"Do you know this building?" Game Thread

[jdlaing]

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1 hour ago, pippy said:

Nonsense! Everyone knows someone from Texas is a 'Texican'............

Philip.

 Not everybody. Texan.

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16 hours ago, Michael Geschlecht said:

Hello JD,

Nice photo.

Could we be somewhere in Texas?

Or, perhaps somewhere East of Texas?

Best Regards,

Michael

Correction: Texas is correct.

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[war]

Welcome to Fort Bliss!

[war]

Sorry for the delay....

I thought someone else would pick up on this. This is where you would have gotten off the train to attend the US Army Missile and Air Defense School at Fort Bliss.

  El Paso, Texas Union Depot, 1906 by architect Daniel Burnham.

 

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Earth to Jdlaing.........Any hope of getting this thread going again?

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On 3/24/2024 at 8:57 AM, war said:

Earth to Jdlaing.........Any hope of getting this thread going again?

You are correct. Your turn.

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[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Wally,

Could we be in England?

Best Regards,

Michael

[war]

Hi Michael

No not England.

Wally

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Wally,

Perhaps Belgium?

Best Regards,

Michael

[stuny]

It looks like it might have been a church at some time.  Probably built in the 19th or 20th centuries.

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14 hours ago, Michael Geschlecht said:

Hello Wally,

Perhaps Belgium?

Best Regards,

Michael

Sorry not Belgium

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4 hours ago, stuny said:

It looks like it might have been a church at some time.  Probably built in the 19th or 20th centuries.

Not a church. To say that it does have a relationship to religiosity though might be misleading. So don't be misled.

19th Century though is correct.

[jdlaing]

Could this building also contain an entrance gate?

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22 hours ago, jdlaing said:

Could this building also contain an entrance gate?

Yes

 

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Wally,

Could this be a theater today?

Best Regards,

Michael

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On 4/15/2024 at 8:56 PM, Michael Geschlecht said:

chHello Wally,

Could this be a theater today?

Best Regards,

Michael

Hi Michael

No, it has not been repurposed, it remains as originally built.

 

[adan]

Gothic Revival was quite popular in the US. So....

Is it in the USA?

Is it on a college/university campus?

Is it part of a water processing facility? (I kid you not! See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Water_Tower ) 🤪

That's not the answer - but is the mystery building within 100 miles of Chicago? Evanston, for example?

Or, see also (not the answer either, but maybe a hint): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altgeld's_castles

Edited April 18 by adan

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21 hours ago, adan said:

Gothic Revival was quite popular in the US. So....

Is it in the USA?

Is it on a college/university campus?

Is it part of a water processing facility? (I kid you not! See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Water_Tower ) 🤪

That's not the answer - but is the mystery building within 100 miles of Chicago? Evanston, for example?

Or, see also (not the answer either, but maybe a hint): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altgeld's_castles

 

Yes it's USA Gothic Revival, not on any Illinois college campus (Altgeld's castles are a bit later) and not 100 miles from Chicago but within walking distance from Evanston.           Your research was exemplary.

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[adan]

Yah - well, my Dad was a dean and professor at SIU/Carbondale from 1962 until retirement, so I grew up more or less in the shadow of SIU/C's Altgeld Hall, from the age of 8.

And I went to IIT's architecture school for a semester, before changing my major to Cinema & Photography at SIU's School of Communications.

And my first job out of college (medical photographer) was at the old Children's Memorial Hospital at Lincoln/Halsted/Fullerton.

And Standard Photo (at the time) was about two blocks west of the Water Tower, on Chicago Ave.

So my research mostly amounted to "just living my life in Illinois/Chicago for 23 years." 😁

"walking distance of Evanston"...... hmmmm!