"Teach us all to have aspiring minds to comprehend the wondrous architecture of the world."                                --Christopher Marlowe

Buildings identify a place.  The Empire State Building is located only in New York City.  Independence Hall can be visited only in Philadelphia.  Busch Stadium can be found only in St. Louis.  The White House can be seen only in Washington, D.C.
The state capitol of your state is different from the other 49.  The courthouse in your county is distinctive too.   The buildings around you--commercial, residential, religious, industrial, public--give your community its unique shape, history, and character. Their style, design, age, evolution, history, materials, sophistication, and relationship to each other and to the landscape of the area identify your city, town, rural or urban neighborhood as one specific and special place--unlike any other.

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