1925 - City Hall - Altoona, Pennsylvania
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ted28285
N 40° 31.030 W 078° 24.140
17T E 720066 N 4488402
Large Roman numerals carved into the buff brick of the building's crown.
Waymark Code: WM144FY
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/13/2021
Views: 2
The large letters are located above the 12th Street entrance in the crown of the building.
" The walls are clad with rusticated Indiana limestone at the first floor and buff brick laid in
Flemish bond at the second and third stories. The central pavilion, which projects slightly, has
four Doric columns in antis at the second and third stories. A terra cotta frieze above the columns
reads "ALTOONA CITY HALL" in incised letters.
Structural systems, framing: Steel frame with interior walls of brick and gypsum block."
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