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Faintly whispers its "erected year" in squiggly-lined travertine: 1939 C.E.! by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

Faintly whispers its "erected year" in squiggly-lined travertine: 1939 C.E.!

The insides of the letters and numbers ought to be darkened for improved visibility. Don't use a sharpie; use something nice.

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In downtown Winona, Minnesota, on September 3rd, 2023, at Winona City Hall (a Works Progress Administration project, built 1938-1939; 99000806 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southwest corner of East 4th Street and Lafayette Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Winona (2055787)
• Winona (county) (2001083)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• building stone (300011700)
• city halls (300122210)
• cornerstones (300002616)
• date stones (300374978)
• engraving (action) (300053829)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• travertine (300011329)
• WPA Moderne style (300444344)

Wikidata items:
• 3 September 2023 (Q69306911)
• 1930s in architecture (Q16482516)
• 1939 in architecture (Q2744804)
• 2000s in transport (Q97717311)
• 2004 in transport (Q10123677)
• Anno Domini (Q159791)
• Driftless Area (Q5307487)
• Honda Odyssey (Q13195000)
• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN Combined Statistical Area (Q123614775)
• September 3 (Q2860)
• September 2023 (Q61312993)
• Southeast Minnesota (Q7569365)
• streetcorner (Q17106091)
• Treaty of Traverse des Sioux (Q7837264)
• Works Progress Administration (Q1200079)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• City halls—Minnesota (sh92004792)

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We fondly recall Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression, everytime we see a carven 1931 of travertine. by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

We fondly recall Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression, everytime we see a carven 1931 of travertine.

In downtown Rochester, Minnesota, on September 3rd, 2023, at the "Residences of Old City Hall" in the former Rochester City Hall (built in 1931-1932 and converted to apartments in 1998) at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue SW and 3rd Street SW.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Olmsted (county) (2001053)
• Rochester (2055340)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• apartment houses (300005707)
• Art Deco (300021426)
• building stone (300011700)
• carving (processes) (300053149)
• city halls (300122210)
• cornerstones (300002616)
• date stones (300374978)
• repurposing (300417716)
• travertine (300011329)

Wikidata items:
• 3 September 2023 (Q69306911)
• 1930s in architecture (Q16482516)
• 1931 in architecture (Q2811536)
• 1932 in architecture (Q2744432)
• Art Deco architecture (Q12720942)
• Driftless Area (Q5307487)
• Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN Combined Statistical Area (Q123614775)
• September 3 (Q2860)
• September 2023 (Q61312993)
• Southeast Minnesota (Q7569365)
• stone carving (Q255848)
• Treaty of Traverse des Sioux (Q7837264)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Apartment houses—Minnesota (sh2015001080)
• City halls—Minnesota (sh92004792)

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Here's to all the people for whom 1906 was a good year. Here's to that year's winners. by Tim Kiser

© Tim Kiser, all rights reserved.

Here's to all the people for whom 1906 was a good year. Here's to that year's winners.

1906 was a very good year for me personally. ;)

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In downtown Winona, Minnesota, on September 3rd, 2023, was a datestone at a commercial building at the northwest corner of East 4th Street and Lafayette Street.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Winona (2055787)
• Winona (county) (2001083)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• building stone (300011700)
• commercial buildings (300005147)
• cornerstones (300002616)
• date stones (300374978)
• engraving (action) (300053829)
• quoins (300002748)
• red brick (material) (300444202)
• travertine (300011329)

Wikidata items:
• 3 September 2023 (Q69306911)
• 1900s in architecture (Q16482507)
• 1906 in architecture (Q2744687)
• Driftless Area (Q5307487)
• Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN Combined Statistical Area (Q123614775)
• September 3 (Q2860)
• September 2023 (Q61312993)
• Southeast Minnesota (Q7569365)
• Treaty of Traverse des Sioux (Q7837264)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Commercial buildings—Minnesota (sh2005005686)

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