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Pole building design was pioneered in the 1930s in the United States originally using utility poles for horse barns and agricultural buildings. The depressed value of agricultural products in the 1920s, and 1930s and the emergence of large, corporate farming in the 1930s, created a demand for larger, cheaper agricultural buildings. [2]
A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end.
Founded as the Thomas C. Brasfield Company by its namesake in 1921, the company originally performed small commercial and remodeling projects. [4] The company continued in this market until it was acquired in 1964 by Miller Gorrie, who changed the company's name to Brasfield & Gorrie in 1967. [ 4 ]
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The Flagstaff Armory – built in 1920 and located at 503 W. Clay Ave. It is now a grocery store. The Babbitt Brothers Building – built in 1888 and located at 12 East Aspen St. The Coconino Chop House – built in 1898 and located at 10 East Route 66; The Rickets and Brooks Building – built 1911 in and located at 22 North San Francisco Street.
Pollock Building Pollock Building, series of shops at 5 E Aspen Ave. 1900–03 Flagstaff's first library on the second floor [5] Babbitt Building #1 Babbitt Building 1, 15 E Aspen Ave. 1907 Flagstaff's second Post Office located here; constructed of tufa [5] Babbitt Building #2 Babbitt Building#2, 10 E Aspen Ave. 1911 [5]
The company became a major supplier to the fledgling automobile industry, particularly Olds Motor Works. The original factory was located on Michigan Avenue, but in 1905 Prudden acquired this site along East Saginaw Street. By 1913, the company had constructed at least 18 buildings on the site, using both sides of May Street.
Grand Valley Council (Michigan Crossroads Council)) Whitehall: Closed: Originally located near West Olive (Port Sheldon) on Lake Michigan (1916–1927) it re-located to Duck Lake, near Whitehall, Michigan, in 1927 the property was acquired by the Nature Conservancy in the early 1970s and is now part of Duck Lake State Park.