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Spokane Deco: The Paulsen Medical Building

From: http://properties.historicspokane.org/property/?PropertyID=1903

The style is generally associated with The Chicago School which signifies the skyscraper movement and the influence of Louis Sullivan. The Paulsen Medical and Dental Building was constructed next east and connects to the August Paulsen building. It was designed by Gustav Pehrson, one of Spokane’s great architects, and built in 1928-29, after Paulsen had died. Pehrson designed the fifteen story skyscraper in the Art Deco style with Spanish and Moorish styled exterior and interior detailing. Its stepped crown rises to a set-back penthouse”

(Source: akeeneye.net)

3 months ago

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