Here was the year 1939 in the form of a building of dark blue glazed bricks.

Everybody loved GLAZED BRICKS IN NOVELTY COLORS, and we all clamored that GLAZED BRICKS IN NOVELTY COLORS would become ubiquitous in the U.S. architecture of commercial buildings, residential buildings, etc., for the next hundred-plus years. It did not happen, and we resent it!

 

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In downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, on November 22nd, 2018, the Richardson Building on the east side of 7th Street (West Virginia Route 618, formerly U.S. Route 50), north of Avery Street.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Parkersburg (2119512)

• Wood (county) (2002303)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• Art Deco (300021426)

• brick (clay material) (300010463)

• ceramic glaze (300015092)

• date stones (300374978)

• commercial buildings (300005147)

• dark blue (300129621)

• façades (300002526)

 

Wikidata items:

• 22 November 2018 (Q45921852)

• 1930s architecture (Q7160075)

• Buildings and structures completed in 1939 (Q8318713)

• November 22 (Q3025)

• November 2018 (Q31179571)

• Richardson (Q1479191)

• Thanksgiving (Q2913791)

• West Virginia Route 618 (Q2508701)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Color in architecture (sh85028595)

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