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RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Gene C - 12-10-2015 06:28 PM
Old gov't office buildings (like War Dept.)?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-10-2015 06:29 PM
Good idea, Thomas, but, sorry, neither a school nor a hospital.
(12-10-2015 06:28 PM)Gene C Wrote: Old gov't office buildings (like War Dept.)?Very smart, too, Gene, but, sorry, no office building either.
Can you think of any other "functional" buildings?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Thomas Kearney - 12-10-2015 06:34 PM
Is it an office building?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - ReignetteC - 12-10-2015 06:35 PM
Ok, I am way off topic, but it looks like a side view of Independence Hall.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-10-2015 06:35 PM
I'll give another hint.
Hint #5: This was privately owned by a person (don't know if still).
(12-10-2015 06:35 PM)ReignetteC Wrote: Ok, I am way off topic, but it looks like a side view of Independence Hall.A very good guess, Reignette, thanks for joining! I am sorry - this is not in Philadelphia!
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Thomas Kearney - 12-10-2015 06:40 PM
Was it owned by a Lincoln friend?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Gene C - 12-10-2015 06:41 PM
An Inn, Hotel or Motel?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-10-2015 06:42 PM
Certainly the owner was not a friend, Thomas!
(12-10-2015 06:41 PM)Gene C Wrote: An Inn, Hotel or Motel?Yes.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - RJNorton - 12-10-2015 06:43 PM
Mrs. Anna G. Sprigg's boardinghouse in Washington?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Thomas Kearney - 12-10-2015 06:44 PM
The hotel in Chicago where Mary Lincoln and Lizzie Keckley lived after the assassination?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-10-2015 06:47 PM
Two further excellent guesses, thank you so much, Roger and Thomas (and everyone!), but this is neither in DC nor in Chicago.
Hint #6: This hotel is known for one single incident.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - J. Beckert - 12-10-2015 07:07 PM
The hotel Booth stayed in in Montreal?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - L Verge - 12-10-2015 07:17 PM
I'm stumped because this building does not look all that old to me. Was it really around in the Lincoln era? Those 8 over 8 window panes are unique to me. 6 over 6 was more prevalent in the 1800s, and later renovations of buildings favored 4 over 4.
Given the "brooding" clue leads me to believe that the building had a gloomy or sinister purpose?
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - J. Beckert - 12-10-2015 09:26 PM
The Marshall House Hotel on King St. in Alexandria, Virginia. Site of the Civil War's first combat death.
RE: Trivia Advent Calendar - Eva Elisabeth - 12-11-2015 08:04 AM
Kudos, Joe - you nailed it. Well deserved. I leave the pleasure to you to adjust the score.
Laurie, good point, at least one floor was added sometime - or the building was re-built in the style of the old one. Here are both:
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As for the plate on the current building, there are certainly different points of view:
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