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Ah the former Iowa Telephone Company building in Ottumwa, Iowa, erected circa 1904.

The artificial stone veneer at the bottom is comically distasteful and was installed later in the 20th century and I like it. In fact it would be alright with me if the artificial stone veneer covered the whole building.

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In downtown Ottumwa, Iowa, on October 27th, 2020, was the former Iowa Telephone Company building at 116 N Green St (built circa 1904; designed by George M. Kerns; later an office building; a "contributing property" in the Greater Second Street Historic District, 16000365 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southeast corner of North Green Street and East 3rd Street.

According to PDF page 27 of the above-linked documentation, the building became an American Legion home after World War I. It was later an office building, identified in the 1957 Ottumwa city directory (at ancestrylibrary.com) as the Ottumwa Labor Temple.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Ottumwa (2035410)
• Wapello (county) (2000650)

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• artificial stone (300010788)
• brickwork (works by material) (300015333)
• commercial buildings (300005147)
• historic buildings (300008063)
• historic districts (300000737)
• infills (filled lacunae areas) (300264840)
• keystones (300001183)
• office buildings (300007043)
• red brick (material) (300444202)
• remodeling (300135427)
• repurposing (300417716)
• semicircular arches (300001062)
• telephone exchanges (300005416)
• two-story (300163703)
• union halls (300375133)
• veneer (material) (300012855)

Wikidata items:
• 27 October 2020 (Q57396950)
• 1900s in architecture (Q16482507)
• 1904 in architecture (Q2811011)
• American Legion (Q468865)
• contributing property (Q76321820)
• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)
• October 27 (Q2956)
• October 2020 (Q55281169)
• overcast (Q1055865)
• Sac and Fox Treaty of 1842 (Q96404765)
• stone veneer (Q2470272)
• veterans' organizations (Q5419137)

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Telephone stations (sh85133431)

Taken in: United States / Iowa / Center Township / Ottumwa (show map)

Taken on: October 27, 2020

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Sets appears in: • Ottumwa Ioway. • Things of 1900-1909.

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