Building Out the Square

Civil War to Civil Rights

(Front):

The great depression (1929-1941) meant economic catastrophe for millions of Americans, but in Washington it meant a building boom as the Federal Government staffed up to the end the economic crisis. In 1931 alone ...

The Lightning Route / Central Bank Building

The Lightning RouteIn 1886, Montgomery became the first city in the Western Hemisphere to convert an entire street railway system to electricity. The Capital City Street Railway Co. initiated electric trolley service on one mile of the street car line ...

The Lettunich Building

Corner of Main and East Beach Streets

Once hailed as the most elegant hotel south of San Francisco, the Mansion House in Watsonville, built in 1871, was considered past its prime in 1910. Owners Mateo and M.N. Lettunich, orchardists who also ...

The Old Executive, Library & Museum Building

By the late 1880's, the Old Capitol Building erected in 1822 was becoming limited in space due to the inevitable expansion of state government. A public debate ensued as to whether a new Capitol should be erected, although many had ...

The Securities Building

1917

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Rehabilitated 1996

in conjunction with the

City of Omaha

for the betterment

of the community

Marker is at the intersection of 16th Street and Farnam Street, on the left when traveling south ...

The Claster Building

This building was erected in 1920 for the offices of the Pennsylvania Public Services Commission and was one of the first buildings in downtown Harrisburg intended to be leased for state offices. Originally known as the Claster Building, having been ...

The Johnston Building &\ Menaker Building

1906 was a banner year in Harrisburg for the construction of major buildings. The new State Capitol Building was completed that year and two "book-end" office structures were developed on Market Square. One was the eight-story Union Trust Building at ...

The Equitable Building

This building, designed in 1889 in the Richardson-Sullivan tradition by Charles L. Carson and Joseph Evans Sperry, was considered the first skyscraper to be erected in Baltimore. It is the oldest of the existing structures on Monument Square and once ...

“The Bankers Building”

A Fremont Bank Building

This building was originally constructed as the Niles Branch of the Bank of Alameda County. Its doors opened on Monday, September 23, 1929. The construction was considered a “new modern building” that would be “a model of ...

The Latrobe Building

1912 The Latrobe Building 1984

The Latrobe building was designed by Edward H. Glidden, a prominent Baltimore architect. The Latrobe name commemorates John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe, a respected attorney whose home formerly stood on this site. John Latrobe was a leader ...