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The View From the Top
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The Sycamore Building wasn't always the Sycamore Building. It was originally built as a bank for Citizens Trust Company Building in 1921 by Hoggson Brothers of New York City for $500, 000. The construction of the building, from demolition of the old to designing and building of the new only took 9 1/2 months.
At the time of construction, it's 12 stories made it the tallest building between Indianapolis and St. Louis. It lost it's title in the 1960's when ISU erected the twin Statesmen Towers that were 15 stories tall. But has since regained that title when the Statesmen Towers were demolished.
Here are some statistics:
140.00 ft
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126.00 ft
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Feb 1921
Oct 1921
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1964 The Sycamore Building was sold by the Herber Estate to Sunset Harbor, Inc.
A top the Sycamore building, you can see all of Wabash, the courthouse, the Wabash river.... but watch for the Falcons. Yes, you read the correctly. Falcons. More specifically, Peregrine Falcons. There is a nesting box on the roof of the Sycamore Building. in 2016, they had 3 chicks hatch. Had the chicks not have left the nest, we wouldn't have been allowed on the roof, as parental falcons are highly territorial, and will attack if you go to close to their nest.
http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/biologists-studying-sycamore-building-birds-longevity-survival-genetics/article_7b00cf35-c0fc-500e-8bba-81294b6b0172.html is an article about the Falcons and how they became to be on top of the Sycamore Building.
For more info on the actual breed Peregrine Falcon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon has some good photos and tells the difference between the different breeds.
It's along way up to the top
They bricked over the original windows that were two stories tall
What is now know as the "Ohio Building" began in 1906/1907 as two seperate buildings. The East building was constructed in 1906 and became the German American Trust building. The West was built in 1907 by a local grocer named William Kauffman with the intentions to become a grocery store with the "Conservatory of Music" above it. By 1913, the entire 2nd floor was converted into The "Hotel Tuller". The hotel ran from 1913 until it's closing in 1952. There were a total of 40 rooms in the hotel. In 1950, a local cafeteria known as the "Goodie Shop" moved into the first floor of the building. When the new owners bought the building, just 2 weeks before it was set the be demolished, and they began constructions on what would be known as "Casa Urbana", they removed over 400 tons of materials. That didn't include the 12 layers of roofing or the restaurant equipment that was left. Casa Urbana is 13,000 square feet, with
#A-7063 has a name. She has a twin sister. She has 2 older sisters. She has parents. She is not just a number. But to the German Government during World War II, she was Auschwitz prisoner #A-7063. Map of the area Eva Mozes Kor was born in 1934 in Romania. She was the youngest of 4 girls born to Alexander and Jaffa Mozes. Her older sisters were Edit, Aliz and her twin sister was named Miriam. They grew up as the only Jewish residents in their town. By the time the twins were 6 in 1940, their area of Romania had been taken over by the Hungarian-Nazi regime. In 1944, the family was sent to the Simleu Silvaniel ghetto. all their luggage in one. Their stay there only lasted a few weeks, before they were transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The gates to Auschwitz As twins, Eva and Miriam were selected to be part of Josef Mengele's experiments. They day they entered Auschwitz was the last time either of them saw any of their family.
At one time, Clay County housed close to 200 little one room school houses. Yes... you read that right, 200. There was a school house every mile or so. You have to remember, children walked. If people wanted children to obtain an education, they had to make the schools accessible to them. That meant putting them much closer than they are today. Schools also served other purposes. They were meeting houses. And sometimes served as a place of worship for Sunday services. The days of the old "one room school" house is coming to a stark end. Over the weekend I took it upon myself to track down 2 of them. The intention was 4, but 2 are already gone. In the coming weeks, I hope to track down more.... if they still exist. First up was one of the old Harrison Township Schools. Oh a sight. I fell in love with it right away... because of the history it showed. But the condition of it? I couldn't believe that people have let such a historical piece of Clay Count
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