast corner of East 8th Street and Georgia Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Chattanooga (7017496)
• Hamilton (county) (2001869)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Wikidata items:
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• Treaty of New Echota (Q1049395)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Public buildings—Tennessee (sh92003892)

Union List of Artist Names IDs:
• Hunt, R.H. (architect, active in Tennessee) (500517722)

In downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, on January 2nd, 2025, was a datestone at the Dome Building (also known as the Ochs Building or the Times Building; built 1888-1892; 78002598 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the northeast corner of Georgia Avenue and East 8th Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Chattanooga (7017496)
• Hamilton (county) (2001869)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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• engraving (action) (300053829)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• office buildings (300007043)
• paint (coating) (300015029)

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• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• Treaty of New Echota (Q1049395)