To emphasize its distinctive black paintjob, I have brought you an oblique view of a two-story building from 1923.

"Mim's Bar" used to occupy the downstairs. Do you think Buick LaCrosses are beautiful?

 

A funfact about this building from my family history: In 1966 my parents met and fell in love when they were trapped in the upstairs apartment with several other people for an entire night. Their romance didn't last but here I am!

 

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In downtown Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, 331 Merchant St (built 1923, a "contributing property" in the Ambridge Commercial Historic District, 100005420 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the west side of Merchant Street, north of Duss Avenue.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Ambridge (7013292)

• Beaver (county) (1002171)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• apartments (300004063)

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Wikidata items:

• 10 July 2020 (Q57396811)

• 1920s in architecture (Q11185486)

• 1923 in architecture (Q2744622)

• 2010s in transport (Q97500663)

• Ambridge Commercial Historic District (Q112945203)

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• Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) (Q3536790)

• Western Pennsylvania (Q7988152)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Buildings—Pennsylvania (sh85017803)

• Dwellings—Pennsylvania (sh85040252)

• Historic districts—Pennsylvania (sh91004519)

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