1925 - City Hall - Altoona, Pennsylvania
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 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
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member SMacB
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."

https://www.loc.gov/item/pa2028/
Year of construction: 1925

Full inscription:
"ERECTED MCMXXV"


Cross-listed waymark: Not listed

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