Tin Ceiling 1
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Tin ceilings became very popular during the Victorian era; they were lightweight, fireproof and lasted a good while. It also provided another opportunity for interior ornamentation. The rolled tin sheets were stamped with intricate designs and ended up gracing businesses and residences alike. In the days of their greatest popularity, at least 45 companies in the US manufactured tin ceilings.
The tin ceiling is in the current Courthouse Cafe (it’s diagonally across the street from Letcher County Courthouse) in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The building (the Fields Block) dates from about 1914, the owner being Judge Daniel D. Fields. It may have served as a bank at one time—it has a vault (where dishes are washed today in the restaurant) and columns at the entrance. It’s part of Whitesburg Historic District and was listed September 12, 2006 on the National Register of Historic Places with reference ID #06000813
More information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_ceiling
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Tin Ceiling 1
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Tin ceilings became very popular during the Victorian era; they were lightweight, fireproof and lasted a good while. It also provided another opportunity for interior ornamentation. The rolled tin sheets were stamped with intricate designs and ended up gracing businesses and residences alike. In the days of their greatest popularity, at least 45 companies in the US manufactured tin ceilings.
The tin ceiling is in the current Courthouse Cafe (it’s diagonally across the street from Letcher County Courthouse) in Whitesburg, Kentucky. The building (the Fields Block) dates from about 1914, the owner being Judge Daniel D. Fields. It may have served as a bank at one time—it has a vault (where dishes are washed today in the restaurant) and columns at the entrance. It’s part of Whitesburg Historic District and was listed September 12, 2006 on the National Register of Historic Places with reference ID #06000813
More information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_ceiling
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License