gotcha... it's pretty hard to tell exactly where stuff was compared to where everything is now. that montgoery ward construction pic is awesome! great find.

while i wouldn't swear on a stack as per the accuracy, i had always heard that the old courthouse had fallen into severe disrepair in its last years. instead of repairing it (or keeping in a state of repair, for that matter), the powers that be opted to let it be torn down. sad, really. i would have loved to have seen that building in person.

that's what i was thinking, too... no cutting corners. it's gotta be all brick or it shouldn't be there.

-M